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The European Union has prolonged anti-Russia economic sanctions, keeping restrictions on business with Russian energy, defense, and financial sectors until January 31, 2018.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (c) speaks Thursday with French President Emmanuel Macron at a European Council meeting in Brussels where talks were to focus on terrorism, illegal migration and economic growth. According to sources, Macron told Tsipras that he hoped to visit Greece soon and expressed satisfaction with last week's Eurogroup deal.

Romania's ruling Social Democrat Party, the PSD, is due to name a new Prime Minister by Monday after it voted the former Prime Minister out of office on Wednesday.

The May 25 meeting in Brussels between Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk was regarded as a chance for a new start in Turkey-EU relations. 

A Greek government official has said he is pessimistic that an agreement paving the way for new loans for Athens will be reached at the meeting of eurozone finance ministers Thursday.

"We are very far from a solution at tomorrow's Eurogroup meeting," the official told the Athens-Macedonian news agency on condition of anonymity on Wednesday. 

Macedonia's new government will work hard to convince the EU to revive accession talks by this autumn, and to address Greece's objections to the country's NATO accession, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told top EU and NATO officials in Brussels on Monday.

Turkey and the European Union will hold a political dialogue meeting on June 13 in Brussels "to take stock of where both sides are in their relationship," an EU official has told the Hürriyet Daily News.

Turkey and the European Union will hold a political dialogue meeting on June 13 in Brussels "to take stock of where both sides are in their relationship," an EU official has told the Hürriyet Daily News.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) vice chair and İzmir deputy Zeynep Altıok on June 7 filed a complaint against a TV show with the Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTÜK) after a guest speaker said "women who are not fasting due to menstruation and eat on the street during Ramadan can get beaten," state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Following the meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and European Union officials in Brussels on May 25, at which the parties agreed to resume bilateral dialogue after months of strain, diplomatic traffic between and Ankara and Brussels is again gaining momentum.