Finance Ministry

National Liberal Party (PNL) Co- Chairperson Alina Gorghiu in Timisoara on Saturday asked the resignation of Public Finance Minister Darius Valcov, arguing that the country's finance cannot be managed by a person suspected of corruption acts.

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By Sotiris Nikas

BELGRADE - The Serbian parliament European Integration Committee accepted on Friday in principle and proposed to the parliament to adopt the draft law to limit disposal of property with a view to preventing terrorism, which will make room for freezing of property for individuals on lists of terrorists, their sponsors and helpers.

Lenders apparently requested that salaries should not be paid for one to two months in order to combat the liquidity problem. Yanis Varoufakis retorted by saying it is shameful to even talk about this, requesting that he should never have to listen to such proposals again.

By Vangelis Mandravelis

The government is closing down Attica Coastline SA while the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) will be bolstered by the absorption of State Property Company SA (ETAD), according to the government?s first draft law aimed at restarting the Greek economy, which was put up for public consultation on Thursday.

 Gov?t hopes to draw up to 2 bln euros from state entity reserves

By Sotiris Nikas

BELGRADE - The public debt increase was mainly brought about by the rise of the rate of the U.S. dollar against the euro, Serbia's Finance Ministry released in response to the publication of the data that show the public debt increased by around EUR 1 billion since January to March 10, 2015.

Technocrats from Greece?s lenders are expected in Athens on Thursday for talks with government officials, a day after technical discussions about the country?s reform program began in Brussels, where a different set of experts representing creditors met with Greek officials.

By Sotiris Nikas

The general government primary budget surplus posted a remarkable drop in January compared to the same month last year, official figures confirmed on Wednesday, mainly due to the deficits reported by a number of social security funds, which lost more than 620 million eros in just one year.

Passing the Tax Code and the Code of Tax Procedure designed by the Government means radical reform in Romania that can be conducted now, because the economic results of Romania so far allows that, Prime Minister Victor Ponta told his cabinet at a meeting on Tuesday.