Angela Merkel

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had ?constructive and positive? talks on the sidelines of an immigration summit in Brussels on Thursday, Greek government sources said, noting that there was a ?convergence of views? on the level of Greece?s primary surplus target this year and next year and as regards privatizations.

Prospects for an "interim agreement" to achieve a loan extension before April 30 reportedly dominated talks between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek PM Alexis Tsipras on Thursday, as the two leaders met on the sidelines of an extraordinary EU summit in Brussels.

Optimists came out on top at the end of Thursday?s Athens bourse session, as the positive signs from the meeting between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to have give the negotiation process a boost. It was the second consecutive day of gains for the benchmark, although trading volume slipped below 100 million euros.

BELGRADE - The 70th anniversary commemoration ceremony of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp will feature a special exhibition on the International Monument and its sculptor Nandor Glid at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site.

Nandor Glid (1924-1997) was a Serbian sculptor born in Subotica.

BRUSSELS - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called for a speeding up of the process to conclude a reform-for-cash deal with eurozone creditors after talks with

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday, a Greek official said.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Greece has made enough compromises for a deal, a top government source has told Kathimerini.

The two leaders met in Brussels on Thursday on the sidelines of a European Union emergency summit called after Sunday's immigrant disaster.

UNESCO's Director-General and UN Secretary-General Irina Bokova and Ban Ki-moon will be travelling to Moscow to attend the Victory Parade on May 9, as announced by TASS news agency.

By Paul Taylor & Reinhard Becker

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was expected to press Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday to move faster to agree detailed economic reforms crucial to unlock international bailout funds before Athens runs out of cash.

By Eleni Chrepa

Greece and its creditors haven't discussed having the country miss a payment to the International Monetary Fund or default as agreement over bailout disbursements remains beyond reach, a senior Greek government official said.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Brussels on Thursday on the sidelines of a European Union emergency summit focusing on the Mediterranean region?s migrant crisis.