Angela Merkel

A senior member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc announced Tuesday he was stepping down in a dispute over the government's response to Greece's debt woes.

Peter Gauweiler, a well-known euroskeptic and outspoken critic of euro bailout funds, said he was quitting both his seat in parliament and his position as his Bavaria-based party's deputy leader.

Findings that the co-pilot believed to have deliberately crashed a Germanwings plane hid psychological problems from his employer prompted a charged debate in Germany on Monday on patients' right to privacy.
      

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday said during a visit to Helsinki that there is flexibility as to which reforms the Greek government will opt to implement, however, the overall framework must “add up.”

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has not received an invitation to participate in the celebrations in Moscow, which will commemorate the 70thanniversary of Victory Day on May 9.

It is expected that Heads of State or Government and ministers from all over the world will gather in Moscow to witness the military parade of the Russian army, daily Trud reports.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is briefing Parliament on Monday on developments concerning the negotiation with Greece's creditors. On Sunday, he asked Parliamentary Speaker Zoi Konstantopoulou to conduct a plenary session at a political leaders level at 8 a.m based on code 142A of the constitution.

Greece and its demands have driven lenders to the edge, the “Telegraph” claims.

The paper aired the warning while analyzing why Athens and lenders may still be on a rickety ride.

A passionate kiss with his wife Carmen outside German Chancellery in Berlin during a visit there by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for a meeting with Angela Merkel last Monday was aimed at conveying a message of reconciliation between the two leaders.

By Birgit Jennen and Patrick Donahue

Even Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras?s friends in Germany are increasingly exasperated about his government after a visit to Berlin fueled skepticism that he can do what?s needed to end the impasse over Greece?s finances.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday in a phone conversation with Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa he discussed the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and the issues relating to Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

Vucic has telephone conversation with Kosovo PM

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has had a phone conversation "with Prime Minister of the interim administration in Pristina Isa Mustafa," Tanjug said.