Angela Merkel

According to the statements made by White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama is in "close contact" with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on a number of issues, including Greece.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and US State Secretary John Kerry all visited Ukraine on Thursday in an effort to seek an urgently needed peaceful solution to the conflict ravaging the country.

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are to travel to Ukraine and Russia on Thursday and Friday in order to propose a new peace plan.

Hollande revealed at a pressconference on Thursday that the new peace proposal is based on the territorial integrity of Ukraine, which could be acceptable to all, the BBC reports.

Vucic to attend Munich Security Conference

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit Munich on February 6 and 7 and attend the Munich Security Conference.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande were due in Moscow Friday after getting Kiev's tentative backing for a crunch peace plan aimed at ending surging violence in Ukraine.
 

French President Francois Hollande said Feb. 5 he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel would visit Kyiv and Moscow in a fresh push for peace in Ukraine, but warned diplomacy "cannot go on indefinitely".
      

A pro-government rally, that has been organized via social media, will take place today outside the building of the Greek Parliament, in Syntagma Square, Athens, at approximately 18.00.

BRUSSELS - European Parliament Rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister stated on Wednesday that Germany is not hindering Serbia on its European integration path but it still insists on respect of fundamental enlargement process principles.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday she saw no substantial differences in the positions of major EU powers on Greece, which is campaigning to renegotiate the terms of its bailout programme.

?I don't think that the positions of the member states of the eurozone with regard to Greece differ, at least in terms of substance,? Merkel said.

It is too early to discuss a third bailout package for Greece, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday, stressing the focus of talks with Athens was implementing measures already agreed with the eurozone.