Ethnic groups in Greece

In the wake of the recent ethnically motivated clashes in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and the political changes in Albania, Greece is keeping a wary eye on developments in both neighboring countries.

PHOTO: TANJUG / MINISTARSTVO SPOLJNIH POSLOVA

What is happening in Macedonia is not just a local problem, but one for the whole region, says Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.

"Now it's the most obvious how right we have been when we pointed out that Serbia has an important lever in its hands, and that is political stability," Dacic told RTS.

PM and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic late on Thursday scheduled an emergency meeting of the Bureau for Coordination of Security Services for Friday.

Vucic, who chairs the Bureau, said what is happening in Macedonia is not only a Macedonian problem, "but a problem for all of us who live in the region."

Twelve refugees died and a dozen more are missing after a boat carrying them from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos sank in the Aegean, the Greek authorities confirmed on April 24, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

''We all are to be winners if until 2018, when Bulgaria would hold the EU presidency, all parties focus on the national consensus'', Vice President Iliana Iotova has said, BNR reported.  

According to her, a large coalition and a very serious opposition are emerging in the National Assembly, and his was a prerequisite for a successful mandate.

In an address to the nation on Tuesday, Radev called on the new parliament which will start work on April 19 to take steps to prevent the recurrence of what he called "significant problems" at snap elections last month.

A former communist-era official in Macedonia, Petar Karajanov, has won his case against the state before the European Court of Human Rights.

Responding to reproaches of being involved in the government draft of amendments to the Bulgarian Citizenship Act, envisaging restrictions to the voting right of Bulgarians abroad, President Rumen Radev stated that the head of state does not submit bills, but that this not mean he does not relate to or is not responsible for problems of particular importance to society or national security.

Greeks living and working in Britain are increasingly asking themselves, and others, "How will we manage after Brexit?" They feel at sea and try to shrug off the unease by telling themselves "this cannot happen here."

It is a day of refection in Bulgaria today before the early Parliamentary elections on March 26.

According to the decrees of the Electoral Code, political propaganda is strictly forbidden on the election silence day and those who violate the law are subject to sanctions.