Europe

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides insisted on Wednesday that Nicosia's main issue is that there is stability in Greece, whatever Sunday's election result.

As we walked through the narrow streets of Xanthi in northern Greece, we often heard Turkish being spoken in conversations. We sat at a cafe and talked about the community Imam Ahmet represents, the 40,000 Pomaks who are constantly trying to find their voice as a minority within a minority.

Nearly a third of Bulgarians approve of Nikolay Denkov's cabinet. Erosion in WCC-DB support of 5%. A decline in the positive assessment of the president's work. These are the main conclusions of a study by "Trend" commissioned by "24 Chasa" newspaper, dedicated to the attitudes of Bulgarians towards the main institutions and parties.

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci's defence lawyer Gregory Kehoe told the Kosovo Specialist Chambers at a status conference in the trial on Tuesday "there is no tribunal that has put measures" in place for witness protection like the ones being imposed at his client's trial in The Hague.

The Ministry of Finance is preparing a draft budget in which the indicators fully meet the Maastricht criteria, that is, for entry into the Eurozone. For now, Bulgaria plans to do this in 2025.

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev stated today that he has always - both in Bulgaria and in Brussels - maintained that the country should not interfere by providing arms to Ukraine in the conflict with Russia. He emphasized that he does not support participation in the initiative of the European Union countries to send 1 million projectiles to the attacked country.

According to Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, the Republic of North Macedonia is not ready to start negotiations for EU membership:

President of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Memli Krasniqi, said that the elections were the result of escalation in the north, which resulted in the deterioration of relations with the international community.
Krasniqi also said that he should not have insisted on sending the mayors to municipal facilities, reports Siri.

"Donald Trump and his team made big and innovative moves to bring Kosovo and Serbia closer together. We had an economic agreement that both sides pushed forward," said Grenell.

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui, and the President of Hungary, Katalin Novak, will attend the session.
The prime ministers of the two countries, Ana Brnabi and Viktor Orban, are also present.
It is the first session to be held, and members of the governments of the two countries are also present at the session.