Europe

By Yiannis Papadoyiannis

The European Central Bank remains opposed to an increase in the exposure of domestic lenders to treasury bills, while its verdict tomorrow on the possible extension of the emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) mechanism for Greek banks is eagerly anticipated.

The government is trying to attach a price to a package of measures to be presented at next Monday’s Eurogroup, while various minsters’ statements on tax issues have created confusion within the country.

The Ottoman-era bridge of Plaka, the widest stone bridge in the Balkans, has collapsed due to floods in Greece.

THE HAGUE/BELGRADE- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will issue its ruling on genocide suits filed by Croatia and Serbia for the crimes committed during the war in Croatia in the period 1991-1995.

The opposition National Liberal Party (PDL) and Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) groups in the Senate have merged, an announcement to this effect having been made when the group leaders presented the group leadership for the new ordinary session of the legislature at the plenary sitting of the upper house on Monday, in line with the Rules.

Westinghouse Electric Company said on Monday it is donating BGN 17,000 (EUR 8,500) for the reconstruction of a kindergarten in the Bulgarian town of Mizia hit by flash floods last summer.

BELGRADE - The European Union (EU) has allocated EUR 2.5 million for a project supporting research, innovation and technology transfer in Serbia, participants in a meeting in Belgrade marking the launch of the project said Monday.

EU Minister Volkan Bozk?r is traveling to Washington where he will hold talks with U.S. officials on negotiations on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States.

STOCKHOLM - I hope that Serbia will manage to attract as many foreign investments as possible after it implements the package of economic measures and closes an arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday after the meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven.

Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov held a working meeting with ambassadors of EU member states to Bulgaria on Monday, at which topics such as Ukraine, the Energy Union and refugees were discussed.