European Union

Hours before a highly-anticipated meeting in Brussels over the Greek matter, conflicting messages have been circulated by two of the main protagonists involved.

Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande appear to have made conflicting statements.

BELGRADE - The EU has positively assessed Serbia's economic and structural reforms and the EU accession process is a political decision, Ksenija Milenkovic, acting director of the Serbian government's EU Integration Office, said on Thursday.

On the occasion of the International Day of Happiness on March 20, Eurostat published a selection of subjective indicators on the well-being of people in Europe.

This data on subjective evaluations and perceptions in different domains have been collected for the first time in a comparable way in European official statistics.

Loans for SMEs worth EUR 80 million

BELGRADE -- Societe Generale Bank Serbia and its leasing subsidiary SoGeLease have signed with the European Investment Bank (EIB) agreements worth EUR 80 million.

They will lend to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the financial institutions have stated.

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will plead with European counterparts at a summit in Brussels Thursday for cash to keep his country afloat and in the euro as officials warned that the situation was becoming "dangerous".

BELGRADE - Societe Generale Bank Serbia and its leasing subsidiary SoGeLease have signed with the European Investment Bank (EIB) agreements worth EUR 80 million in total aimed at lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the financial institutions have stated.

Greek banks saw deposit outflows of about 300 million euros on Wednesday, the highest in a single day since a February deal with the eurozone that staved off a banking collapse, two senior Greek bankers familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Eurozone leaders will tell Greece on Thursday that time and patience are running out for its leftist-led government to implement agreed reforms to avert a looming cash crunch that could force it out of the single currency.

By Costas Iordanidis

EU education ministers from all 28 member states adopted the Declaration on promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education. The meeting was held in Paris in response to the tragic terror attacks that took place in the city on January 7 and in Copenhagen on February 14.