Landlocked countries

Moldova Economy Grows Faster Than Eurozone Average

Moldova's economy grew by 4.5 per cent in 2017 - well above the eurozone average of about 2 per cent - as the country's foreign debt decreased slightly, a report released by the Ministry of Finance in Chisinau showed on Monday.

At the end of the December 2017, Moldova's foreign debt amounted at 1.7 billion US dollars, 19.3 per cent of the country's GDP, 2 per cent less than in 2016.

Hoxhaj: FYROM asked Kosovo's assistance to apply Albanian language law

Deputy Prime Minister of the so-called Republic of Kosovo, Enver Hoxhaj, during Government's meeting on Friday, said that the Government of FYROM (Macedonia) has asked Kosovo's support to assist in implementation of bilingualism in institutions of Macedonia, after Parliament in Skopje has approved on Wednesday the law allowing for the wider use of the Albanian language.

Macedonian PM slams president for his "cowardice"

"I am sorry that the president of the state has decided literally not to respect the Constitution and to announce that he will not sign the law for the second time. That is not good, it is a flagrant violation of the Constitution of Macedonia and, of course, institutions do not have the right to allow this to happen," Zaev told reporters in Skopje.

Moldova Jails Ex-deputy for Spying for Russia

Moldova courts on Tuesday jailed a former deputy, Iurie Bolboceanu, for 14 years, for "betraying his homeland" by spying for Russia.

The Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime and Special Investigations, PCCOCS, said the Russian Military Intelligence Agency, the GRU, recruited him from October 5, 2016, to March 17, 2017.

"Brussels and Berlin will never accept Belgrade as partner "

"Serbia will not be able to join the EU with its existing borders, and Brussels and Berlin will never accept Belgrade as an equal partner," Bondarenko said in an interview with Belgrade daily Politika.

According to him, Germany has no power to run its own, sovereign foreign policy, "because it is under the direct influence of Washington."

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