Member states of the European Union

Athens grateful for increase in EU funding for migration crisis

The doubling of aid to Mediterranean countries to help with the rise in the number of undocumented migrants is one of the main things Greece can take away from Thursday?s European Union leaders? summit on the migration crisis, according to Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Tasia Christodoulopoulou.

Oprea and Bachvarova meet, discuss accession to Schengen Area, police cooperation

Romania and Bulgaria's accession to the border-free Schengen Area, regional and bilateral police cooperation as well as cooperation inside European organisations, joint operative missions in the areas of border security, migrations and asylum, corruption, were the main topics of discussion at a meeting on Friday in Craiova, of Romania's Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea and his Bulgarian counterp

Bulgaria, Romania to Hold Joint Cabinet Session

The governments of Bulgaria and Romania are due to sit together on Friday in the southwestern Romanian town of Craiova, officials have said.

After the joint session Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is set to meet his Romanian counterpart Victor Ponta and then the Serbian head of government, Aleksandar Vucic.

FT: Mythology blocking Greek progress, 6 myths

The Financial Times reports that the Greek epic continues in an article titled “Mythology that blocks progress in Greece.” The article states that the Greek drama won’t end well unless “the people involved do not recognize that they are clinging on to myths” and then presents six of these that pose intellectual and emotional obstacles to reaching a solution.

Slovenian FinMin: Greek govt using bailout funds for wage, pension hikes!

While all eyes are on European paymaster Germany's ? and to a lesser extent the IMF's ? stance vis-à-vis the resurrected "Greek Eurozone issue" in the wake of Greece's radical leftists' election win last January, it's a handful of small and neophyte euro area members that appear the "strictest" in ongoing negotiations.

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