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Albanian Police ‘Ignored Fraud Evidence’ at Politician’s Murder Scene
Police inspect the scene where a politician was murdered and four people injured in Elbasan on March 21. Photo: LSA
Russia Will Pull Out Its Troops from Ukrainian Border
Russia said it will begin pulling thousands of troops back from areas near the Ukrainian border starting Friday, in a step that could calm tensions with the West that have surged in recent weeks.
The military units will return to their bases by May 1, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Thursday in Crimea, where he's on a visit to review maneuvers.
Angela Merkel: EU Needs More Power to Coordinate Response to Pandemic
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday (21 April) that the European Union needs more power to coordinate the bloc's response to health crises like the coronavirus pandemic, and did not rule out a treaty change to secure them.
Kosovo, Serbia Leaders Won’t Meet on Visits to Brussels
Serbia's President, Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo's Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, will meet EU officials in Brussels next week, but will not meet each other, it has been confirmed.
Ukraine’s Zelenski Challenges Putin to Meet on Frontline as Tension Escalates
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday (20 April) invited Russian leader Vladimir Putin to meet in war-torn eastern Ukraine, stressing that millions of lives were at stake from fresh fighting in the separatist conflict.
Albanian general elections on April 25th where too much is at stake
Edi Rama will try hard to be re-elected
Klaus Iohannis meets Maia Sandu: Romania remains main partner of Republic of Moldova's citizens
Romania remains the main partner of the citizens of the Republic of Moldova, in this sense being also the consistent support offered for the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Klaus Iohannis said at the meeting he had on Tuesday, at the Cotroceni Palace, with the President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu.
Germany’s Christian Democrats Back Armin Laschet for Chancellor Candidate
The leadership of Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has backed its head Armin Laschet as the conservative bloc's candidate for chancellor in the upcoming German federal elections, dpa reported.
Germany's Laschet wins clear CDU backing to run as chancellor candidate
Armin Laschet, leader of Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU), won the backing of senior party members at an internal meeting to run as the conservative candidate to succeed Angela Merkel at a September federal election, party sources said on April 20.
Finance finds planned tax reform unambitious
Ljubljana – The business newspaper Finance believes the tax reform drafted by the Finance Ministry is far from ambitious, even though it says in its commentary on Monday that any reform is better than none.
The proposal has not left the ministry yet and it might not be adopted in its current form or at all, the paper says under the headline Tax Reform – Better Some than None?
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