Politics by country

Greece's main opposition party on Tuesday demanded the dissolution of Parliament and immediate elections, accusing the conservative New Democracy government of being "morally and politically compromised."

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will on Wednesday attend a ceremony marking the start of works to build a Bulgaria-Serbia gas interconnector.

Vucic will also have a bilateral meeting with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun said on Tuesday all subsequent proposals regarding the form of a Community of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo-Metohija were attempts of political manoeuvring aimed at conforming the Community to Pristina's views.

The six-party Nation Alliance's government program is a "treason document" and aims at dragging Türkiye into a system in crisis, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli said on Jan. 31.

A coalition of six Turkish opposition parties striving to end two decades of rule by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday reaffirmed a commitment for a return to parliamentary democracy should their alliance win elections that are likely to be held on May 14.

Here we are consumed by our domestic affairs when important and unpredictable developments are taking place around us that have a direct bearing on us.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic will on Tuesday begin a three-day visit to Washington during which he will attend the National Prayer Breakfast event and meet with high-ranking US officials tasked with Western Balkan affairs, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday what outgoing Czech President Milos Zeman had said two years ago was etched in the heart of every Serbian citizen, and noted that no European leader was as popular in Serbia as Zeman.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday Serbia had the honour and the privilege of welcoming Milos Zeman on one of his last state visits as president of the Czech Republic.

Turkish provocations and the Cyprus problem are expected to be at the heart of the contacts during Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades' visit to Athens on Wednesday. 

According to Nicosia, Turkey's behavior is not consistent with a constructive attitude that could allow for a sincere discussion on a solution to the Cyprus problem.