Politics

The omnibus bill containing liberalization measures and other reforms that Greece needed to pass to receive its next bailout tranche squeezed through Parliament at just after midnight on Sunday but the vote led to the government’s majority dwindling further.

Regional countries to seek EU observer status

Arrests, loss of MPs unravel Greece's Golden Dawn

Extremists face prosecution as the party's popularity takes a sharp dive.

The Golden Dawn party slipped to fifth place in recent popularity polls. [AFP]

Balkan countries boost efforts to draw investment

Political stability, co-operation and reforms will lead to foreign investment in the region, officials said.

Balkan states must work together to draw investment, Serbia Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said. [European Bank for Reconstruction and Development]

Parliament speaker Vangelis Meimarakis on Sunday rejected a censure motion called by SYRIZA against Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, prompting the leftists to lodge a new censure motion against Meimarakis and to walk out of Parliament.

BRUSSELS – Those accused of organ harvesting and trafficking crimes that are the subject of a report by former Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty will be tried before a special court in The Hague and not in Pristina as sought by the Kosovo government, Tanjug has learned from diplomatic sources in Brussels.

BELGRADE - Bojan Kostres, member of the Serbian parliament's permanent delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC), has been denied entry to the Russian Federation until 2017, according to Belgrade-based daily Politika reports.

The "Environment" operational program may be conclusively suspended unless the European Commission restores payments to Bulgaria by end-May, according to center-right party GERB.

Eight people were killed on Sunday in clashes between supporters of rival candidates in Turkey's local elections.

Six people were killed in a gunfight between two families in the village of Yuvacik in the eastern province of Sanliurfa, which borders Syria, security officials said, according to Hurriyet Daily News.

BELGRADE / BRUSSELS - The 23rd round of the EU-facilitated dialogue on normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, expected to deal with the issues of judiciary and the setting up of the Community of Serb municipalities (ZSO), will be held in Brussels on Monday.