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Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva stated on Friday that in its first three months the government has managed to overcome the international isolation.

Kuneva announced this during the press conference at which the deputy prime ministers gave account of the government's first 100 days in power, daily Sega reports.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras meetings in Brussels proved encouraging and investors took note with Greece's main stock market closing around 5.5% higher. His meeting with German Chancellor Angela Austerity appeared warm if body language is anything to judge by.

Greece's new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has been invited to visit Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, a government source said Wednesday.

Li Keqiang called Tsipras to congratulate him on his electoral victory and say «he would work to deepen and widen the historic ties between the two countries», the source said.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has thrown a new curveball by explicitly expressing his opposition to the resignation of Hakan Fidan, the head of the National Intelligence Organization (M?T), from his post to run for parliament.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday she saw no substantial differences in the positions of major EU powers on Greece, which is campaigning to renegotiate the terms of its bailout programme.

?I don't think that the positions of the member states of the eurozone with regard to Greece differ, at least in terms of substance,? Merkel said.

Greece should follow in the steps of Ireland's ?constructive engagement? with Europe in dealing with its lingering debt crisis, the country's Prime Minister Enda Kenny has said.

?For Greece, there's a lesson from Ireland,? Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny told CNBC on the sidelines of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation's conference in Dublin on Wednesday.

The armed forces? internal affairs department has found evidence of wrongdoing in two military procurement cases and the government will forward this to the judiciary, Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said Tuesday after meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Tuesday he believes Greece will be able to strike a deal with its EU partners over its massive debts.

?I believe the conditions exist to find an accord with the European institutions,? Renzi said at a joint press conference with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras following talks in Rome.

The Bulgarian government dismissed the director of the National Employment Agency Asen Angelov.

The dismissal had been proposed by Deputy Prime Minister Ivaylo Kalfin and approved by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) reports.

With the vote in parliament late Jan. 20, the majority of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmakers put the final nail in the coffin of yet another coup attempt targeting the ruling party, and hence the national will.