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A celebration for the 103rd anniversary of the signing of the Protocol of Corfu took place at the Monument of the “Exquisite Chief of Staff of the Epirus” Thymios Liolis, in the central square of the village of Krania, in Northern Epirus (Southe

If the 20th century was about the integration of China into the global economy; the integration of Asia and Central Asia particularly, including Afghanistan and Pakistan, into the global economy is the major project for the 21st century, according to Güven Sak, the head of the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV).

Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged $124 billion on May 14 for his ambitious new Silk Road plan to forge a path of peace, inclusiveness and free trade, and called for the abandonment of old models based on rivalry and diplomatic power games.

The Bulgarian State Agency on National Security (SANC) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) propose a whole new law against the money laundering, reported BGNES.

The current law contains 24 Articles and 5 Chapters, while the proposed project contains 125 Articles and 10 Chapters.

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Serbian Army General Staff Chief Gen. Ljubisa Dikovic says Serbia is currently not facing military threats, while "the security situation" is stable.

However, he added, threats do exist - through "pronounced extremism, and because of the migrant crisis."

European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker has said that "English is losing importance in Europe."

He was speaking in Florence, Italy, "amid tensions with the UK government over looming Brexit negotiations," BBC is reporting.

And he spoke in French - explaining his choice of language in this way:

European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker has said that "English is losing importance in Europe."

He was speaking in Florence, Italy, "amid tensions with the UK government over looming Brexit negotiations," BBC is reporting.

Jean-Claude Juncker has accused Britain of “abandoning” the EU and joked that the English language is “losing its importance in Europe” because of Brexit.

Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, on Thursday warned Theresa May and Mr Juncker that Brexit negotiations could become “impossible” if they become “emotional”.

EC President Jean-Claude Juncker has send a congratulatory message to Boyko Borisov on his election as Bulgaria's Prime Minister, in which he expects their close partnership to continue, BNR reported.

Austrian ministers are pushing for the EU to grant them an extension to emergency border controls, introduced in 2015, to help control the flow of asylum seekers into their country.

Border controls, traditionally abolished within the Schengen zone, were reintroduced by Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and non-EU member Norway during the height of the migrant crisis in 2015.