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Lulu and Tutu left the hotel at the dead of night, leaving behind their passports along with their employment contract. Kryeziu notified the police, but they were unable to find out where they went.

The return of Greeks who left for abroad is one of the biggest challenges for the next four years, as the better prospects that the Greek economy shows today compared to the previous decade are creating the conditions to limit the phenomenon of human capital leakage from the country, commonly known as the brain drain. However, the evidence shows that the expected brain gain is still slow.

The fiscal containment rules of the Stability Pact are returning, four years after their suspension, in a perhaps less strict form than that of the existing pact, but nevertheless with limitations on the spending margins of European Union member-states.

Sudanese fighter jets pounded paramilitary positions in Khartoum on Thursday while deadly fighting and looting flared in Darfur, despite the army and a rival force agreeing to extend a ceasefire deal.

In other news, Donald Tusk, leader of Poland's main opposition Civic Platform party, is put under investigation by Warsaw prosecutors for abuse of power; the new Czech president is already at odds with the government; and former Slovak PM Robert Fico says 'yes' to Ukraine in the EU, 'no' to it joining NATO.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with representatives of the Council of the EU Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU (COELA) on Thursday.

Two activists from Moldova's LGBT+ community, Angelica Frolov and Leo Zbanke, have filed an action in the country's courts demanding that the state recognise them as a couple.

Their action comes after the Public Services Agency, ASP, previously refused to register their union because they are of the same sex, and Moldovan legislation does not currently allow this.

Although the assassination attempt failed, the Russian authorities are keeping the attempt a secret.

BRUSSELS - The European Parliament's foreign affairs committee on Wednesday passed rapporteur Vladimir Bilcik's amended report on Serbia.

The report was carried with 43 votes in favour, six against and five abstentions.

Before the vote, Bilcik said four rounds of meetings had resulted in a solid report.

European Commissioner for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova gives a press conference on the Media Freedom Act at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, 16 September 2022. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ