News archive of December 2016

With EU facilitation, the Belgrade and Pristina delegations on Wednesday agreed on implementation of the 2015 agreement on the judiciary, Marko Djuric has said.

According to the director of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija, the deal "secures adequate legal protection for Serb natural and legal entities in the province."

Greece said on Wednesday that talks to sell a 66 percent stake in gas grid operator DESFA to Azerbaijan's Socar did not conclude successfully.

The country's energy ministry said Socar's proposal to reduce the price of the 400 million euro deal was legally unfeasible and would cancel the tender.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras did his bit in Havana. It is no small thing to speak at an event commemorating the life of a figure who is a symbol, albeit of an obsolete world, of an ideology that survives only in a handful of corners of the Earth (terrible for their populations), a utopia that was defeated by reality even inside Fidel Castro's Cuba.

The Greek prime minister is under an enormous amount of pressure right now. He has a lot of open fronts to deal with that are extremely important and that will require him to make some pretty tough decisions in the weeks to come.

The chances of the government reaching an agreement with the country's creditors by Monday's Eurogroup meeting are slim, because a number of issues remain unresolved between Athens and the eurozone and, according to a senior eurozone official, a staff-level agreement would require the consent of the International Monetary Fund.

With the government's hopes of wrapping up the second review of its third bailout by Monday's crucial Eurogroup all but dashed, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras returns to Athens from Cuba Thursday to re-evaluate the way forward as aides say that negotiations between creditors have reached an impasse.

British Daily Mail online sings the praises of the Greek islands of Rhodes and neighbouring Tilos as the perfect romantic getaways in Autumn.

BRUSSELS - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, will from Monday be heading Belgrade's delegation in the continuing talks process with Pristina.

BELGRADE - A two-day international conference will begin in Belgrade Monday as part of the 4th Belgrade NATO Week, organised by the Centre for Euro-Atlantic Studies (CEAS).

The event will bring together renowned international experts.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic signed at the Cuban embassy in Belgrade on Monday a book of condolences for Fidel Castro, the late leader of the Cuban revolution.

It is important that the ideas with which Castro liberated and led Cuba live on in the Cuban nation and leaders, Nikolic wrote in the message.