News archive of March 2020

An anything-goes democracy

However justified some people's claims may be, no democracy can function properly without some limits. These limits were abolished in Greece some time ago and this is extremely dangerous, especially for democracy itself.

The five criteria servicers check before NPL haircut

Bad-loan management companies are setting five strict criteria to agree to writing off parts of nonperforming loans they have undertaken to manage either for the funds that have acquired them or for the banks the NPLs still belong to.

Vucic meets with Palmer in the course of US visit

"The President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, is on a working visit to the United States of America, where he will participate in a panel of the conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC 2020)", the statement said.

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The European Commission is seeking an urgent meeting

European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas, Europe's top official on migration, today called on Croatia to convene an emergency meeting.
Schinas wrote on Twitter that he had contacted Croatian Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic on this occasion to request an emergency meeting of the interior ministers.

Restart: O2.TV becomes B92

The new, modern graphic design and television logo will accompany a refreshed programming concept - contemporary - diverse, for everyone's taste and for every age.
On this occasion, the creative team of the television has designed an interesting campaign that has attracted a lot of public attention over the past few days.

EU accepts Greek demand for emergency Foreign Affairs Council

Josep Borrell Fontelles, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has convened an extraordinary Foreign Council for next week on developments in Syria and the ensuing migration emergency, at the request of Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias.

Dendias had formally requested an extraordinary meeting Saturday.

Greece calls out Turkish 'disinformation' on migrants

Greece's foreign ministry says Turkey engages in a disinformation campaign concerning the number of migrants who have entrered Greek territory from Turkey.

The response came hours after a tweet by Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu tweeted that "As of 09.55 hours [8:55 a.m. Greece time], the number of immigrants leaving our country via Edirne is 76 thousand 358."

Lesvos island locals prevent migrants from disembarking

Inhabitants of the island of Lesvos have gathered in several places, some preventing arriving migrants from disembarking and others preventing buses carrying migrants from reaching the Moria camp.

Minister of Energy Temenuzhka Petkova: Bulgaria is Integral Part of the Southern Gas Corridor

Our country is an integral part of the Southern Gas Corridor through the Greece-Bulgaria gas interconnector. The fourth gas corridor in Europe plays an important geostrategic role for the diversification of the gas supplies for Bulgaria and the region, this country's Minister of Energy Temenuzhka Petkova said, reported by BNR.

Two Migrant Groups were Prevented from Entering Bulgaria

Bulgaria's, border police prevented two migrant groups, each consisting of about 30 people, from entering the country from Turkey early in the morning on February 28, Bulgaria's Defence Minister Krasimir Karakachanov said in a statement for the media on February 28, BNT reported.

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