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A Syrian businessman facing European Union sanctions denied on March 10 allegations that he bought oil from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for President Bashar Assad's government.
     

The European Parliament announced March 9 that it had alerted anti-fraud investigators to possible financial irregularities committed by France's far-right National Front (FN) party over salaries paid to EU parliamentary assistants.
      

A six-month extension of Greece's bailout program is "not a substantial proposal for a solution", Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has said.

In his words, the letter "does not meet the criteria" forged by the Eurogroup earlier this week.

The EU and US have urged Macedonia to follow due legal process following dramatic developments at the weekend when opposition leader Zoran Zaev was accused of attempting a coup.

Police have charged the Social Democrat leader with espionage and with making violent threats aimed at the government with the goal of undermining constitutional order.

The European Commission (EC) published Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiating documents on Wednesday.

The move comes after the European Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly called on the EC for greater transparency on the trade talks with the US, EurActiv reports.

Shares of Cyprus Airways will be delisted from the Cyprus Stock Exchange on January 13, bourse authorities said on Friday, in a fresh blow to the ailing carrier that is under EU scrutiny over concerns that it received illegal state aid.

EU wants "greater alignment" from Turkey

ANKARA -- The EU and Turkey need greater "alignment" on foreign policy "to tackle threats including Islamic State," EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel accused Russia Dec. 7 of interfering in the domestic affairs of numerous countries that are seeking closer ties to the European Union.

“Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine are three countries in our eastern neighbourhood that have taken sovereign decisions to sign an association agreement with the EU,” Merkel told German daily Die Welt in an interview.

BELGRADE - Serbia is a key to stability in the Balkans and its every step toward the EU is a positive signal to investors, U.S. Ambassador in Belgrade Michael Kirby has noted.

NOVI SAD - Over 140,000 cases have been solved in less than two years since the introduction of enforcement agents by appointing 205 of a total of 308 agents, as it was originally planned, it was stated at a round table on new legal practice in Novi Sad on Thursday.