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Representatives of Greece's lenders were finalizing a set of proposed reforms for Greece on Tuesday, aimed at breaking an impasse in negotiations and allowing crucial rescue loans to be unlocked, even as Greece said it had submitted its own proposal.

By Ian Wishart

The euro area now views the end of June to be Greece's main deadline to unlock aid payments as hopes of a deal before April 30 fade, a European Union official said.

140 kilos of heroin seized on Croatia-Serbia border

ZAGREB -- More than 140 kilograms of heroin have been seized by the Croatian police on the Bajakovo-Batrovci crossing between Croatia and Serbia.

The Zagreb-based daily Vecernji List is reporting that the value of the seized illegal narcotics is "EUR 5.5 million."

Nine people have been arrested in Tunisia in connection with Wednesday's terror attack in the country's capital, Fox News has reported.

Four of those arrested are suspected of being directly related to the attack, according to a statement released by Tunisia's presidential office on Thursday. The other five were arrested "under strong suspicion of relation" to the shooting.

A homeless Bulgarian citizen has been found dead in Belgian capital Brussels, according to media reports.

The victim was apparently stabbed multiple times with a knife, Focus News Agency reports citing RTL broadcaster.

Police have not released details of his identity and age, but a suspect has already been detained.

The Belgian terrorists neutralized in a police raid in Verviers on Thursday had been planning to hijack a passenger bus and take hostages, according to local broadcaster RTL.

Two suspected jihadists were killed during the police operation and another one was seriously injured, according to reports of The Telegraph.

Seven people have been detained in the hunt for brothers suspected of gunning down 12 people in an Islamist assault on a satirical weekly, a judicial source said Jan. 8.

Competition between the incumbent president Ivo Josipovic and his challenger Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic heated up on Sunday in the televised debate as the two candidates vied for support ahead of the second-round run-off vote.

The presidential campaign entered its final week with Croatia's economic woes dominating the first televised debate organised by TV station RTL on Sunday evening.

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Officials were divided about whether Varga was justified or not in using state resources for personal purposes after Croatian TV station RTL on Sunday published a photo of the health minister being driven to a skiing holiday in Italy in his official car.

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