Cyprus

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias used his appearance at a meeting of Med Group diplomats in Paris on Friday to stress the geopolitical importance of Greece?s eurozone partners helping to prevent the country?s economic collapse.

Romania's GDP growth leads the EU

Quarterly economic growth registers at 1.7 percent in Romania, Eurostat says. In other business news: Turkey ranks third in a list of the world's friendliest destinations for Muslim travellers; Albania encourages Italian investment.

The GDP in Romania grew by 5.1 percent this year. [AFP]

BELGRADE - The Belgrade Special Court Monday rejected charges against Mihalj Kertes, former director of Federal Customs Bureau of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia accused of illegally transferring state money to Cyprus, as the statute of limitations (SOL) in the case has expired.