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Main opposition New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras was critical of the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government’s decision to call a referendum. Waving the Greek government’s offer of proposals to creditors he pointed out that there were eight points more than the controversial “Hardouvelis e-mail” that the government had opposed.

By Thanos Tsiros

The SYRIZA-led government is seeking to pass the burden of the fiscal gap on to the country?s enterprises by increasing already sky-high corporate taxes.

Thessaloniki Motorcyclist Ilias vrochidis, aged 31, started a journey in July 2013 aimed at exploring Balkan and African countries so as to deliver letters to the families and friends of migrants who have come to Greece. His goal was to raise public awareness on migrant issues.

The Telegraph accuses the International Monetary Fund of betraying Greece, causing its own credibility to be tarnished and also putting its own long-term survival at stake.

The radical leftist government’s decision to request that it “bundle” payments to the IMF generated a firestorm on social media on Thursday, with the word “Zambia” trending first in Greece through much of the evening on Twitter.

Greece submitted a request to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to postpone the debt repayment due on Friday and pay all its four installments due this month by the end of June.

Bundling multiple payments falling due in the same calendar month is allowed by the regulations of the IMF, but it was used for the last time back in the mid-1980s by Zambia, the BBC informs.

Top Serbian officials, Zambian FM hope to boost cooperation

BELGRADE -- Visiting Zambian Foreign Minister Harry Kalaba, who on Wednesday met with counterpart Ivica Dacic, was today received by Serbia's president and prime minister.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Zambian Minister of Foreign Affairs Harry Kalaba agreed in Belgrade on Thursday that the two countries need to strengthen their bilateral ties and build stronger economic relations.

BELGRADE - Serbian professionals working at research institutes could significantly contribute to development of the agriculture in Zambia, Zambia's Foreign Minister Harry Kalaba said in Belgrade on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zambia Harry Kalaba agreed Thursday that it was vital to give new impetus to the development of friendly relations between the two countries and announced exchange of visits at the highest political level.