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Exorcising the ghosts

Published by Kathimerini on Mon, 10/20/2014 - 12:24

Developments last week held in store an uncomfortably realistic understanding of the risks engulfing the country. The massive sell-off in Greece’s stock and bond markets was a strong shock. Interestingly, the leftist opposition appears unaffected by the warnings.

SYRIZA's Lafazanis pledges immediate action on bailout, Tsipras promises

Published by Kathimerini on Mon, 10/20/2014 - 12:23

Outspoken SYRIZA MP Panayiotis Lafazanis insists that if his party comes to power it will cancel Greece’s bailout agreement “overnight.”

Lafazanis added that the policy pledges made by SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras at last month’s Thessaloniki International Fair would be implemented from the first day of government and without prior consultation with Greece’s lenders.

Rama's visit to Belgrade postponed for November 10

Published by Tanjug on Sun, 10/19/2014 - 19:20

BELGRADE - The prime ministers of Serbia and Albania, Aleksandar Vucic and Edi Rama respectively, agreed on Sunday in a telephone conversation that the official visit by the Albanian prime minister to Serbia should be postponed for November 10.

Djuric condemns attacks against ethnic Albanians

Published by Tanjug on Sun, 10/19/2014 - 14:09

BELGRADE - Marko Djuric, director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija, condemned on Sunday the attacks on property of members of the Albanian minority in Serbia that took place over the last few days in several cities in Serbia following the incident at the football match between Serbia and Albania.

Targets for troika review move back onto agenda

Published by Kathimerini on Sat, 10/18/2014 - 17:25

With Greece and its lenders seemingly finding common ground on how to conclude the country’s bailout at the end of the year, attention is now due to switch to the conclusion of the latest troika review of the Greek program.

Maziotis’s partner makes statement after long silence

Published by Kathimerini on Sat, 10/18/2014 - 17:13

Pola Roupa, partner of Revolutionary Struggle leader Nikos Maziotis, who has been on the run since her husband was arrested in July, has shown the first signs of life since then.

To Potami to name 40 figures as public face

Published by Kathimerini on Sat, 10/18/2014 - 17:03

To Potami, the centrist party led by former journalist Stavros Theodorakis, is to name more than 40 figures that will make up the movement’s public face for the coming months and would likely be its parliamentary candidates should Greece have to hold early elections next year.

Greater Albania nightmare of Europe and mankind

Published by Tanjug on Sat, 10/18/2014 - 16:08

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic wrote on Twitter that the project of Greater Albania is not only Serbia's nightmare, but also the nightmare of Europe and all mankind, stressing that it must be prevented.

Vucic talks with Merkel, support for reforms

Published by Tanjug on Sat, 10/18/2014 - 14:39

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic had a long and friendly telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday in which she expressed support for Serbia's European pathway and reforms that it has to implement on the way.

Serbian ambassador in Albania given demarche

Published by B92 on Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:09

Serbian ambassador in Albania given demarche

TIRANA -- Serbian Ambassador in Tirana Miroljub Zarić says the Albanian Foreign Ministry handed him a strong protest in writing about the football match incident.

Greece sticks to exit plan with precautionary support

Published by Kathimerini on Thu, 10/16/2014 - 21:57

Greece will stick to its plan to exit the bailout program at the end of this year with some form of precautionary support despite another day of turbulence on bond and stock markets, a senior government official told Kathimerini on Thursday.

Leftist MPs testify in bribery probe

Published by Kathimerini on Thu, 10/16/2014 - 21:55

Leftist SYRIZA’s spokesman Panos Skourletis and the head of Alexis Tsipras’s political office, Nikos Pappas, on Thursday testified before a prosecutor probing claims that entrepreneurs close to the government were gathering money to bribe MPs into backing the coalition’s candidate for presidential elections early next year.

JS:Incident with Greater Albania map - attack against Serbia

Published by Tanjug on Thu, 10/16/2014 - 16:29

JAGODINA - The incident with the map of Greater Albania, displayed on a banner during the Serbia vs Albania soccer match, is not a provocation, but an attack against Serbia, Dragan Markovic, the leader of United Serbia (JS) - a member of the ruling coalition - said on Thursday.

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