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Greek police have detained a total of 10 suspects in connection to an attack against a ruling party MP in the city of Kalamata, in southern Peloponnese, last Sunday.

Eight suspects were detained and led before the prosecutor on Monday night while another two were arrested on Tuesday.

Kosovo opposition parties have said Hashim Thaci is the wrong person to lead the dialogue with Serbia after the Kosovo President called on all political parties, including the opposition, to attend a joint meeting aiming to establish a negotiation team.

In a response to a query from BIRN, it answered: "No. The regions are not yet identified as we are only talking about possibly exploring this concept," asked whether plans exist to create the so-called "Regional Disembarkation Platforms" in Albania.

A meeting of the HDZ's presidency and National Council on Monday decided that the party's political secretary, Davor Ivo Stier and its international relations secretary, Miro Kovac, will be removed from their senior positions after a series of disputes within the centre-right ruling party.

Romanian Justice Minister Tudorel Toader was in Belgrade on Monday to discuss the extradition of a politician wanted in Romania for graft with his Serbian counterpart, Nela Kuburovic.

The meeting lasted an hour and, according to the Romanian minister of Justice, the two officials discussed Serbia's plans to join the EU as well as "mentioning" Sebastian Ghita's case.

As she waits for her son, a Golden Dawn party MP, to come out of jail, Dafni wipes a collection of rifles sitting on a weapons rack in their family home. Behind her, sunlight streams through a swastika-shaped grille on the window.

 Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova submitted her resignation on Friday in order to "erase all doubts" about a deal that saw the assets of the largest private energy company in Bulgaria, CEZ, sold to a family-owned business to which she allegedly has ties.

The former leader of Kosovo's main opposition party, MP Albin Kurti and another Vetevendosje MP, Donika Kadaj-Bujupi, were released from detention on Friday after their arrest on November 24 on charges of letting off tear gas in parliament on 2015.

BELGRADE - The 2018 budget cannot give the maximum to everyone as the goal is to ensure stability and permanent GDP growth, Serbian Finance Minister Dusan Vujovic told MPs during the debate on the new budget bill.

Moldova's pro-Russian President, Igor Dodon, and the country's ruling pro-European Democratic Party are at odds once again over a law designed to curb Russian broadcast propaganda, which parliament adopted on Thursday.

Dodon, who has opposed the bill since it was introduced to parliament by the Democratic Party leader Vladimir Plahotniuc, says he will not promulgate it.