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The new Greek government has made progress defining its reform proposals but more needs to be done, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Thursday.

"There is progress with the last list ... Is there a need for more progress? Yes - in the quantification of the measures," he told reporters in Paris.

[Reuters]

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic has won the Reformer of the Year award for 2014, which is presented by the National Alliance for Local Economic Development (NALED).

By Costas Iordanidis

It finally seemed as if we had found some peace of mind. The vast majority of Greek MPs chose to abstain from festivities on August 15, also known as Assumption Day, thus sparing us from the cacophony of vacuous political statements in the midst of the summer season.

By Alexis Papachelas

Media watchers and press freedom campaigners say they feel uneasy, after a journalist was fired for expressing his strong personal views about the Prime Minister in public.

Digi TV, a private TV news station, axed reporter Cristi Citre on Wednesday after he posted several inflammatory remarks about Prime Minister Ponta on his personal Facebook page.

Experts at the Justice Ministry have still been unable to find an appropriate formula to pave the way for the retrial of those who were convicted of plotting to overthrow the government, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ acknowledged.

Minister does not know how much communal services cost her

Slavica Djukic Dejanovic, the Healthcare Minister made citizens angry the citizens claiming that she did not know how much communal services cost her.