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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday the euro zone’s top priority for the beginning of 2012 was to secure a second aid package for Greece. “The euro zone’s first obligation this year is to resolve a second Greek programme and finalise these negotiations with the banks so that we …

The latest attempt by Bulgarian ultra-nationalist party Ataka to ask the country’s Parliament to recognise the Armenian genocide was defeated in the House on January 11 2012. Vehemently rejected as historically valid by Turkey, the “Armenian genocide” refers

Copenhagen hopes that a solution regarding Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen bids will be found as quickly as possible, Danish Justice Minister Morten Boedskov has declared. Bulgaria and Romania’s substantial efforts to cover the

Croatia and Slovenia are expected to launch their border arbitration proceedings shortly, after Brussels announced it would propose a list of judges by the end of the month. At a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic and her Slovenian counterpart, Samuel Zbogar, met

EU spokesperson says Kosovo Serb referendum planned for mid-February will not help resolve issues. The spokesperson of the EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said the planned vote in Serb-held areas of Kosovo

A prosecution witness in the trial of wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic described on Tuesday before the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia how he survived the killing of 1,000 Muslims in eastern town of Srebrenica in July 1995. 

Serbian President Boris Tadić says Serbia’s accession to CERN accelerates the research process and provides an opportunity for economic development. “I am proud that we made a decision to join the project. Serbia’s accession to CERN

The EU Foreign Affairs Council “will discuss Serbia and Kosovo at the next meeting on January 23”. Discussions will include Serbia, Kosovo, Syria and Egypt. 

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday pledged to further expand blossoming military cooperation with Greece, at the start of an official visit to Athens. “We are committed to work together and deepen our relationship,” Barak said after talks with his Greek counterpart, Dimitris Avramopoulos.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called upon Greek and Turkish Cypriots to resolve their differences before July 1, when Cyprus takes over the rotating European Union presidency, in a letter published Tuesday. This would pave the way for an international