The UN mediator in the “name” dispute between Macedonia and Greece, Matthew Nimetz, kicks off his two-day visit to Skopje on Monday to examine its commitment to solving the long-standing issue. After his stay in Skopje, Nimetz heads to Athens to inspect the Greeks side.

EU Commission’s decision to interrupt funding for a programme highlights Romania’s continuing problems with absorbing European Union funds. The European Commission is to block payments worth 3.5 billion euro to Romania from the Human Resources funding line, after the European Commission report in 2011 found irregularities in the operation of …

EU politicians said a decision would probably be made on Monday about further European aid to struggling Greece. Martin Kotthaus, a German Finance Ministry spokesman told a regular government