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Greece names new finance minister

Greece on Tuesday named the vice minister for finance Philippos Sachinidis to become the new finance minister. Sachinidis, who is 49, replaces Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos who stepped down on Monday after taking over the socialist Pasok party. Greece on March 12 completed a landmark exchange with private investors for …

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Bulgaria and Romania to discuss Black Sea delimitation this year in Bucharest

Bulgaria and Romania have been holding talks about the delimitation of the Black Sea areas for more than 20 years, the spokesperson for the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry announced. The latest round (17th) was held in December 2011 in Sofia, with the next round

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OSCE PA President congratulates Moldova and new elected President

OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou applauded the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova for electing a national president after a more than two and half year political stalemate in Chisinau. “We are pleased that a president has been elected,” said Efthymiou, who led the OSCE election

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Bulgarian PM and government delegation arrives in Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the Bulgarian government delegation he heads arrived in Ankara. PM Borisov was welcomed by Bulgarian Ambassador to Ankara, Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism and Mayor of Ankara. After arrival, the Bulgarian prime minister and his delegation will visit the grave of Mustafa Kemal …

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Kosovo Serbs will file a petition to hold elections in Kosovo

On Wednesday in Zvecani, local elections will be discussed during the sitting of the four Serbian municipalities in North Kosovo. On Friday the four municipalities are expected to file a petition with 49,000 signatories to Serbian President Boris Tadic asking Belgrade to organise elections in Kosovo. The parliamentary committee on …

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