Greece and its international creditors hope to reach a deal by Monday on reforms including thousands of job cuts needed for the debt-laden nation to unlock further aid worth 8.1 billion euros. “We have made substantial progress,” Poul Thomsen, the

Ivica Dačić and Hashim Thaci will meet on Monday to continue their dialogue on the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Priština. The heads of the two governments will hold the meeting in Brussels, with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton’s mediation.

Turkish President Abdullah Gül said today that there should be elections in Egypt as soon as possible, defining the military intervention in the country as an “interruption” to democracy.