Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said that he has no plans to call early elections and vowed to press ahead with the government’s reform agenda. Papandreou acknowledged that the reforms had provoked public discontent and would continue to do so, while acknowledging that the government had made

German Chancellor Angela Merkel officially visits Croatia on Monday to convey her congratulations to the country for becoming the EU’s 28th member. Zagreb marks the first stop on Merkel’s Balkan tour and she arrives in the wake of Croatia’s successful conclusion of its EU accession

Serbian officials started talks Monday with a delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about a possible new stand-by loan for the Balkans country, the government