Russia and the Georgian rebel region of Abkhazia signed a deal yesterday allowing Moscow to build a military base on its soil, increasing its dependence on its sponsor and stoking tensions with Tbilisi.

Leaders of the parties of ethnical Albanians, present and former politicians, former commanders of the National Liberation Army marked 2 years anniversary of Kosovo independence.

The EU finance and economy ministers on Tuesday approved Greece’s plan to solve its public finance crisis within three years. The programme envisions measures to slash the country’s huge budget deficit by 4% this year with more measures to come.