BGN 100 Million Budget for the Elections in Bulgaria
The new acting finance minister, Lyudmila Petkova, unveiled the budget for the upcoming elections, which amounts to BGN 100 million
Greek Cyprus Finance Minister Michalis Sarris gives a press briefing at the end of a special Eurogroup finance ministers meeting on the economic crisis in Cyprus, in Brussels, Belgium, on March 25, 2013. Photo by EPA
Cypriot Finance Minister Michalis Sarris has resigned after helping clinch the final terms of an international aid agreement to stave off a financial collapse of the island country.
President Nicos Anastasiades has accepted the resignation of Sarris, who had been under fire for his handling of the bailout deal.
Earlier, Anastasiades ordered an investigation into what led Cyprus to the brink of bankruptcy before it was forced to accept tough bailout conditions.
Cypriot media reports suggest that Sarris will be replaced by Labor Minister Haris Georgiades, according to the BBC.
Cyprus is set to receive the first tranche of bailout funding next month to ease the restructuring of its stricken banking sector.
Earlier this month, Croatia welcomed its first group of conscripts at the Eugen Kvaternik military training center near Slunj, marking the return of compulsory military service, which had been suspended since 2007
Turkish air defenses shot down a third missile targeting Incirlik Air Base, near Adana, reportedly fired from Iran, according to Cumhuriyet
The United States has temporarily eased restrictions on the purchase of certain Russian oil shipments currently stranded at sea, as global energy markets face growing strain due to the ongoing war involving Iran.
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker crashed in western Iraq on Thursday while taking part in Operation Epic Fury, the name given by the Pentagon to American military operations connected to the war with Iran. U.S. Central Command confirmed the incident
The widening conflict linked to the war with Iran has claimed the life of a French soldier in Iraq, while drone attacks and missile launches continued to shake the Middle East on Friday
Air raid sirens were heard early Friday morning at Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey, a strategic NATO facility hosting U.S. troops near the city of Adana.
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