Greek privatization agency says disused airport project to go ahead
ATHENS (Reuters) – A 7.9 billion euro plan to turn a derelict former Athens airport into one of Europe’s biggest coastal resorts, included in Greece’s latest international bailout, will go ahead despite recent delays, a senior privatization agency offi…
Tight deadline for talks after nationalist surge in Northern Ireland
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Northern Irish leaders prepared on Saturday for three weeks of challenging talks to save their devolved government after a snap election that could have dramatic implications for the politics and constitutional status of the British …
Greece’s fiscal targets should be eased to help growth, central bank chief says
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s international lenders should lower the country’s fiscal targets from 2021 onwards to help boost its growth potential, central bank governor Yannis Stournaras said on Saturday.
Rows over reforms, election bog down Albania’s EU accession talks
TIRANA (Reuters) – Albania’s political parties snuffed out hopes on Saturday for a compromise that would keep open the Balkan state’s path to European Union membership after Brussels warned that an opposition boycott of parliament put accession talks a…
Malaysia expels North Korean envoy after Kim Jong Nam murder
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia said on Saturday it was expelling the North Korean ambassador, escalating a diplomatic row between the two countries over the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Syrian government says agenda agreed, seeks united opposition at next Geneva talks
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syria’s chief negotiator said on Saturday that the “only thing” achieved at 10-day talks in Geneva was an agreed agenda and that the government wanted a unified opposition delegation as its negotiating partner.
East Libyan forces target rivals with air strikes to regain oil ports
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – East Libyan forces carried out air strikes around major oil ports on Saturday as they sought to regain control of the area from a rival faction, a military spokesman said.
British foreign minister to visit Russia to discuss differences
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign minister Boris Johnson will go to Moscow in the coming weeks to discuss the differences between the two countries over Syria and Ukraine, the Foreign Office said on Saturday, in the first such visit for five years.
MH370 families launch campaign to fund search for the missing jet
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Families of passengers on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Saturday launched a campaign to privately fund a search for the aircraft.
Twelve treated for chemical weapons agents in Mosul since March 1: U.N.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Twelve people, including women and children, are being treated for possible exposure to chemical weapons agents in Mosul, where Islamic State is fighting off an offensive by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces, the United Nations said on Satur…
