6/22/2018 – The likelihood of new elections in Germany clearly increases while Angela Merkel admits as very unlikely to reach some kind of agreement on migrants at the mini-summit scheduled Sunday in Brussels and in which the Visegrad group won’t participate.

6/22/2018 – “We have seen a very positive tendency recently. Our trade increased significantly over the previous year and continues to grow this year. Our trade is worth USD 20 billion“, Russian President Vladimir Putin told his ROK counterpart Moon Jae-in.

6/22/2018 – “We commend Greece and its European partners on the completion of the fourth and final review under the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) program. The additional debt relief measures announced today will mitigate Greece’s medium-term refinancing risks,” said IMF‘s Managing Director Christine Lagarde.

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