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The first package of regulations on risk management and the legal use of artificial intelligence was adopted by a large majority of MEPs during the June plenary session in Strasbourg.

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides reiterated his proposal for enhanced involvement of the European Union in the efforts to break the deadlock on the Cyprus problem, and in reunification talks should they resume, during his speech at the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Eva Kaili, the MEP charged over her involvement in the Qatargate scandal, will not attend the plenary session of European Parliament in Strasbourg this week, for "personal, objective reasons which cannot be made public," her lawyers said in a statement on Monday. 

The Plenum of the Supreme Judicial Council released Ivan Geshev for actions that harmed the authority of the judiciary and proposed to the President to issue a decree for his early dismissal from office.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled on Tuesday that the Romanian state is breaching article eight of the European Convention on Human Rights - the right to respect for private and family life - by not allowing same-sex couples to marry or register civil partnerships.

Bulgaria will have to comply with the Istanbul Convention, even if it has not ratified it, if it is approved by the EU Council, according to the European Commission.

The European Parliament is expected to approve its ratification at its plenary session in Strasbourg on Wednesday.

Bulgaria has been ordered to pay the record 1.6 million euro compensation to the former prime minister and leader of the NDSV party Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha because of the moratorium imposed years ago on the disposal and exploitation of his returned properties. The decision is of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

The Council of Europe voted on Monday to send Kosovo's application for membership to the organization's Parliamentary Assembly.

The way has been paved for EU funding of border infrastructure such as the Evros fence in northeastern Greece after an amendment introduced by the European People's Party was voted through in Strasbourg. 

STRASBOURG - Serbian Ambassador to the Council of Europe (CoE) Aleksandra Djurovic said on Wednesday Pristina's bid for membership in the organisation had not been discussed by the CoE Committee of Ministers earlier in the day.

In a statement to Tanjug, Djurovic said the Committee would also not hold an extraordinary meeting on this by the end of this week.