Gender Equality

Senate President Anca Dragu reiterated on Tuesday the dialogue she had in Brussels in the meetings with representatives of the European Parliament on topics such as the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), Schengen, the conference on the future of Europe or gender equality.

Officials in ex-communist Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria say it is unethical for food items sold under the same brand to be inferior in quality in new EU member states in the East compared with old member states in the west, Reuters is reporting.

However, the practice is legal in the EU as long as food ingredients are clearly listed, the agency said.

The Prosecutor General of Bulgaria Sotir Tsatsarov presented the ideas for reform in the prosecution during a meeting with EU Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commissioner Vera Jourova on Thursday in Brussels.

BELGRADE - The Serbian parliament committees for human and minority rights, gender equality and EU integration called on Tuesday on the authorities to ensure the Belgrade Pride Parade scheduled for Sunday went through without incident, and they appealed to the people to keep the event in the spirit of tolerance.