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But Chapter 23 is late, she said.

Brnabic also pointed out that she hopes a proposal of constitutional reforms will be sent to the Venice Commission in January, "which is the condition for this chapter and the basis for everything that should be achieved in this chapter."

"I'll recall that over 900 factories owned by the Serbian state have been seized in the process of the plundering privatization in Kosovo and Metohija, for which neither the Serbs in Kosovo, nor the Serbian state, have been paid a single dinar," the director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija said on Monday, Beta reported.

Bulgaria is the fifth in the European Union (EU) by annual growth in construction output in October, according to Eurostat.

In the tenth month of the year, compared to the same month last year, the construction output index in Bulgaria increased by 10.1% compared to the average of 2% for the EU and the euro area, according to the data.

A new shift from the American reinforcements for European security started its training on the Novo Selo area near Sliven, bTV reported.

Six American Bradley armored vehicles are already training with the new American change of the polygon.

BELGRADE - The rule of law problem exists in all EU countries, but this is particularly made clear when a country is to join the EU, says Slovenian MEP Franc Bogovic, who is also vice-chairman of the Friends of Serbia group in the EP, in a comment on the EU's position that Serbia is not working enough on implementing the action plan for Chapter 23.

European Union leaders appealed for unity in a last-ditch effort to break their deadlock on sharing out refugees by June, telling reluctant eastern states they could otherwise be outvoted on a dispute that has shaken the bloc's foundations.

European Union nations bickered openly over migration policy Thursday in an east-west divide centered on several nations that refuse to accept refugee quotas.

Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, sought to distance himself from the hard-line anti-migrant views of leaders in his native Poland, saying he would never speak about migrants the way they do.

European leaders agreed to extend economic sanctions against Russia by 6 months. European Council President Donald Tusk revealed that at the summit on Thursday, EU countries have agreed to resume economic sanctions against Russia again, the France press reported.

One Austrian citizen died, one person was seriously wounded, while 20 other received minor injuries during the accident.

Among those with minor injuries were eight foreign nationals - two from Serbia, two from Romania, and one from Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and the United States each.