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Leaders from Central Europe said Tuesday they reject a European Union policy that calls for all member states to receive migrants, protesting suggestions that the level of their compliance could be linked to the availability of EU funds to them.

Moscow and Brussels shook hands in agreement to fundamentally change the gas policy of Russia in relation to certain former satellite countries to the Soviet Union, now part of the EU, according to BNR.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said Turkey is being "unfairly criticized" by the European Union. 

"It is necessary to get along with Turkey. We hand over our security to the Turks and criticize, attack and condemn them in unnecessary topics. This is not a smart policy," Orban told the public radio Kossuth on March 17. 

BRATISLAVA - Serbia and Slovakia will soon sign a new agreement on social security to better protect Serbian workers in Slovakia, Serbian Minister of Labour Aleksandar Vulin announced in Bratislava Monday, while his Slovak counterpart Jan Richter said illegal work was a burden for both countries.

Low - cost carrier Wizz Air will launch a new route Slovakia-Bulgaria from June, 30, announced the company.

So now the routes from Bulgaria are 33 to 16 countries.

Eastern European countries have pledged to raise the question of varying food quality in different regions of Europe at the next meeting of EU agricultural ministers next Monday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said late on Monday that the European Union will have problems if do not allow individual members to participate in various degrees of integration with each other.

Merkel made the comment in Paris after a meeting with the leaders of the four largest economies in the Eurozone - Germany, France, Italy and Spain.

Bulgaria's interim Agriculture Minister has said Sofia intends on joining the Visegrad group in their demand that companies should stop selling lower-quality products in Eastern Europe compared to the rest of the continent.

The issue will be raised at a ministerial meeting in Brussels on Monday, Hristo Bozukov has told daily 24 Chasa.

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto has said the security of the European Union depends on Turkey's stability.

Speaking to Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency on the eve of the Turkey-Hungary 5th Joint Economic Commission meeting, Szijjarto said Hungary respects Turkey for housing the refugees.

ACAPULCO - Serbia's top-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic has got off to a successful start at the Acapulco ATP tournament after beating Martin Klizan of Slovakia 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) on Wednesday.

Djokovic, who won after 95 minutes of play, is now 3-0 head-to-head against Klizan.

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