Committee on European Affairs

The Speaker of the Parliament of North Macedonia Talat Xhaferi did not put to the vote the proposal of the coordinator of the parliamentary group of VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Mitseski, who asked at yesterday's parliamentary session to consider the issue of negotiations with Sofia and the negotiating framework with the EU, BGNES reports.

A fight between Macedonian lawmakers took place during a debate in the parliamentary Committee on European Affairs, BGNES reported.

The incident happened in the late afternoon. Commission Chairman Arber Ademi started throwing coffee cups at lawmakers.

The head of Senate's Committee on European Affairs, Angel Tilvar, says Romania is still "at the bottom of the European rankings" in terms of the percentage of GDP allocated to health or patients' access to innovative medicines. "Our country is still at the bottom of the European rankings in terms of the percentage of GDP allocated to health or patients' access to innovative medicines.

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban had a series of meetings with representatives of the business environment at the Munich Security Conference, voicing in context the interest for strengthening and expanding economic cooperation with Germany, informs a press release published by the Government on Saturday.

The Summit of the Visegrad Group (V4) has started in the Lany Chateau in Prague, with the participation of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic who is there at the invitation of Czech President Milos Zeman.

The meeting of the Summit of the Visegrad Group in Prague will also be attended by President of the Slovak Republic Zuzana Caputova, President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman, President of Hungary Jnos der, President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda and President of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor, it is said in a press office statement.

Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok says Skopje and Tirana need to be evaluated separately as regards the start of accession talks with the European Union, according to MIA, citing Albanian Top Channel television.

Romania must be part of the hard core of the EU, together with those who want a stronger and more integrated European Union, said the Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies, Angel Tilvar, at his meeting in Berlin with Gunther Krichbaum, Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs in the Bundestag.

The head of the Committee on European Affairs, Deputy Ana Birchall, on Thursday had a meeting at the Parliament Palace with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to Romania, Ramiro Fernandez Bachiller, during which she evoked the excellent relations existing between the two countries and voiced "her appreciation for the high level of bilateral relations and fo

PARIS - Serbian Minister in charge of European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic will on Thursday conclude a three-day visit to Paris with a meeting with French President Francois Hollande's advisor for European Affairs and Secretary General of the government for European Affairs Philippe Leglise-Costa.