Committee of the Regions

EU ambassadors on Wednesday confirmed the common understanding reached by the Romanian Presidency and the European Parliament on InvestEU, which will bring together under one programme 14 different financial instruments currently available to support investment in the EU, according to the Romanian Ministry of Public Finance (MFP).

The EPP (European People's Party) candidate for the presidency of the European Commission, Manfred Weber, on Saturday said, in his presentation of his vision for the future of the EU and the main guidelines of the European People's Party programme for the EC president, that he will fight for the same living standard in all Europe. "I am 46 years old and I grew up in Bavaria.

The summit of the local and regional leaders of the European People's Party, attended by President Klaus Iohannis, has started at Romexpo Exhibition Centre on Saturday. According to the PNL (National Liberal Party), more than 150 mayors and regional leaders from Europe, as well as about 3,000 local elected representatives from Romania, participate in the meeting.

Chairman of the National Liberal Party (PNL) Ludovic Orban said on Monday that the party holds regular meetings with President Klaus Iohannis, but emphasized that this is no constitutional ground to move for the suspension of the head of the state from office.

As stated, the protest was lodged because of the use of Kosovo's symbols during a recent event in Brussels.

The Mission said that "symbols of the so-called state of Kosovo" had been used during a festival dubbed, "Proud of My Region and Its Culture," held within the framework of EU's Enlargement Day.

Construction of the new section of the second line of the underground in the Bulgarian capital is going according to schedule and the new Vitosha station is expected to be opened in July.

This was stated by Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandakova who inspected the progress of construction on Tuesday.