EU Council

President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday welcomed his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic, on an official visit to Bucharest, at Cotroceni Palace.

Iohannis greeted Vucic in the Cotroceni Palace Ceremony Hall, where the two national anthems were played after a review of the Guard of Honour.

In Chisinau on Friday, Romanian Senator Titus Corlatean, chairman of the Select Committee on Coordination of Parliamentary Activities for Preparing the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council in the First Half of 2019, unveiled the actions of Romania in support of the European and Euro-Atlantic projects of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, underlining the legitimacy of the European aspirations of the

This year EUR 100 million will be allocated to infrastructure under the rural development program, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry announced. The measure is expected to start on March 7 or March 8 and will last for 120 days.

Today, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will be on a working visit to Bulgaria. He will meet with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and will attend a meeting with the heads of state and government of the Western Balkan countries.

''Deepening of the partnership with Iran in the economic and energy spheres is of interest to Bulgaria, Southeast Europe and the European Union, and as President of the EU Council, Bulgaria will work to promote political dialogue to achieve concrete results of mutual interest.'' This was stated by President Rumen Radev at his meeting at Dondukov 2 with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, D

Romania will support a possible modest increase in the national contribution to the European Union's budget so as to maintain adequate allocations for EU policies, in particular for the cohesion and the common agricultural policy, Romania's President Klaus Iohannis told an informal meeting of the European Council in Brussels on Friday.

The future of the European institutions, their governance and the multiannual financial framework are the main topics of the informal European Summit today in Brussels. As these are issues that will be of concern to Europe after her separation with the UK, today 27 heads of state and government are taking part in the meeting, as will be the Member States number after the break.

Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev met with Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Hoshihigo Seko, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, to host a joint business forum with Japan's Foreign Trade Organization.

AGERPRES special correspondent Daniel Florea reports: Prime minister Viorica Dancila on Tuesday reiterated at a meeting with the European Council's President Donald Tusk, Romania's strong support for the enhancement of the European project.

Austria's Chancellor Sebastien Kurz's planned visit for today is delayed due to sudden health problems, the Council of Ministers said.

The cabinets of the two Heads of Government are in the process of specifying another date for the visit, as soon as possible. Prime Minister Boyko Borisov wishes a quick recovery of his colleague, the statement said.