EU Council

An EU-Turkey Summit will be held on March 26 in Bulgaria with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expected to be attendance, an EU spokesman said Tuesday, New Europe writes. 

The first expert meeting from the calendar of the Bulgarian Presidency of the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region - that of the coordinators of the priority areas, was held at Boyana Residence in Sofia on 1st of February.

Bulgaria officially opened its presidency of the Council of the European Union in Brussels, reports BTV. 2000 guests at the most prestigious art center watched the concert for the event.

The Bulgarian president cited a verse by Polish author Leopold Staff in response to European Council President Donald Tusk, who cited Ivan Vazov at the National Theater ceremony.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov congratulated Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on his will for his country's Euro-Atlantic integration and encouraged him to continue negotiations with Greece to resolve the issue with the name of the state, reported BGNES. 

The lunch, where Dacic was "the main speaker," was hosted by Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Sem Fabrizi, the government announced.

With folk dances and traditional Bulgarian products, Bulgaria launched one of the largest agricultural exhibitions in Europe.

The head of the highest authority in the Polish justice system, the National Judicial Council, resigned because of the new rules introduced by ruling Conservatives and allowing politicians to elect its members, the Associated Press reported.

The European Parliament has proposed that the next European elections be held between May 23-26, 2019, nearly two months after the scheduled exit of the UK from the EU, France Press reported, citing several parliamentary sources.

Bulgaria hopes during its six-month presidency of the EU Council that it will be able to convince Brussels that it is ready to become a member of the Schengen area, according to a report by Euronews Television at the Bulgarian-Turkish border.

Faced with possible EU sanctions for a series of controversial judicial changes which Brussels believes threaten the country's rule of law and democratic values, the Polish government could push the country out of the bloc if it stops being a recipient of EU funds, Donald Tusk, the EU Council president, has warned.