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The EU has made 'much progress' since the adoption of the Energy Union Framework Strategy nine months ago, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

While much remains to be done, next year will be important year of delivery, the Commission said in the State of the Energy Union Report published on Wednesday for the first time.

The Corinthian Gulf is to receive an early warning device system for tsunamis that has been developed by scientists of the European Commission’s Joint Research Center. The project is a collaboration between teh European Commission’s Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection and the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).

At the end of the last week, the European Commission adopted a key investment package on maritime affairs, fisheries and aquaculture in Bulgaria.

The programme worth a total ?? EUR 113 M foresees the allocation of EUR 88 M from EU funds in the 2014-2020 programme period.

Greece’s creditors from the European Commission, European Central Bank, European Stability Mechanism and International Monetary Fund say they are waiting for the Greek Parliament to legislate necessary reforms so that they can complete their review.

A mixture of experts, diplomats and civil society activists are to take seats Romania's proposed new cabinet, whose will run the country until the next elections are held in December 2016, prime minister designate Dacian Ciolos announced on Sunday.

By the end of this year, Macedonia will borrow another ?700 million, ignoring European Commission advice contained in the recent annual progress report to stop adding to the already sizeable debt.

Days before the Commission said it was worried by Macedonia's growing debt, the government said it would issue more eurobonds worth ?500 million to support the budgets this and next year.

Talking to reporters in Antalya on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker made an important warning to European nations: No one should mix up the terrorists that staged the Paris attacks and the people seeking refuge in Europe fleeing the attacks by the very same groups back in their homeland.

Cristiana Pasca Palmer is a graduate of the Natural Sciences Faculty of the University of Bucharest (1996). She then went on to complete master's degree studies in Science, Ecological Systems and Natural Capital Management, at the same university (1996-1997).

Ioan Dragos Tudorache is a jurist and has a vast management experience international institutions. He has also worked for the UN in Kosovo.

Currently, he is employed by the European Commission and held the responsibility of the unit dealing with the Schengen Area and International Relations, within the Directorate General for Home Affairs. AGERPRES

G-20 leaders meet in Turkey's Antalya, under the shadow of the Paris attacks that killed at least 129 on Nov. 15, with plans to focus on the Syrian crisis, climate change and a heavy economy and trade agenda. Follow our live blog for instant updates from the summit.