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President Klaus Iohannis believes there are chances, but not certainties on Romania's being accepted in the Schengen area this year, but underscores that "the latest developments in Parliament, in which certain requests have been rejected, don't (...) help at all."

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According to preliminary data of Bulgaria's Finance Ministry, the country will register a budget surplus of BGN 250 M for the first quarter of the new year.

This will be the first surplus recorded in the first quarter of the year since 2009, the ministry's press service reports.

BELGRADE - Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport said on Tuesday that Serbia had demonstrated professionalism and commitment in the EU integration process, and underscored that the European Commission and other EU member states were offering full support to Serbia along its path toward full membership in the bloc.

The SYRIZA-led government is expected to submit a proposal for a parliamentary committee to examine the handling of the Greek debt crisis by previous administrations.

EU integrations progress "depends on Kosovo talks"

BELGRADE -- Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says Serbia's progress towards the EU "will depend on the assessment of whether there is progress in the dialogue with Pristina."

BELGRADE - Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni stated on Tuesday that Italy is certain Serbia's European integration process should go a step further and added that all conditions have been met for the European Commission (EC) to adopt a decision to open negotiating chapters in the months to come.

Talks between officials from Greece and its EU/IMF lenders in Brussels have ended without a deal on the country's reform plans and may continue next week, three Greek government officials said on Tuesday.

A Bulgarian man living in Houlton, US ha been accused of sending emails containing death threats to "a member of the European Commission", local media reports suggest.

According to The Sun Journal, Dushko Detelinov Vulchev, 38, allegedly wrote an email "to a Bulgarian economist and administrator who is a member of the European Commission".

The European Union and other donors pledged more than $2 billion on Tuesday to help alleviate war-torn Syria's humanitarian crisis, which Kuwait's emir called the worst in "modern history".
      

SOFIA - A delegation of the Serbian parliamentary headed by Chairman of its European Integration Committee Aleksandar Senic begun their two-day visit to Bulgaria.

Senic told Tanjug that they would meet with Bulgaria's officials to talk about the country's experiences in accession negotiations and discuss cross-border cooperation.