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Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, has assured Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov of the EU's support for the country following Russia's decision to drop the South Stream gas pipeline project.

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NEW YORK - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will meet with UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon on Thursday, and he will also address the UN Security Council session on Kosovo later this evening, the Serbian government Office for cooperation with the media released.

Bulgaria "won't be bargaining chip," says PM

BRUSSELS -- Bulgaria will not allow to be used as a bargaining chip in the relations between Russia and the West, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has suggested that he expects a clear answer from the European Commission as regards the future of the South Stream gas pipeline projects.

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Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is on a visit to Brussels to hold talks with the heads of the European Commission, European Council and European Parliament.

BELGRADE - Russia will fulfill all obligations regarding its gas supply to Serbia this winter, Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin said on Wednesday, and blamed the EU for the abandonment of the South Stream project.

Russia will do everything to avoid any complications with the gas supply to Serbia, Chepurin told reporters in Belgrade.

Greece will have to ask for an extension on its bailout program before parliaments in eurozone nations close for Christmas because a new credit line will not be ready in time, a senior euro zone official said on Wednesday.

Dr. Erdem Erkul, Senior Manager at Samsung Electronics Turkey and a former fellow from the National Center for Digital Government (NCDG), has been elected vice president of the Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) during the 53rd CEPIS Council meeting last week in Brussels.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta said in the beginning of the Government's sitting on Wednesday that the third budget revision this year will be positive, as a result of a better absorption of the EU funds and higher collections to the budget.

A joint IMF and European Commission delegation had its first discussions with Romanian officials on Tuesday over the Balkan country's draft budget for next year.

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