European Council

BELGRADE - The EU leadership supports Kosovo entirely but this fact will not force Serbia to acknowledge region's independence, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said Thursday.

New rules allowing European Union citizens with subscriptions for online music, games, movies and TV shows to access that content while staying temporarily in another EU country were informally agreed by the European Parliament and European Council negotiators on Tuesday.

1) We welcome and support the Maltese Presidency’s efforts to take forward all elements of the EU’s comprehensive migration policy. We reaffirm our determination to act in full respect of human rights, international law and European values, and in conjunction with UNHCR and IOM.

President Rumen Radev participated on Friday in an informal meeting of the European Council held in Malta.

The heads of state and government leaders of EU member-states discussed in Valletta the issues related to the migrant influx in Europe, as well as Brexit, reported the government's press service.

Slovenia's Prime Minister Miro Cerar has warned that there is a new route for illegal migrants who want to reach Europe.

"There is a new migrant route through the peninsula of Istria in the Adriatic Sea," said Cerar during an informal meeting of the European Council which was held in Malta.

The European Parliament has approved the abolition of the visa regime for Georgian citizens.

According to the new legislation, adopted by Euro MPs on Thursday, Georgian citizens will be able to enter the Schengen area without a visa for a brief period of time.

ATHENS - Serbia has a key role in the wider Balkan region and, primarily for the sake of regional stability and development, it would be desirable for it to become a full member of the European family, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has said ahead of Tuesday's visit to Belgrade.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has joined Russia, China and radical Islam as one of the threats to Europe, according to Donald Tusk.

Tusk, who is president of the European Council, made these statements "in a letter to national leaders before a summit that he will chair on Friday to prepare EU's future after Britain leaves," Reuters reported on Tuesday.

Trust in the stability of the Greek economy remains weak, Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem has said adding that the country's left-led government must intensify efforts to rebuild the crisis-hit economy.

"The Bulgarian EU presidency is a way to attract attention to the [Balkan] region," Meglena Kuneva, Bulgaria's deputy prime minister in charge of European policies said on Tuesday as she presented the logo for the country's six-month presidency of the European Council, which will start on January 1, 2018.