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Vice President of the European Commission responsible for the Budget and the Human Resources Kristalina Georgieva visited on Monday the reception center of migrants and refugees center in Elaionas, Athens.

The shooting of Vazvishenie ("Summit"), a movie based on the award-winning book of Bulgarian writer Milen Ruskov, is to start in January, production crew have said.

Federica Mogherini said on Monday EU's foreign ministers will call for the opening of the first chapters in negotiations with Serbia.

The negotiations concern the country's bid to join the EU.

The new report by US NGO Global Financial Integrity entitled 'Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2004-2013' rings alarm bells about the amount of 'black money' leaving the four Balkan countries each year.

Sofia and Athens believe EU member states should agree on clear common rules about how to handle the migrant crisis, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said on Monday.

December 14, 2015 we can safely be referred to as "an important and perhaps the most revolutionary date in Serbia's more recent history," says Aleksandar Vucic.

Turkey has set to revive its efforts to join the European Union by beginning to discuss and negotiate on a new chapter on Dec. 14, as part of a major deal to help Europe solve its migration crisis.

Talks between Ankara and the European Union about updating Turkey's customs union will begin next year, EU Affairs Minister and Chief Negotiator Volkan Bozk?r said on Dec. 14. 

The Serbian Mission to the EU has reacted to the draft resolution on Kosovo prepared by European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur Ulrike Lunacek.

Serbian representatives said it contains "a series of unfair comments concerning Serbia."

Businesses should be able to hire non-Bulgarian nationals more easily, the head of an employer union said on Monday.

Regulatory requirements obligating businesses to employ non-Bulgarians offering salaries at least three times the country's average should be removed, Vasil Velev, who heads the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA), told the Bulgarian National Radio.