Ursula Von Der Leyen

There was celebration and joy on both sides of the Slovenian-Croatian border as Croatia joined the Schengen area and adopted the euro on 1 January. More than 30 years after the countries broke away from Yugoslavia, their citizens are once again using the same currency and can cross the border freely.

As of today, Croatia has become the 20th member of the Eurozone and the 27th member of the Schengen area. More than 70 border points with Slovenia and Hungary and 12 - along the sea border are being removed. On this occasion, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is expected in Zagreb.

President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, visited the works on the construction of the Serbia-Bulgaria gas interconnector.

It is expected that she will discuss energy, Serbia's alignment with the EU's foreign and security policy and the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina with Serbian officials.

According to her, the European Union has prepared a support package for the entire Western Balkans to help it deal with the energy crisis.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

New Russian strikes against Ukraine's power grid, millions without power

Russia has again launched strikes targeting Ukraine's energy grid. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attacks were on a "very wide" scale.

EU leaders on Oct. 21 reached agreement on a "roadmap" aimed at putting in place measures within weeks to shield European consumers from soaring energy prices.

The accord came after 11 hours of wrangling over broad proposals to lower energy bills as gas prices pushed skywards by the war in Ukraine.

The European Commission has unveiled its latest proposals to rein in skyrocketing EU energy prices caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and Moscow's decision to cut off Europe's gas supply.

Today he had a series of meetings with numerous leaders.

Bulgaria does not currently have a project for wind energy from offshore installations, nor has it announced any prospect.

This is how a senior representative of the European Commission answered a question of Bulgarian media Club Z.