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The Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) of EU finance ministers on Friday adopted implementing decisions approving the amended Recovery and Resilience plans of Greece and another 12 countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Poland and Romania).

BRUSSELS - In a new draft declaration on preparations for a December 13 EU-Western Balkans summit, the EU calls for expediting the Western Balkans' accession to the bloc and urges Belgrade and Pristina to make swift progress on normalisation of relations and implement reached agreements without further delay or preconditions, including an agreement on the path to normalisation of relations and

Newly released figures from Eurostat reveal a notable surge in Bulgarian air passengers, marking a 74% increase in 2022. Despite this growth, the nation holds the distinction of the EU's second slowest rise, with Cyprus recording a slightly lower increase at 69%.

Authorities are scrambling not to lose European funding of the public-private partnership (PPP) for waste management in the Peloponnese region.

A few days ago the major project, which had been rejected in 2020, was resubmitted, with the Jaspers technical support team estimating that almost all of key issues have been addressed.

The European Commission presented on Wednesday a series of new initiatives in a Skills and Talent Mobility package to make the EU more attractive to talent from outside the EU and to facilitate mobility within. 

BELGRADE  - The Serbian government on Tuesday adopted a conclusion on adopting a plan on harmonising Serbia's visa regime with the EU visa regime.

The conclusion is one of Serbia's commitments on the EU integration path, the government said in a statement.

The participation rate of the adult population (people aged 25 to 54) in educational activities in Greece was only 4% in 2022, below the EU-27 average (14%), according to data analyzed by the Funcas think tank.

France and Germany will discuss later this month how strict new EU fiscal and debt rules should be, to create a basis for a pan-European deal by the end of the year, the finance ministers of both countries said on Thursday.

Türkiye has rejected the European Commission's latest report on its progress toward joining the EU, calling it "unjust and biased" and accusing the bloc of applying a "double-standard" to its candidacy.

The European Commission's report on Turkey, published on Wednesday, acknowledges the progress in Athens-Ankara relations in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes that hit southern Turkey in February.