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EU ministers of social policy and health will determine their position to revise the current directive on posted workers, Sega said.

The European Parliament will discuss a report on minimum income in the EU, expecting MEPs to call on Member States to introduce adequate minimum incomes as a means of combating poverty

Hungary wants the EU to enlarge and thinks Serbia should be the next country to join, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in Budapest on Wednesday.

Orban was speaking at the opening of the 6th Annual Forum of EU Strategy for the Danube Region, Beta is reporting.

A significant majority of Bulgarian, Romanian and Croat citizens believe EU membership is good for their country, according to a survey on views of the EU released by the European Parliament on Wednesday.

Among the citizens of the three Balkan member states, Croats trust the EU the most, with 68 per cent saying that their country had benefitted from EU membership.  

According to a European Parliament survey, Greeks are skeptical about joining the EU and its benefits, with only 23% believing that the EU is contributing to economic growth. On the contrary, 36% of European citizens feel that the Union is contributing to economic growth.

European Council President Donald Tusk proposed a meeting of EU Heads of State and Government and the Western Balkans on 17 May next year in Sofia. This is part of a list of proposals for the work program of the European Council by mid-2019.

48% of Greeks believe the country has benefited from the EU in 2017, a 4-point rise compared to 2016, according to a Europe-wide survey conducted by the European Parliament.
The data showed that 4% more Europeans (64% from 60%) also believed their repective coutries had benefited from the EU. In Cyprus the corresponding rise was just one percentage point, from 45% from 44% in 2016.

''Our ambition is to have a clear plan for the countries of the Western Balkans under the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). " With these words, Deputy Prime Minister for Justice Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva addressed the Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Maria Gabriel, according to BGNES.

BELGRADE - The existence of a Western Balkan platform for education and training is very significant for cooperation of countries in the region, for sharing experience and knowledge in education and research, as well as for our future EU accession, Serbian Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development Mladen Sarcevic said Thursday.

By December 20, we will know the exact program of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, it became clear today. Parliament is currently discussing its priorities in the Security and Justice sector, reported bTV.

Our country will insist on the creation of a European Public Prosecutor's Office, which will control how EU funds are spent.

The conditions for Western Balkan countries to join the EU membership will not be met before the end of the mandate of the current European Commission (EC).

EC President Jean-Claude Juncker said this on Wednesday, during his "state of the union" address at the European Parliament.