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On Thursday, MEPs will vote on rules to combat illegal practices in the road freight sector and amendments to rules on driving time for drivers, the European Parliament (EP) said.

This is the first "Mobility" package, popularized as the Macron Pack. It provoked division by country. Bulgaria has opposed the changes, but there is no solid support so they will not pass.

There is still a possibility, even before the end of the mandate of this European Commission, that the monitoring mechanism of Bulgaria and Romania be terminated. This was stated by the Deputy Chairman of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, at a press conference on the rule of law.

Projections for Greece's economic growth rate may have been revised downward, but there is one area in which the country has excelled, and that is record-level taxation.

According to data released yesterday, the state has collected 5.5bn euros in delinquent debt from the seizure of bank deposits from 815,000 accounts.

The European Commission has decided to invest EUR 33 million as part of cohesion policy in the construction of a 182-km cross-border gas pipeline between Komotini, in Greece, and Stara Zagora, Commissioner Corina Cretu said in an interview with Focus News Agency after the Commission's announcement today.

Minister-delegate for European Affairs George Ciamba on Tuesday stated that there is need of a "revival of the European integration project," in a moment when the EU is facing a series of difficulties.

68% of Bulgarian employers face difficulties in hiring workers. This was stated by the Chairman of the Managing Board of the Industrial Capital Association Vassil Velev before the BNR. He quotes a survey that says that 45% of employers globally have such difficulties.

The European Parliament will discuss again this week the changes in the rules of the international hauliers. This is reported on the website of the Parliament's Transport Committee.

The Romanian Presidency at the European Union Council has 80 files concluded at mid-term and this thing shows "the seriousness which Romania treats the European issues with," Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Florin Iordache said on Monday.

The powerful Catholic Church in Croatia is making its presence increasingly felt in the education system of the European Union's newest member-state.

The Albanian government removed from its gazette a law that would allow the arbitrary nationalization of land belonging to the ethnic Greek families in the south of the country, a diplomatic source from the Greek foreign ministry said on Saturday.