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Greek shipowners face the prospect of not being paid for loads worth millions of euros or having them confiscated when they get involved with high-yield but high-risk trading in refined oil products with Venezuela. With the US sanctions to Caracas coming into force in April, it is likely that shippers' payment demands for deliveries made will be in vain.

The European Parliament recognized Venezuela's self-declared interim president Juan Guaido as the de-facto head of state on Thursday, a symbolic step that lawmakers said was designed to keep pressure on President Nicolas Maduro.

EU lawmakers voted in a non-binding resolution to recognize Guaido as interim leader and called on all EU governments to follow suit.

Discussions carried out by the defence ministers in the 28 EU states at the informal meeting in Bucharest were fruitful, generating a positive exchange of opinions on topical security issues and topics related to the future of EU defence, Minister of Defence Gabriel Les stated on Thursday.

(Xinhua) -- The relationship between Bulgaria and Portugal is a symbol of the future of Europe as the two countries can cooperate and hold dialogue while seeking common ground on the basis of European values, visiting Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said here Wednesday.

The number of foreign tourists visiting Turkey increased by a strong 21.84 percent to a total of 39.5 million people in 2018, the country's Culture and Tourism Ministry announced on Jan. 31.

Denmark supports Bulgaria to join Schengen, Inger Støjberg, the Minister of Immigration and Integration of Denmark said on 30th of January during her visit to Bulgaria, reports BNT. 

She visited Capitan Andreevo checkpoint and observed the security of the border with Turkey.

The economic sectors that Greece needs to focus on to attract foreign direct investments are aircraft construction, shipyards and engineering equipment production, according to a study by IHS Markit.

All studies conducted to date on the growth prospects of the Greek economy had pointed to tourism, agriculture and food & drink as the sectors that could propel Greece to recovery.

Students could finish exchange programs, existing EU projects could still get funding and EU workers in Britain could continue to accrue pension benefits at home under emergency measures proposed by the EU executive on Wednesday to limit disruption if Britain crashes out of the bloc with no deal.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic signed today An agreement on the seat of the Permanent Secretariat of the Transport Community with Acting Director of the Permanent Secretariat of the Transport Community Alan Baron.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila has announced on Wednesday that on February 6 and 7 she will be paying a working visit to Brussels, where she will participate in a conference on the fight against anti-Semitism and she will present, in the plenary session of the European Committee of Regions, the priorities of Romania's Presidency at the Council of the European Union.