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The European Commission and Greece agreed on Friday on how 26 billion euros of structural and investment funds will be used between 2014 and 2020.

“The new National Strategic Reference Framework [NSRF] can act as a catalyst for growth at a crucial time for the country,” said Development Minister Costis Hatzidakis.

Greece will have the largest number of candidates standing in Sunday’s European Parliament elections in relation to the size of its electorate, it was revealed on Friday.

China has opened its first environmental court, as the country is struggling to cope with the impact its rapid industrialization has had on nature.

The court in the southern province of Fujian will be able to make use of a new environmental law giving more powers to persecute polluters from January 1, 2015.

By Nikos Konstandaras

BRUSSELS - The screening for another chapter in the Serbia-EU accession talks opened in Brussels on Thursday and the main topic of today's discussion covers information society and the media.

Millions of people are voting on the first day of the European elections 2014 in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, Thursday.

Voting will take place in the EU's other 27 member states over the next four days, with 751 MEPs in total to be chosen.

International organisations, EU member countries and EULEX are assisting Serbia after the worst flooding to hit the region in 120 years.

BELGRADE - The European Union (EU) is ready to assist Serbia as if it were already a member state, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn underscored in Brussels on Wednesday.

Bulgarian households had the lowest electricity bills in the European Union in the second half of 2013, Eurostat data has revealed.

A family in Bulgaria pays EUR 8.8 per kWh of energy on the average, compared to EUR 20.1 for the EU as a whole.

Romania (EUR 12.8) and Hungary (EUR 13.3) rank second and third, according to the European statistical agency.

A total of over BGN 3 B will be allocated to regional growth in the new programming period 2014-2020, according to Bulgarian Regional Development Minister Desislava Terzieva.