President of the European Council

The European Union and Turkey are planning a summit in late March, Mediapool reports.

If the British government sticks to its decision to leave the EU, it will happen in March next year, unless there is a change in thinking and in the hearts of our British friends. Our hearts are still open to you. This was stated before the European Parliament by the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, quoted on Tuesday by BTA.

SOFIA - The history of the Balkans is more dramatic and interesting than the screenplay of the Game of Thrones television series, even if there are no dragons in it, European Council President Donald Tusk said in Sofia late Thursday.

Zaharieva, whose country on Thursday officially took over EU's six-month rotating presidency, added that she expects Serbia and Montenegro to open more EU accession negotiations chapters during this period, and that there was "a realistic chance" for Albania and Macedonia to start their accession talks.

Faced with possible EU sanctions for a series of controversial judicial changes which Brussels believes threaten the country's rule of law and democratic values, the Polish government could push the country out of the bloc if it stops being a recipient of EU funds, Donald Tusk, the EU Council president, has warned.

The Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union will officially begin today with a ceremony in the National Theater.

It will be accompanied by several big protests - the policemen, the eco-activists and the defenders of Bansko ski zone will protest in the capital. 

Greek opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has voiced his opposition to calls by European Council President Donald Tusk for the abolition of mandatory quotas on relocating refugees across the European Union.

Arriving at a meeting of the center-right European People's Party (EPP) in Brussels, Mitsotakis said Tusk's proposal was "wrong."

Speaking from a summit of European leaders in Brussels where he hopes to secure the support of Berlin and Brussels in curbing a newly burgeoning migration crisis, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday described as "unacceptable" calls by European Council President Donald Tusk for obligatory refugee quotas to be abolished.

The notion of a unified Europe is in no way served by European Council President Donald Tusk's proposal to EU leaders that would essentially scrap the refugee quota scheme which foresees member-states taking in a certain number of asylum seekers. 

As pressure continues to build on the Aegean islands with ever more undocumented migrants arriving from neighboring Turkey, European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos on Tuesday slammed a proposal by European Council President Donald Tusk for the abolition of mandatory quotas on relocating asylum seekers across the EU.