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Brussels – Presenting the 2021 Rule of Law Report, European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova and Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders called on the Slovenian authorities on Tuesday to ensure a stable financing of the STA. Reynders pointed to potential measures in the wake of Slovenia’s non-appointment of European delegated prosecutors come autumn.

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However, the stinging criticisms of Hungary and Poland, which are the only two member states currently under formal EU investigation into their undermining of the rule of law, indicates much harsher measures are in the pipeline, such as the withholding of billions of euros in EU funds designed to help member states' economies recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

A spokesman for the Belgian foreign ministry says a Belgian tourist was killed in Greeces ferocious wildfires as he tried to flee blazes in the summer resort of Mati north of Athens.

SOFIA - Belgian FM Didier Reynders said in Sofia on Friday the fact that the Western Balkans was back on the EU's agenda was a "very good idea."

"I am sure that the future of all the Western Balkan countries is in the European Union," Reynders said during an informal meeting of EU FMs.

The European Union (EU) should make official its position on Turkey's accession process, Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said on Friday from Tallinn, Esthonia, where he attended an informal meeting of European diplomatic chiefs, The Brussels Times writes.

"For us, it's very clear; the process is frozen," Reynders said.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday met with Belgian Deputy PM and FM Didier Reynders to discuss bilateral relations, ways of strengthening economic cooperation and Serbia's European integration.

Vucic expressed the hope more Belgian companies would be interested in investing in Serbia, in particular in infrastructure, agriculture and the energy sector.

The prime surviving suspect in the Paris attacks may have been plotting more operations with the help of a weapons cache and a network of associates, Belgium's Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said on March 20. 

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign and European Affairs Minister Didier Reynders noted on Tuesday the excellent state of trade-economic relations between the two countries.

The two met during the official visit of Reynders to Bulgaria at the invitation of Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov, the government's press service informs.

Moscow has issued a list of European Union politicians barred from Russia in response to EU's own sanctions and travel bans on Russian officials imposed over the annexation of Crimea and the Kremlin's alleged role in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said.

Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders has drawn criticism from minority groups for blackening his face during a charity rally in Brussels in which participants dress up in what they say are the clothes of 19th century African noblemen.