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An 84 percent majority of Greeks aged between 16-25 say that peace is the most important result of the country's membership in the European Union, according to an upcoming survey, which also found that 24 percent are unable to name three or more achievements of the 28-member club.

Minister Valentin Radev: Only 5 km left for the completion of the protection facility at the border protection facility between Bulgaria and Turkey. This was said by the Interior Minister Valentin Radev, FOCUS News Agency reported

The Greek flag was on Friday hoisted at the building housing the Egyptian Embassy in Doha as Greek authorities officially undertake the representation in Qatar of Egypt, one of five Arab nations to have severed diplomatic ties with Qatar over the latter's alleged support for extremist groups.

Italian-Greek artist Beast has been invited by the Public Art Festival, a cooperative social campaign promoting more access to cultural expression, to present his show "Make Greece Greece Again" at the Temporary Duplex project space.

In 2016, price levels for consumer goods and services differed widely in the European Union. Denmark (139% of the EU average) had the highest price level, followed by Ireland (125%), Luxembourg and Sweden (both 124%), Finland and the United Kingdom (both 121%).

The budget committee of Germany's Bundestag lower house of parliament will debate the latest compromise deal for Greece and the International Monetary Fund's role in the bailout next Wednesday, parliamentary sources told Reuters on Friday.

"This will be subject for discussion as a normal matter on Wednesday in the budget committee," a parliamentary official said.

Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev stated in parliament that Bulgaria was doing an excellent job during the current EU programming period, reported BNR.

The Bulgarian PM pointed out that at this time, the amounts negotiated under different EU operational programmes are double the sum during the previous programming period, and payments are up by one third.

The European Union will next week open two more chapters in accession negotiations with Serbia, Tanjug is reporting on Thursday.

Chapter 7 concerns intellectual property rights, while chapter 29 is dedicated to the customs union.

Germany's parliament will discuss an 8.5 billion euro bail-out deal agreed with Greece on Friday, Wolfgang Schaeuble said after a meeting with his fellow eurozone finance ministers, insisting that the deal would help restore Greece to competitiveness.

BELGRADE - Due to a serious standstill in EU enlargement in the Western Balkans, other interested actors have emerged and the EU will have to address seriously the issue of filling the political space here, said the participants of the forum "The Foreign policy of Serbia - between Brussels and Moscow."