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The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted a draft resolution on Serbia by 524 votes to 70, with 79 abstentions.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says legal action will be launched on Wednesday against the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.

The reason is their failure to honor the pledges to accommodate refugees, Beta is reporting, quoting AP.

EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn has said that it was "not unrealistic" that Western Balkan states could be absorbed into the EU before 2024.

The European Commission has launched legal action against three EU member states, claiming Poland, Hungary, and Czech Republic have not "taken the necessary action" in dealing with migrants and refugees.

Infringement proceedings were launched by Brussels on Tuesday.

''Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will file a complaint with the Constitutional Court, seeking the annulment of some texts of the public finances law, as the government is distributing funds mainly towards municipalities of the ruling party Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB)'', BSP leader Korneliya Ninova told reporters, quoted by FOCUS News Agency.

''We are currently enjoying low pressure from the refugee flow, but this is due to the agreement between Turkey and the EU and Turkey's efforts to keep refugees in security zones close to the conflicts'', Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said after a meeting with Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim, FOCUS News Agency reported.

The European Commission has launched legal action against three EU member states, claiming Poland, Hungary, and Czech Republic have not “taken the necessary action” in dealing with migrants and refugees.
Infringement proceedings were launched by Brussels on Tuesday.

Bulgaria's Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova met with Minister of Health Professor Nikolay Petrov on Tuesday, reported BNR.

Ministers Angelkova and Petrov discussed possibilities for development of medicinal tourism in Bulgaria. According to Nikolina Angelkova the existence of healing mineral springs is a prerequisite for the development of that sector.

Serbia has achieved a remarkable result in the decentralized management of IPA funds by signing 143 contracts, the government said in a statement.

The contracts were signed from June 6, 2014, when the Financing Agreement for the National IPA 2013 Program was signed, to June 6 this year.

The victory of French President Emmanuel Macron's party in the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday - which came on top of his presidential triumph last month - inspires optimism about the future of Europe.