EU Commission

Europe's Covid-19 vaccination drive was dealt another blow on Friday when AstraZeneca said initial deliveries to the region will fall short of the targeted volumes because of a production glitch.

Ending speculations that votes for a change in power have already been secured, the leader of KUL, Jože P. Damijan, told the press on Monday that the newly formed coalition of four left-leaning opposition parties was still waiting to secure seven more votes in parliament before filing a motion of no-confidence in the government.

A number of towns and cities throughout Bulgaria will mark the Day of Europe on Monday.

At the European Parliament and EU Commission's representative office in Sofia, actors, journalists, sportspeople and musicians will join the literary reading of stories about Europe.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov is due to meet Croatian officials during his visit to the capital Zagreb on May 03-04.

Bulgaria's CIBANK will be able to provide BGN 200 M (around EUR 100 M) in loans to local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) over the next three years under a deal with the European Investment Fund (EIF), the EU Commission has announced.  

A specific timetable to achieve a long-sought agreement between Greece and its creditors will be the focus of this evening’s face-to-face talks in Brussels between EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and Greek PM Alexis Tsipras.

A high-level Eurozone “source” noted that the procedure and timetable for a “compromise at the technical level” will be discussed.