Energy Union

Chair of the Deputies' Chamber's committee on European affairs, Social Democrat Ana Birchall, in the period May 31 - June 2, will participate in the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC) in Riga, informs a release remitted to AGERPRES on Saturday.

The European Commission proposed on Wednesday a draft EU budget for 2016, amounting to EUR 143.5 B.

The budget is aimed to support the recovering European economy and help improve lives in Europe and beyond, the Commission's press service reports.

EU energy chief Maros Sefcovic will start a tour of member states this week to reiterate calls for a concerted effort by EU member states to address global energy and climate challenges.

He will also present an analysis by the European Commission of each country's energy policy and what needs to be done to fine-tune that policy to the objectives of the Energy Union.

EU energy boss Maros Sefcovic said late on April 30 that Europe could import natural gas from ex-Soviet Turkmenistan via Iran as Brussels ramps up efforts to break its dependence on Russian-sourced energy.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Tuesday pays a working visit to Strasbourg for a series of meetings with European high officials, informs a Government press release remitted to AGERPRES.

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The Foreign and Energy Ministers of Romania and Bulgaria on Friday, on the occasion of the joint government meeting taking place in Craiova, signed a joint statement on strengthening the regional cooperation in the energy area, which mainly underscores the commitment of the two sides to the European strategic objective of diversifying both the routes and the sources of energy.

BELGRADE - The European Union (EU) is planning to engage Serbia more in setting up a European Energy Union, representative of the EU Delegation to Serbia Freek Janmaat said on Wednesday.

Secretary of State for European Affairs George Ciamba on Monday met Secretary of State Tomas Prouza, coordinator of the Department for European Affairs within the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, the two officials having approached current issues on the European agenda, as well as aspects of interest on the dynamic of the Romanian-Czech bilateral relations, informs a press releas

A high-level energy dialogue and strategic energy cooperation process has been launched between Turkey and the European Union, both sides announced in a joint statement late on March 17.

Any decision to build a pipeline to transport Russian gas through Turkey should be made in consultation with the European Union and should not breach pre-existing legal commitments, the European Commission?s energy chief said.