EU Commission

Mina Andreeva will be one of the three main spokespeople for EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

Andreeva previously had the same position at the administration of outgoing EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding.

Kristalina Georgieva's promotion to the position of EU Commission Vice President for Budget and Human Resources shows the exceptional appreciation for her professionalism, President Plevneliev has said.

In a statement to the media, he has noted Georgieva had been conferred "one of the most important portfolios at the [European] Commission".

Bulgaria's Kristalina Georgieva is likely to get the budget portfolio at the EU Commission later this week, EU sources say.

She might also become one of the Commission's Vice Presidents.

Turkey should prioritize expanding freedom of speech to achieve improvement in its bid to join the European Union, according to Neelie Kroes, the vice president of the EU Commission.

The EU Commission has decided to include the Trapezitsa roll in its list of protected food products.

Named after the historical Trapezitsa hill in Veliko Tarnovo, the old capital of Bulgaria, the roll is made of pressed meat from a pork's neck mixed with salt and spices (red and white pepper and garlic).

The Ministry of Economy has granted access to all documents related to the South Stream pipeline project's Bulgarian section.

According to its press office, it is the Ministry's "main priority" to make Bulgarians familiar with the situation in energy and developments on the large-scale energy projects.

By Henning Gloystein

LONDON - The European Union could ban gas exports and limit industrial use as part of emergency measures to protect household energy supplies this winter, a source told Reuters, as it braces for a possible halt in Russian gas as a result of the Ukraine crisis.

The EU Commission will put aside a total of EUR 30 M for trans-border cooperation between Bulgaria and Turkey in 2014-2020, media sources say.

South Stream Bulgaria has announced it will suspended all public procurement activities and will not sign contracts related to the South Stream gas pipeline.

In a message to the media quoted by the website Dnevnik.bg, the Bulgarian-Russian joint venture has cited a recommendation from the European Commission to be behind the move.

The European Union on Aug. 11 called on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to play a conciliatory role in Turkey, a day after he won the Turkish presidency after one round of voting.
       
"We congratulate you on your election as President of the Republic of Turkey," EU council president Herman Van Rompuy and EU Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso said in a joint statement.