European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties

An independent study, presented in the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, has identified Bulgaria together with Greece, Hungary and Italy as a country at risk of concentration of media ownership and political control over editorial policy, reported bTV.

According to the authors of the study, the risk of political control over media in Bulgaria is 79%.

Kosovo political analyst Ilir Ibrahimi told BIRN that the failure of parliament to vote on a border demarcation deal with Montenegro, which Kosovo's international partners had advocated, had set back its relationship with the international community, especially with the US.

Ahead of a strict deadline, Turkey has legally fulfilled 55 of a total of 72 criteria set by the EU for granting Turkish citizens visa-free travel, according to Mehmet Kas?m Gülp?nar, the head of the Turkish Parliament's EU Harmonization Commission.

"According to the situation a week ago, we have legally fulfilled 55 of our liabilities," Gülp?nar said on April 20.

European Parliament Vice President Sylvie Guillaume has said refugees from the migrant crisis have been exploited, urging Turkey to take comprehensive measures to tackle the financial aspect of the human smuggling issue.