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Ljubljana – The two police trade unions have welcomed the appointment of Boštjan Lindav as acting police commissioner, praising him as a top expert and a person of great ethic and professional integrity.

“He is a career police officer who enjoys good reputation among the general public and in particular in police ranks,” SPS trade union stated in a written response.

The Prime Minister asked the Commissioner responsible to consider all possible options for solutions at European level

Mariya Gabriel has received the unanimous approval of the committees of culture, education and industry, research and energy in the European Parliament. Last night, the Bulgarian  was heard as her candidate for EU Commissioner for Innovation and Youth.

For more details, see the direct involvement of BNT's Brussels correspondent Dessislava Apostolova.

According to the writing of the Vienna daily "Standard", the press got the list with the names and posts of the new members of European Commission in which Hahn was due to hold the sector of internal affairs and migrations.

 Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu said Thursday that it is hard to believe that Romania will manage to hold for the third time within the European Commission a portfolio that manages "many projects and very important funds", after having held two such positions consecutively. "Indeed, Romania has had extremely important portfolios in the last two Commission terms.

75% of young people in Europe openly say they can not distinguish fake from real news. This is also true for Bulgaria, so the team of EU Commissioner for Digitalisation Maria Gabriel is already working on media literacy to be included in the Bulgarian education system.

Serbian rights organisations are calling on the country's parliament to conduct a more transparent process for the selection of a new Information Commissioner - a post considered crucial for obtaining information of public importance.

A new report by the Civil Service Commissioner says far too many posts in the public sector in Albania are still being filled by direct appointments – instead of following legal procedures.

The prestigious French newspaper Le Point points to the Bulgarian commissioner, Mariya Gabriel, as one of the most active members of the European Commission and adds that she is only 38 years old.

A former governor of Istanbul and a former police commissioner in the province were given jail terms on Feb. 9 for their links to Fethullahist  Terror Organization (FETÖ), state-run Anadolu Agency reported, citing an unnamed judicial source.