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The European Commission (EC) has approved another EUR 86.6 million from the European Regional Development Fund to finance further construction works on the western part of Line 3 of the underground in Sofia, according to a EC press release.

The funds will be used for four new stations along a stretch of 4km, from the city center to the ring road through Ovcha Kupel neighbourhood.

EU member-states have reached a preliminary compromise on the amounts mobile telecoms may charge each other when their customers are abroad, reported Reuters.

The fees for data exchange turned out to be the apple of discord.

The European Commission has requested Bulgaria and six other EU member states to transpose the 2012 directive for establishing a single European railway area.

The European Commission is referring Greece to the Court of Justice of the EU over poor waste management on the Greek island of Corfu.

The EU has made 'much progress' since the adoption of the Energy Union Framework Strategy nine months ago, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

While much remains to be done, next year will be important year of delivery, the Commission said in the State of the Energy Union Report published on Wednesday for the first time.

The European Commission is launching the Capital Markets Union Action Plan today to help build a true single market for capital across the 28 EU Member States.

Romania has collected and recycled less than 20 per cent of all electrical and electronic waste in recent years and is at the bottom of a European table ranking, according to a study by the UN and Interpol.

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Bulgaria has failed to fulfil its obligations under the EU Landfill Directive and has not taken the necessary steps to open new landfills matching EU requirements, according to Bulgarian media reports. 

The ECJ has not made clear in its ruling what penalties Bulgaria will face for the delay, Sofia-based Capital daily reported on Monday.

The European Commission on Thursday said it was referring Romania to the European Court of Justice for failing to to transpose revised EU legislation on end-of-life vehicles into domestic law.

Bulgaria's government approved operational program Environment 2014-2020 on Wednesday, according to Environment Minister Ivelina Vasileva.

The program is now to be approved by the European Commission.

Vasileva, as cited by the BGNES news agency, made clear that the budget of the operational program stood at BGN 3.5 B.