Foreign relations of Europe

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is attending an EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels focused mainly on Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

Monday's meeting is chaired by the EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell.

In contrast to the general plan by the EU leaders

Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva is leaving for Brussels to take part in the first for 2021 meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council, the press office of the Foreign Ministry reported.

The Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) between the United Kingdom and the European Union came into effect on January 1, 2021, capping a tumultuous four-and-a-half-year period since the shocking result of the July 2016 Brexit referendum, in which 51.9% of the British voters voted in favor of leaving the EU.

Britain and Turkey are set to sign a free trade deal on Dec. 29, the U.K. trade ministry said on Dec. 27, the first since Prime Minister Boris Johnson secured a new trade agreement with the European Union.

The US Supreme Court has confirmed that it long ago dismissed an appeal by a Bosnian Serb for it to hear his case against the Office of the High Representative, OHR - the international body overseeing the 1995 Dayton peace deal in Bosnia.

The Cable

This production of the Transatlantic Democracy Working Group and the Institute of Current World Affairs in Washington is all about "the threats to democracy in Europe and the transatlantic relationship, with a particular focus on backsliding countries in Central Europe".

Bosnians, at home and among the diaspora communities in the US, Europe, and Australia, are in fact affecting change outside the political process by investing in the country's grassroots economic, cultural, civil society, and educational development. These commendable efforts will take time to develop and mature.

The Bulgarian Government has decided to approve and sign the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union and its Member States. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada opens new opportunities for trade and investment for economic operators on both sides of the Atlantic.

Romania's Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu attended a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) in Brussels on Monday that discussed current foreign policy affairs such as Ukraine, Syria, the Horn of Africa and Venezuela.