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The European Union will help finance the construction of a railway line linking Istanbul with the Bulgarian border with the sum of 275 million euros. This was announced by European Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen at a joint press conference in Istanbul with Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeebecki, the Associated Press reported.

The European Commission's vice president for jobs, growth, investment and competitiveness, Jyrki Katainen, is expected in Athens for a two-day visit on Tuesday, where he will meet with government officials and also answer questions from the public.

"Trust is like oxygen - you notice it only when it is running out." This is the metaphor used by Jyrki Katainen, European Commission vice president for jobs, growth, investment and competitiveness, to underscore how important trust is for investors - when it comes to investing in a country like Greece.

European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen will visit Athens on January 29 to participate in a joint meeting of the Greek Parliament's committees on european affairs, production and trade and economics.

Katainen, who is Commissioner for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, will speak at a session titled "The future of Europe: Challenges and opportunities."

Bulgaria ranks 7th in the EU when scale of investments through the Juncker Plan is concerned, according to the Bulgarian National Radio. 

The country has been doing a good job. There is no room for worry, as the projects financed so far would be further supported by Brussels.

This is what European Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen told BTA.

Conservative New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis was in Helsinki on Wednesday for the congress of the European People's Party (EEP) which will on Thursday elect its candidate to lead the European Commission.

Greece's main opposition leader will have a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the congress.

In a meeting with European commissioners aligned with the European People's Party in Brussels on Wednesday, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented his alternative program of reforms for Greece's post-bailout era. 

Several people were stabbed in the southwestern Finnish city of Turku on Friday, police said after shooting and arresting a suspect.
 
"Police shot the suspected perpetrator in the legs," police wrote on Twitter. "The person has been arrested. We recommend that people avoid central Turku."
 
Police did not confirm the number of victims.
 

''The European Commission should  focus more attention on the fight against cyberthreats and cybercrime'', Prime Minister Boyko Borisov noted during his meeting with the Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Jyrki Katainen.

Head of State Rumen Radev will meet with the Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Employment, Economic Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Jyrki Katainen. Reported Focus. 

This was announced by the press secretary of the head of state.

The meeting will be held on July 20th at 4 pm at Dondukov 2