Parliamentary procedure

Diplomatic bags carrying 1.33 million votes of Turkish citizens living abroad have arrived in the capital Ankara, waiting to be counted on April 16, the day of the referendum on whether to shift the country to an executive presidential system of government.

The U.S. Senate on Friday narrowly confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch. 

Presided over by Vice President Mike Pence, the 54-45 near party-line vote caps a partisan saga that has seen Republicans pursue a rule change widely regarded as the "nuclear option". 

There are queues and tension during the snap elections in voting sections in Turkey.

In Bursa, where there are traditionally a huge number of people wishing to vote, the eelction process was halted for about ten minutes when voters burst into the building.

Information for the organization of voting abroad for the snap parliamentary elections on March, 26 in Bulgaria will be presented in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bulgarians in 70 countries will be able to exercise their right to vote, announced BNR.

Bulgarians abroad will be able to vote in the upcoming snap parliamentary elections on March 26 in a total of 70 countries and 371 voting sections.

The number of sections was determined via a decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC) taken on March 4, while Bulgarians abroad filed declarations to vote out of the country until February 28.

The acceleration of the repairs of the sites where the meetings of Bulgaria's Presidency of the Council of the EU will be held is the main priority of the interim government, commented at a meeting on Friday Deputy PM on the preparation of the presidency Denitsa Zlateva and Regional Development Minister Spas Popnikolov.

Serbian Assembly President Maja Gojkovic, who was reelected on Monday, says she will treat all parliamentary groups equally.

BELGRADE - Dragoljub Micunovic, who temporarily presides over the new Serbian parliament as the oldest MP, late on Friday adjourned its constitutive session until Monday.

The session began at 10 am Friday.

Dragoljub Micunovic (DS), who temporarily presides over the new Assembly as the oldest MP, late on Friday adjourned its constitutive session until Monday.

The session began at 10:00 CET on Friday.

The completion of the transaction for the sale of 67 percent of Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) to Cosco is still pending due to obstacles and delays, as demonstrated by Tuesday's interrupted OLP general meeting.