Public policy

Romania's aggregate consolidated budget for the coming year is built on a 2.5 pct economic growth, with the gross domestic product estimated at 709.681 million lei; the budget deficit is set at 13.004 million lei or 1.8 pct of GDP, according to the macroeconomic indicators of the budget construction published by the Public Finance Ministry.

"Quality over speed in EU enlargement"

BRUSSELS -- Future EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy Johannes Hahn has pointed out that "quality takes precedence over speed" in the process of enlargement.

He added and stressed that it was a realistic estimate that no new members will be admitted to the European Union in the foreseeable future.

BELGRADE- The bill on the work of officials in the autonomous provinces and local governments will be submitted to the government by the end of August and then be forwarded to the parliament for adoption, Serbian Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki said Tuesday.

Representatives of Bulgarian agricultural organizations and the Ministry of Agriculture discussed the priorities for the next six-year EU programming period, Tuesday.

The subsidy distribution by sector should be presented in Brussels by July 31, Bulgarian National Radio informs.

Several new European coal plants, authorized by the Energy Community, risk breaching EU pollution limits if they proceed according to their plans.

Commitments made under the Energy Community treaty by Moldova, Ukraine among others oblige them to comply with the EU's Industrial Emissions Directive by 1 January 2018, Euroactiv.com reports based on EU law firm analysis.

Bulgaria is in the Top 5 of EU countries with most alerts for dangerous products, shows data of the Rapid Alert System for non-food dangerous products RAPEX. 

Most alerts came from Hubgary – 12% of all, followed by Germany – 11%, Spain – 11%, Bulgaria – 8% and Great Britain – 6%. 

The complaints from Bulgaria were 191 – mostly for clothes of low quality, shows the RAPEX data.