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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and the EU Foreign Policy Chief, Federica Mogherini, discussed the situation in Eastern Mediterranean over a phone call, diplomatic sources said on July 15.           

European Union member states agreed Friday on the sanctions that the EU should impose on Turkey for its illegal drilling activities in Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

Frans Timmermans is likely to be the new president of the European Commission, writes NOVA TV.

Unconfirmed information Kristalina Georgieva will head the European Council, and Frans Timmermans will be elected President of the European Commission. Diplomats say an agreement on the people who will take up these posts has already been reached at the Brussels summit.

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has urged European leaders, meeting at a summit in Brussels this week, to open accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has called on Turkey to abort plans for offshore drilling operation in Cyprus' exclusive economic zone, warning that the bloc will "respond appropriately" to any violation of international law.

Federica Mogherini reminded the European public that support for European integration in the Balkans is enormous, reported NOVA TV. 

Prior to the start of the EU summit in Sibiu, EU foreign policy and security chief Federica Mogherini sent a message to the European public about the importance of integrating the Western Balkans into the Union.

Speaking for Belgrade's Vercernje Novosti daily, Maja Kocijancic made the comment after it has been hinted that Germany, and France, in particular, could assume an active role in the process.

Cyprus' foreign ministry says Turkey's bid to drill for natural gas in waters where the island nation has exclusive economic rights is a "flagrant violation" of its sovereignty under international law.

The ministry in a statement on Saturday says the bid shows Turkey's "real intentions" of undermining efforts to restart talks aimed at reunifying the ethnically divided country.

Later in the day a summit on the Western Balkans will be held there, organized by Germany and France, Anglela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron.

According to the Belgrade newspaper, pressure on both sides should be expected at the meeting in on April 29 that will be attended by Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci - as European officials have set a goal - to finish the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue by October, that is, by the time a new European Commission is formed.