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The issue of external convergence of payments in the Common Agricultural Policy 2024-2034 is gradually returning to the forefront of the discussions of the agriculture ministers.

Among the Member States of the European Union there are differences in the level of payments, especially between the “old” and the “new” members of the “27”.

For the first time in football history, a World Cup will be hosted by three countries: the 2026 tournament.

It will take place from June 11 to July 19 across the stadiums of the USA, Canada, and Mexico. The USA last hosted a World Cup in 1994, where Greece participated for the first time. Meanwhile, Mexico has hosted the World Cups of 1970 and 1986.

The European qualification draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted by the USA, Mexico, and Canada, took place today at FIFA headquarters in Zurich. Bulgaria's national football team was drawn into Group E, alongside either Spain or the Netherlands, Turkey, and Georgia.

TRIESTE - As silently as they had arrived, three teenagers slipped away following a member of a smuggling gang, hardly older than themselves, through the shadowed-filled station in the northeastern Italian city of Trieste one cold winter evening.

Sixteen EU countries have asked the European Commission to propose a new law in the coming months on taxing tobacco in the bloc to include new products such as electronic cigarettes - vapes - which are not covered under existing legislation.

The Hellenic Basketball Federation (EOK) has officially submitted its bid to host the 2029 EuroBasket to the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).

Greece is requesting to host both a group stage and the final phase of the tournament, with other contenders including Slovenia and Slovakia. There are also rumors of a joint bid from Serbia and Turkey.

The European Commission (EC) has initiated criminal proceedings against Bulgaria and 22 other EU member states for failing to fully implement critical cybersecurity regulations.

The new EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kosh expects North Macedonia to proceed with amending its constitution (to include the Bulgarian minority living in the country) to allow the country’s accession process to proceed.

The European Commission has given a positive evaluation of Greece's 2025 budget plan and medium-term fiscal strategy, according to the autumn package of the European Semester released on Tuesday.

Greece is one of the 20 countries that received approval of the Medium Term Plan and one of the 8 countries whose Draft Budgetary Plans were assessed positively both in terms of the recommendations of the European Semester and in the context of respecting the expenditure ceilings.