Regulation

In a move underscoring its commitment to upholding European Union regulations, the European Commission has intensified its scrutiny of Bulgaria, pressing the nation on various fronts ranging from counterterrorism measures to environmental protection, BTA reported.

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The new regulation which will improve the rights and additional payments of health workers was published in the Official Gazette on Aug. 12.

Making a statement after the publication of the regulation, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in his post on social media that additional payments will be made on the 15th of each month to health workers.

Brussels – Commenting on the new government regulation on the Slovenian Press Agency (STA), the European Commission has said that it expects swift solutions to unblock the agency’s funding, noting such solutions should completely preserve the STA’s autonomy. It should be checked whether the regulation is in line with existing acts governing the STA, it added.

Ljubljana – The new government regulation that details how the STA should perform its public service does not address the underlying issues relevant to the agency’s survival and development, it raises new questions, STA staff said after the government adopted the regulation.

State regulation of the media should be limited, with self-regulation strengthened and prioritized, journalists and media experts from the region told the third and final online public debate on online media regulation held by BIRN on Wednesday.

Several requests regarding the intervention of the Romanian government in 12 actions for annulment of some provisions in Mobility Package I brought by Bulgaria, Cyprus, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Hungary have been submitted to the Registry of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

Strict message to Hungary and Poland to respect the «Europe of Law» that is being tested by the pandemic and to open the package of 1.8 trillion. Euros with the first disbursements at the beginning of 2021 is sent by Commissioner Johannes Hahn in his interview with «Vima tis Kyriakis».

The Romanian presidency of the Council of the European Union on Tuesday reached a provisional agreement with the European Parliament on measures to mitigate the severe disruption to air connectivity for passengers and freight between the EU and the United Kingdom in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

The businessman Nikolai Banev and his wife Evgenia were detained in France with a European arrest warrant. This is another business family against which a large-scale investigation is being conducted, reports BNT. 

President Klaus Iohannis on Friday sent Parliament for re-examination a piece of legislation amending and supplementing Law 303/2004 on the statutes of judges and prosecutors.