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Finland's outgoing Prime Minister will seek an international position upon leaving his interim office as the Finnish EU Commissioner. Photo by EPA/BGNES
Jyrki Katainen, who has resigned as Finnish Prime Minister, is to replace EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Oli Rehn who was elected to be MEP in May.
This is an interim office for Katainen, who will stand down in October when the new Commission is to be appointed, Finnish broadcaster YLE reports.
The outgoing Prime Minister, who resigned as head of Finland's government on Monday, revealed as early as April that he would step down in June to look for an international position.
So far he has not elaborated what post he aspires to.
Meanwhile Alexander Stubb, the politician to assume his office as Prime Minister, announced Wednesday he had kicked off talks to form a coalition government.
CRRC Qingdao Sifang Locomotive Co., Ltd., a major Chinese rolling stock manufacturer, has withdrawn from a procurement tender in Bulgaria following an investigation by the EU Commission
The structure and distribution of the resources in the new European Commission are becoming clear today.
For Bulgaria, the name of Commissioner Maria Gabriel is confirmed.
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov will meet with the newly elected European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tomorrow in Sofia, the government press service announced.
Today is the deadline set by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, for the governments of the Member States to nominate their own commissioners.
European Council President Donald Tusk announced that an agreement has been reached on the allocation of senior positions in the EU.
About 1 200 000 "phantom voters" can be found in Bulgarian elections lists, Mihail Konstantinov, formerly a high-profile official in charge of elections, believes.
Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) starts receiving documents for the registration of political parties and coalitions for the early elections on October 5.
A majority in the European Parliament has approved Jean-Claude Juncker to be President of the European Commission, reports BBC.
The European Parliament is expected to approve on Tuesday the nomination of former Luxembourg PM Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission.
Former Environment Minister Iskra Mihaylova has become the nomination of the European Parliament's ALDE group to chair the Regional Policy Committee.
The European Parliament has re-elected Martin Schulz for a second presidential term, with 409 votes from the 751 MEPs.
