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EU Commission Vice President Kristalina Georgieva has said the union will provide assistance to the countries that were most affected by the inflow of migrants.
Georgieva, who is responsible for the EU's budget and human resources, has made her comments after jointly presenting the EU investment plan for confict-stricken countries with Federica Mogherini, the EU foreign policy chief.
She has not elaborated which countries will receive the assistance in question.
The plan is to allocate EUR 3.5 B that will be used to attract private investment into these countries.
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The TurkStream gas pipeline, which transits through Bulgaria on its way to the Western Balkans and Central Europ
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The European Commission has introduced a draft regulation aimed at ending the European Union’s reliance on Russian gas and oil by the close of 2027
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