Ursula von der Leyen and Christine Lagarde congratulated Bulgaria on its accession to the euro area
At midnight Bulgaria introduces the euro as its official currency and becomes the 21st member of the EU monetary union
Bulgaria receives third payment of EUR 1.47 billion under the Recovery and Resilience Plan
With this payment, the funds received during the year from the EC in Bulgaria amount in total to 1.9 billion euros
EU warns Israel that suspending NGOs in Gaza would prevent the delivery of vital aid (commissioner)
The European Union warned Israel on Wednesday that the suspension of NGOs providing humanitarian assistance to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, under new registration rules, would prevent the delivery of vital aid.
With the new year, a more favourable arrangement for cross-border electricity trading
In the EU, the new year will bring changes in cross-border electricity trading with the aim of greater flexibility and reliability of the system, and the Slovenian system operator Eles will introduce the novelty immediately.
Political leadership of EU candidate Montenegro visiting the Vienna New Year’s Concert
The President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatovic, and the Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajic are guests of Austria’s Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen and Federal Chancellor Christian Stocker (ÖVP) at the New Year’s Concert in the Vienna Musikverein.