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Marta Kos, Slovenia's candidate for European commissioner, will be in charge of enlargement in the next European Commission, and will be also responsible for the block’s Eastern neighbourhood, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday.

The European Commission said on Monday it endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of Slovenia's third payment request for 257.6 million euro ($286.5 million), net of pre-financing, under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

EU candidates Serbia and Montenegro have jointly requested the European Commission to support them in the planned renovation of the railway line linking Belgrade to Montenegro's Adriatic port of Bar, Serbia's infrastructure ministry said.

The European Commission said on Monday it will provide Slovenia with a further 328 million euro ($363 million) to help the Alpine country recover from devastating floods that hit it in August 2023.