Bulgaria and Morocco signed an agreement on social security. The ceremony took place on 21 September in Rabat. On behalf of the Bulgarian contract was signed by Minister of Labour and Social Policy Zornitsa Roussinov, and Morocco was represented by the Minister of Employment and Social Affairs Abdesslamm Seddiki. The first meeting concerning the creation of a contract started on 8 January in Sofia. Talks were held by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs Morocco Mimouna Bentaleba and the Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Bulgaria Svetlana Dyankova.

The president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz,arrived to the United Kingdom and said that he wants the UK to exit from the EU by 2019. He argued that it would be not right for British voters to participate in the EU parliament elections while the negotiations were in process. Mr. Schulz visited the UK for two days, to hold a series of talks on Brexit. He also met with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn. "The EU should be prepared for the fact that the United Kingdom will start the procedural steps regarding the activation of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty", - said Schultz to the reporters in Berlin on Thursday. According to him, "Great Britain is not in a hurry" to do so.

On the 21 of September, Prime Minister of Slovenia Miro Cerar presented a candidate for the new minister of finance. It is the Mateja Vraničar Erman, current Secretary of State in the Ministry of Finance. Erman has a chance to become the first-ever woman in this position. She will replace Dušan Mramor, who for personal reasons resigned from office in July. He was finance minister for two terms. Until the appointment of a new minister of finance, his responsibilities are exercised by the Minister of Development, Strategic Projects and Cohesion Alenka Smerkolj.

A few days ago, a group of European countries decided to push negotiations in support of the CETA, the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. Concretely, they contacted Cecilia Malmstrom, the European Commissioner for Trade. Additionally, 12 EU ministers recently characterized the TTIP as "an opportunity to shape the rules of trade in the 21st century". These reactions come after France demanded to end the TTIP talks.

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven flatly rejected the information that the decision to deploy troops on the Swedish Baltic Sea island Gotland was dictated by the immediate threat from Russia. Deployment of troops took place last week. The statement issued by the Prime Minister was the response to media reports. On Monday, the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter (DN) reported that Sweden is aware of an increasing threat from Russia. “I’ve said it before and it remains unchanged: there is no direct military threat to Sweden,” told Löfven.

On Tuesday, 20^th September, Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May gave her first speech at UN General Assembly in New York. She presented the UK as a ‘confident, strong and dependable partner internationally’ despite June’s vote to leave the European Union. In her speech, the PM focused on the issues of terrorism, international governance, migration and modern slavery. She also called for increased humanitarian aid while touting Britain’s accomplishments in this matter.