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Bulgaria is to seal the contracts on the transport and environment programs with EU November 27 after the bloc approved their financing on Wednesday.
The announcement was made by Bulgaria's Transport and Environment Ministries.
Amidst British fears of the impact of jobseekers from newly acceded countries, the Bulgarian embassy is organizing in London a conference on the integration in EU labour market.
"EU Labour Market Trends After The Fifth Enlargement" will take place on Nov
European Commission head representative in Bulgaria Michael Humphreys stressed the country's success in maintaining macroeconomic stability in the first year after joining the EU.
At a round-table organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria
US Ambassador to Sofia John Beyrle expressed his firm belief that Bulgaria can cope with the high-level corruption and organized crime at a round table, dedicated to the first year of Bulgaria's membership in the EU.
The European Commission surprisingly left out its expected criticism against Bulgaria and Romania for making insufficient inroads against corruption and organised crime since their accession to the European Union.
The EU is only likely to accede new members in the medium to long term as Turkey and Balkan countries still have to meet key targets, according to a European Commission report to be published on Tuesday.
Bulgaria and Romania have failed to make sufficient inroads against corruption and organised crime since their accession to the European Union in January, 2007, according to a European Commission report, due to be published Tuesday.
Both countries "have
Bulgaria will have full access to all European Union funds within a week, the country's Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski said Saturday for the media after experts from his ministry presented the law amendments.
There is a considerable deficit of political reforms in Bulgaria and Romania, the two newest European Union members, the German Bundestag President Norbert Lammert said Friday in an interview for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Lammert, who recently
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has made an attempt to calm tensions over the number of migrants, employed in the country, pledging more jobs for British workers.
"If you look at the jobs situation as a whole, there are 600,000 vacancies in the econo
More than half of new jobs created in the United Kingdom since 1997 have gone to foreign workers, latest figures show, as cited by BBC.
The lowest ever level of unemployment in the Eurozone has been reported in September according to data of Eurostat Statistical Office.
The figures show that the unemployment during the last month has reached only 7,3%.
Britain's Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians has warned the government decision to prevent direct employment will lead to exploitation.
The British government closed on Tuesday the door on most Romanian and Bulgarian workers for at leas
UK Ministers closed the door to Bulgarians and Romanians hoping to live and work in Britain on Tuesday as the British government tries to deflect criticism that it has lost control of the immigration system, The Guardian reported.
Austria will lift the restrictions on its labour market for Bulgarian and Romanian job-seekers as of the beginning of next year, according to reports.
Austria's government will provide unfettered access for citizens from the new EU member states, includi
The row between the European Union and Bulgaria over how to spell the word euro officially ended on Monday with a document of its executive body legal service.
European Union called on Ukraine Saturday to drop the visa regime for Bulgaria and Romania.
British government decided to keep the restrictions on the number of low-skilled Bulgarian and Romanian employees, allowed to enter the country, Times Online reported on Saturday.
The Home Office has conducted a review of the policy imposed after the two
The European Commission cut on Friday Bulgaria's greenhouse emissions quota for 2008-2012 by 37%, saying that the country's environment ministry did not offer compelling arguments in defence of its demand for a bigger quota.
Bulgaria will have the right
Bulgaria's EU Affairs Minister Gergana Grancharova is to confer Friday with students from the town of Shumen, who have worked on a project for corruption prevention, developed on Phare program.
The youngsters took part in civil monitoring, concerning pub
A total of 44% of the Bulgarians would reduce the consumption of alcohol if the price of spirits goes up by 25%, a survey of the European Commission on the attitudes of alcohol showed.
Still, the survey indicated that higher prices would not reduce alcoh
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