The European Commission has refused to confirm local reports that its upcoming assessment report on Bulgaria will not propose safeguard clauses in justice and home affairs. "It is difficult to comment reports on a report that does not yet exist," Europea
European Union telecom ministers approved on Thursday the Commission's plan that requires cellphone operators to slash roaming charges on the territory of the bloc. The decision to cut the fees charged by the mobile operators, in some cases by as much as
The European Parliament welcomed solemnly the 18 newly elected Bulgaria's MEPs on Wednesday.
Sofia Mayor's formation GERB has submitted the necessary documents for acquiring membership at the European People's Party.
About BGN 15 M invested the centrist party of Bulgaria's former king and prime minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg in its pre-election MEP campaign, several rival offices claim, cited by the daily "Trud". The formation denied the rumours saying such statements a
Representatives of the media and the newly elected MEPs met Monday to discuss their cooperation in support of the five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor on a death row in Libya. Among the topics debated was the Declaration, adopted at the World
The European Commission announced on Monday it is discontented with the list of preserved territories, approved by Bulgaria's Council of Ministers in February this year. Brussels' objections concern the range of the areas to be protected as part of NATUR
Bulgaria and Romania are trying to convince the EU that they are efficient in combating wide spread corruption ahead of the June EU Commission report that would assess their progress, EUexpands wrote on Monday.
Sofia seeks to get investment from the European People's Party (EPP) for the city's underground extension project and garbage recycling, Mayor Boyko Borissov said at a Saturday meeting.
Bulgaria's prime minister has ruled out the risk of a safeguard clause in the justice area, citing the efforts made by the government and the prosecutor's office.
The UK Home Office plans to limit the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS), a crucial source of labour for the fruit sector, to workers only from Romania and Bulgaria, the British leading agriculture newspaper Farmers Guardian reported.
Spokesman of EU Commissioner for Justice Franco Frattini explained that end of June is not the cut off date for recommending a possible safeguard clause in justice area for Romania or Bulgaria, EUexpands reported.
The European Commission president once again called on Washington to extend the visa-free entry for the eleven EU member states not covered by the waiver scheme.
Bulgaria's newly elected MEPs received their certificates at an official ceremony, held on Thursday in Sofia. The five representatives of Sofia Mayor's party GERB and the socialist one, four Turkish ethnic party's members, the three nationalist formation
Switzerland's government has decided to gradually lift labour restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians, the Bulgarian News Agency reported.
European Commissioners Olli Rehn and Franco Frattini warned EU newcomers Bulgaria and Romania on Wednesday that the bloc's executive could implement the existing safeguard clauses unless judiciary reforms are sped up. Speaking to French daily Le Figaro,
More and more migrants from Eastern Europe want to stay in the UK for good, a study quoted by BBC showed on Tuesday. Many migrants, primarily construction workers, farm hands and au pairs, changed their mind after an extended stay in the country, the Jos
The European Commission denied it tried to pressure Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev into reshuffling his cabinet, as speculated in Bulgarian media on Tuesday. The reports that the Commission told Stanishev to replace four cabinet ministers are
Bulgaria will defend the interests of the Balkan countries before the EU in its capacity of a full-fledged member, President Georgi Parvanov said Tuesday.
This year's harvest of raspberries and strawberries in the UK will rot if the Home Office do not allow more migrants to enter the country to work as farm hands, Times newspaper reported. Farmers demanded that the government should relax quotas allowing t
The European Union supports the construction of Burgas - Alexandroupolis pipeline and Bulgaria's second nuclear power plant in Belene.
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