A day after EU's September monitoring report is released, the Commission's President Jose Manuel Barroso and his colleague in charge of enlargement Olli Rehn will arrive in Sofia. The visit is prompted by the desire of the EU's executive body to talk to
The EU's executive has drafted some 50-pages report on the progress Bulgaria made in the last four months dwelling on specific steps and strict measures in six major areas, a Bulgarian observer to EP said. Those are the need of constitutional amendments;
Former Prime Minister Ivan Kostov was rather skeptical on the overall character of the European Commission monitoring report. The diehard rightist leader, who was on the helm of government when Bulgaria opened accession negotiations in February 2000, com
Bulgaria's first diplomat Ivaylo Kalfin heard the recommendations of the European Commission in its latest report while on a visit to Bucharest. At the time of presentation of the reports on Bulgaria and Romania's accession preparedness, Kalfin met his R
The European Commission is largely expected to give Tuesday the go-ahead for Bulgaria and Romania to join the EU in January. Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn will present to MEPs in Strasbourg the document at 3 pm local time (4 pm Bulgarian time).
High-ranking Bulgarian and Romanian employees in the UK have sent an open letter to the Independent, asking for an open doors policy to workers from both countries once they join the EU. The daily writes that some 45 high-flyers from the fields of commer
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Monday that the EU shouldn't be accepting any new members after Bulgaria and Romania join, until all repercussions of the enlargement are clear. Institutional issues have to be resolved first, Barros
Ireland has indicated that it may not extend its open door policy for workers from the EU newcomer states when Bulgaria and Romania join the EU. Irish media quoted deputy Prime Minister Michael McDowell as saying that Ireland had its own social and econo
Despite numerous comments on draft clauses of the much anticipated EC report, officials in Sofia have been exuding optimism on the document's positive say. The EU membership of Bulgaria as of 1 January will occur in the best possible manner, EU-Affairs M
The draft monitoring report on Bulgaria and Romania threatens safeguards unless they take immediate action on judicial and administrative reform. The European Commission is set to say Tuesday if Bulgaria and Romania may join the EU in January.
Members of the European Parliament are opening their September plenary, which will focus particularly on the issue of enlargement. A European Commission report is set to endorse 1 January 2007 as EU entry date for Romania and Bulgaria on Tuesday after se
Bulgaria today has the same level of preparedness as the ten countries which joined the European Union in May 2004 had at the time of their accession, President Parvanov said in an interview for EuroNews.
The European Union will decide this week to admit Romania and Bulgaria to the most exclusive club on New Year's 2007, but pundits and publics remain deeply sceptical, Newsweek wrote days ahead of the crucial report.
The European Commission is to recommend that Romania and Bulgaria join the European Union on 1 January next year, rather than in 2008, BBC cites the draft report, due to be released on Tuesday. The draft report - which has been seen by the BBC - says bot
Foreign born workers must be given help to break out of low-wage industries if Ireland is to benefit fully from their presence, says a study of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), as cited by Irish Examiner. "The exploitation of some migrant
The EU executive has leaked to the European media parts of the draft report concerning Romania and Bulgaria in an attempt to test the public opinion in the EU, EUexpands commented.
Bulgaria may rejoice at being back on the map of Europe on January 1, 2007, but it may fail to be consistently recognised by outsiders due to its particularly chaotic transliteration, The Economist commented in its latest issue.
The European Commission will recommend next Tuesday that Bulgaria and Romania join the club in January 2007 without imposing "safeguard" clauses, Bulgaria's deputy prime minister and foreign minister believes.
The European Commission will admit Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union without the special "safeguard" clauses argued for by nations including Britain, Franco Frattini, the EU commission vice-president for justice, has disclosed.
The European Commission is expected to confirm that Bulgaria and Romania can join the European Union next January, but the two countries will be watched like no other member, BBC reported days ahead of the release of the crucial report. According to a dr
France will wrap up the ratification procedure of Bulgaria and Romania's EU Accession Treaty within two weeks. French Prime Minister Dominique Villepin has assured Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov that France will not be an obstacle on Bulgaria's path
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