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Bulgarian lawmakers will propose the drafting of a European Union directive on investigating cases and finding missing children.
Bulgarian observers to the European Parliament are leaving for Brussels together with a father of a boy missing for nearly a
The EU travelling exhibition "Europe on Wheels" will be launched in the German-language school in Sofia for the third year in a row as a colourful information bus will head on a tour of dozens of towns around the country.
Bulgaria is very likely to flag its full-fledged EU membership with tough "accompanying" measures.
Bulgarians will not flood into the European Union's labour market once their country joins next year, the Scotsman reported, citing a Gallup poll.
The Gallup poll, which was ordered by Bulgaria's labour ministry, showed 11 per cent of those aged 15 to 60
Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin will confer with EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn in Brussels, where the joint parliamentary committee holds a sitting.
The European Commission will state its final verdict on Bulgaria's EU accession date in the report due on September 26, Michael Leigh, EC Director General for Enlargement said Wednesday.
The report will also feature the EC's recommendation on the "measur
Bulgarian Parliament opened Wednesday its fourth plenary session, hopefully the last "outside the EU", in the words of Speaker Georgi Pirinski.
He singled out some of the priorities in the legislative work of the 240-seat Parliament in the next months, i
Tony Blair has defended the eventual right to work in Britain for people from Romania and Bulgaria after accession to the EU in January.
The UK Prime Minister hinted that some short-term curbs, possibly through a temporary system of work permits, might b
Romania may lose up to 70% of structural funds after accession due to insufficient number of specialists, shows a study by the Romanian Institute of Training, as quoted by the EUexpands.
The study shows that 10,000 specialists are needed to cope with the
Bulgarians who want to find a job in EU countries are now half the number of those who wanted to leave the country in 2001, a survey requested by the Labour and Social Policy shows.
The survey will be made public on Tuesday, Lilyana Stankova of the minis
The European Commission will not necessarily enforce post-accession safeguards on Bulgaria even if they are included in its key report, due on 26 September.
EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel announced this in what she
Britain should open its jobs market to workers from Bulgaria and Romania if their countries join the European Union next year, says Brendan Barber, Trades Union Congress general secretary, as cited by the Financial Times.
EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel will pay a visit to Bulgaria to inspect the achievements in the field of farming, sanitary control and food safety.
Boel is scheduled to confer with President Georgi Parvanov, Prime M
Scotland may become the only part of the UK to welcome workers from Romania and Bulgaria when they join the EU next year.
According to Sunday's edition of Scotsman, Scottish Executive Jack McConnell is negotiating a deal with immigration officials in a s
The risk for Bulgaria to have safeguard clauses imposed by the EC upon accession has decreased considerably, according to a civil monitoring report released on Sunday.
The critical "flagged" areas in the May monitoring report have mitigated in terms of r
Bulgaria and Romania will enter the European Union on 1 January 2007, according to former commissioner for enlargement Gunter Verheugen, who is currently Commissioner for Industry and deputy of Jose Barroso.
His statement made to journalists in Dusseldor
Less than four months ahead of Bulgaria's planned accession, the official website of the EU's legislature - the Parliament - already has its Bulgarian version.
The website ( http://www.
Hungary's business has voiced strong support for opening the labour market for migrants from the other EU member states, including hopefuls Bulgaria and Romania.
Many Hungarian companies depend on foreign well-qualified labour force in order to implement
The European Union will conclusively decide whether Bulgaria joins the bloc on January 1, 2007 no earlier than December 14 at the summit in Brussels.
A prosecutor in Sofia and another two in Varna have faced probing over allegations of malfeasance in office, the Supreme Cassation Prosecution's office announced.
Petar Chalamov, Deputy District Prosecutor of Sofia, is under investigation for failing to
Bulgaria might not be permitted to join the EU next year unless it can successfully foster competition in the fixed telephony market.
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