The allegations relating the name of Simeon Saxe-Coburg to any affairs in Italy - or any other country- aim to discredit Bulgaria's accession to the EU, a close associate of his said.
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Most of Bulgarians, 75%, think the country is unprepared to enter the European Union next January.
An Alpha Research study has monitored mass media and people's reaction to EU-related issues, to find that optimism for EU readiness has melted down since t...
The European Union will pay EUR 5 M to 30 cluster organizations in Bulgaria, it was announced Sunday during a seminar.
The organizations can rely on the financial aid over the next ten years.
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The Council of Europe Development Bank has expressed content with the partnership with Bulgaria.
In a joint press conference with Bulgaria's Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski, CEDB heads said the bank has allotted EUR 122 M to Bulgaria so far.
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European Union leaders have formally supported bids by Bulgaria and Romania to join the EU25 next year.
In a conclusive declaration of June 15-16 Summit, they urged the two Balkan countries to speed up crucial reforms.
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Spain has always lent its support and will keep lending it for Bulgaria's accession to the EU on 1 January 2007, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Zapatero told his Bulgarian counterpart Sergey Stanishev.
Stanishev and Zapatero had a one-to-one meeting within...
Bulgaria and Romania's entry tops the European Union (EU) priority tasks for 2007 that were approved late Thursday evening.
The news was broken by Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin, who specified that the adopted list with priorities had specific...

Sweden, Belgium and other states have opposed a draft wording proposed by Austrian Presidency describing the EU's "absorption capacity".
European Union leaders turned their focus Friday to the vexed issue of enlargement, amid concern that they could be r...
The European Union Council has gathered in Brussels for a two-day-long summit that will deal with matters of the Union's constitution, among other things.
EU leaders are expected to move the deadline for reflection on the constitution by one year, after...
Bulgarians hope that the European Union could "tame" the local political elite, a recent survey showed.
A survey of the state-run National Center for Research of Public Opinion (NCIOM) carried out in the beginning of May proved that there is growing supp...
After nearly 5 hours of debates Bulgaria's Parliament voted a declaration on the successful completion of the process of Bulgaria's accession to EU.
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The European Parliament accepted with hand voting a resolution for Bulgaria and Romania's EU entry.
The MEPs voted the resolution a day ahead of the European Council meeting where the EU members will voice their position on the entry date for the two Bal...
Bulgarian lawmakers are expected to vote a declaration on the successful completion of the process of Bulgaria's accession to EU.
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The Dutch Senate has approved the Treaty on the EU accession of Bulgaria and Romania late on Tuesday, the country's embassy to Sofia informed.
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Bulgaria and the European Commission signed a EUR 8 M agreement under the EU's Phare Cross-Border Cooperation 2005 with Romania.
Deputy Finance Minister Lyubomir Datsov and Ruud Van Enk, Counsellor at the Delegation of the European Commission to Bulgaria...