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Bulgaria's government would spare no efforts for the country to join the EU with a fast developing economy, Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin said at the official opening of the annual Southeast Europe Economic Forum in Sofia.
The Government has set a goal
Romania's EU commissioner designate Leonard Orban will take over the multilingualism portfolio, the European Commission president announced in Lisbon, as cited by EUexpands.
Up to now, the multilingualism was the area included in the portfolio of the EU
Bulgaria pins great expectations for an open door labour market in Greece, Italy and Spain, Evgeniya Koldanova, deputy foreign minister, told Darik News.
Bulgaria's Labour and Social Policy Minister Emiliya Maslarova is leaving on a visit to the UK and Ireland, the two countries that first announced they would be closing their labour market doors to Bulgarians.
In London Maslarova will meet the management
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu has put forward a new name for the country's nomination to take a EU commissioner job.
Local media quoted lawmakers with the main ruling Liberal Party said it would be Deputy European Affairs Minister Leona
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu made a new proposal for EU Commissioner to Jose Manuel Barroso, EUexpands reported, citing governmental sources.
The information was not confirmed by the European Commission.
Romanian liberal senator Varujan Vosganian has withdrawn his candidature for European Union Commissioner, Mediafax informed.
According to reports, Barroso-rejected Vosganian has requested Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu to scrap his nomination for
Denmark is considering the opportunity to "apply the same rules for Romania and Bulgaria" workers as it currently has for the EU10.
The news was reported by EUobserver online edition as quoting a Friday statement of Danish labour minister Claus Hjort Fre
Bulgaria's EU-Affairs Minister Meglena Kuneva, who was nominated this week for the Brussels job of commissioner, has already been appointed as a counsellor to the European Commission, the EU executive body announced.
The Hungarian government is likely to impose some limits for migrant workers coming from Bulgaria and Romania, when they join the European Union next year, Hungary's prime minister said.
"Total closure or total openness, I don't believe the decision will
Romanian leader Calin Popescu Tariceanu defended his surprise nominee for EU commissioner after the European Commission president postponed confirmation over secret services allegations.
Italy is hesitating whether to let in Romanian and Bulgarian workers from January or follow the UK and Ireland in curbing immigration from the EU's two newest member states, the EUobserver reported, citing the prime minister.
The decision of the German parliament to impose safeguard clauses on the ratification of Bulgaria's EU Accession Treaty wouldn't hurt the country, Solomon Passy, chair of the foreign policy parliamentary commission said.
The former Foreign Minister was h
The European Parliament has decided to vote the Bulgaria's and Romania's candidatures for EC Commissioners mid-December, instead of January as planned.
The voting will take place at the monthly EP session from December 11 to December 14, Darik News revea
Netherlands should limit Bulgarian and Romanian migrants from accessing its labour market after the two countries join the EU in 2007, ANP agency reported.
State Secretary of Social Affairs Henk van Hoof has expressed this opinion at a meeting of the low
EU Commission's president Jose Manuel Barroso approved Bulgaria's EU-Affairs Minister Meglena Kuneva to be the candidate for the Brussels commissioner job.
Meglena Kuneva will take up the portfolio Consumer Protection, the site "EUpolitics" announced.
Bulgaria's EU-Affairs Minister Meglena Kuneva has been chosen to be the candidate for the Brussels commissioner job, at a meeting of the government on Thursday, Bulgaria's PM announced.
Her leaving of the cabinet in 2007 will not lead to any structural c
Belgium is also planning to limit Bulgarian and Romanian migrants from accessing its labour market after the two countries join the EU in 2007, the Libre Belgique daily reported.
Migrant workers from the two countries will only be allowed in "little by l
The European Parliament's Party of European Socialists is concerned with the low voter turnout in Bulgaria, Darik News revealed.
The 201-strong parliamentary group of the party called upon Bulgarians Thursday, urging them to be more active in the electio
Closing the labour market doors to Bulgarians and Romanians is not discrimination, UK Ambassador to Sofia Jeremy Hill explained.
The UK just wants to avoid pressure that could come from another big wave of migrant workers, Hill told private bTV.
The lower chamber of the German Parliament (The Bundestag) voted Thursday on the ratification of Bulgaria and Romania's EU Accession Treaty.
The draft project on the ratification of the Treaty of the two countries was adopted with a great majority.
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