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Members of the German Social Democratic party said press news, which claimed Bulgaria and Romania should not be accepted in the EU as full-fledged members, are inappropriate.
The German Bundestag is expected to ratify the two country's Accession Treaty w
The Swedish government does not rule out an open door policy for migrant workers coming from Bulgaria and Romania, when they join the European Union next year, reports say.
Romania's National Liberal Party senator Varujan Vosganian has been nominated for EU commissioner, the prime minister announced.
The German parliament is set to demand the triggering of safeguards against Romania and Bulgaria immediately upon EU accession in January, EUobserver reported, citing local press.
Italy remains resistant to British fears of an influx of Bulgarian and Romania migrants that forced the country to limit their right to work, local press says.
Plans by Home Secretary John Reid to limit the rights of Bulgarians and Romanians to work in the UK received wide coverage in Wednesday's papers.
Romanian Minister of Justice Monica Macovei has been nominated for EU commissioner, EUexpands reported.
A day earlier Bulgaria's EU-Affairs Minister Meglena Kuneva was confirmed, though unofficially, to be the candidate for the Brussels job.
Bulgaria's EU integration minister Meglena Kuneva will visit Berlin on Wednesday where she will present the Balkan country's progress in the fulfilment of its EU membership criteria in the German Bundesrat.
She will lay the focus on the commitments in th
Great Britain will stick to its policy of controlling migration, UK Ambassador in Bulgaria Jeremy Hill said at a press conference on Tuesday.
The press conference was held after the British government approved measures to curb immigration to the UK from
Just hours after Bulgarians and Romanians had to face the news that they wouldn't be allowed to work in the UK once the country joins the EU, Ireland also made public its decision to shut out the two countries' migrants.
Ireland' Enterprise, Trade and Em
The Federation of Small Businesses has slammed proposals by the home secretary John Reid to place restrictions on people from Romania and Bulgaria who wish to come to the UK to work, Business Money reported.
Bulgaria's EU-Affairs Minister Meglena Kuneva has been confirmed to be the candidate for the Brussels commissioner job, at a coalition meeting Tuesday, reports say.
The European Commission has expressed its regret over the UK clampdown on the labour market for the Bulgarian and Romanian migrants.
Brussels again pointed out the favourable effect an open doors policy had on the economy, media reported.
Bulgarian minister Meglena Kuneva said she was disappointed by London's decision to restrict the influx of migrant workers from Bulgaria and Romania.
The Euro-Affairs Minister predicted on BBC News 24 that about 36,000 people would want to move to Britai
Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry announced the country could impose counter-measures after the United Kingdom and Ireland approved limitations on Romanian and Bulgarian migrant workers.
"We do understand how sensitive the migration issue is to the British peo
The British government approved measures to curb immigration to the UK from Romania and Bulgaria after the two countries join the European Union in January.
Ireland has also made public its decision to shut out the two countries' migrants, Enterprise, Tr
Foreign ambassadors in Bulgaria will inaugurate the 28th Annual Conference of International Association of Gays and Lesbians for Europe, which will be held from 26 to 29 October 2006 in Sofia, organizers announced.
John Reid, UK home secretary, is expected to announce measures to curb immigration to the UK from Romania and Bulgaria after the two countries join the European Union in January.
The measures, which will be debated by the cabinet today, are expected to l
Germany has decided to curb the access of Bulgarian and Romanian migrant workers to the labour market after the two countries join the EU.
The high unemployment rate has propped the country to close its doors for those hoping to find work there, Gerd And
The Prime Minister of Bavaria Edmund Stoiber has turned to EC enlargement commissioner Oli Rehn, asking him to change the criminals' extradition rules in the EU, when it comes to Bulgaria.
Fearing that German outlaws may be extradited to serve their time
Speculation at Westminster that John Reid, the Home Secretary, was planning a clampdown on immigrants from the new accession states appeared to be confirmed by the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, The Herald reported.
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