Cyrillic will become the third official alphabet in the European Union (EU) after Bulgaria's entry. The other two alphabets, which are currently in use in the union, are the Latin and Greek ones, International Herald Tribune reported.
An MP from Peterborough, Eastern England, called on the government to veto the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, to stop more migrants coming over next year, when the two countries are scheduled to join the bloc.
Bulgaria has implemented 82 % of the measures under the action plan adopted after the latest critical report of the European Commission presented in May this year. A total of 385 out of all 466 measures in the plan for implementing the European Commissio
British cabinet woes John Reid and Geoff Hoon are at war over opening our borders to immigrants from Bulgaria and Romania, The Sun reported. At a heated meeting, Europe Minister Hoon insisted special safeguards should not be brought in when the two Balka
The leaders of the three-way coalition have agreed on elections for the European Parliament to be held in 2007. Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev and his junior coalition partners Simeon Saxe-Coburg and Ahmed Dogan conferred Wednesday in a "Great Troika" f
The British government confirmed discussions had been taking place whether to limit the number of immigrants especially from Bulgaria and Romania, who are due to join the EU January 2007.
The Bulgarian government has allotted BGN 25 M (EUR 17.5 M) to buy a new building for its mission in Brussels.
Regional development experts of Bulgaria have been drafting a new map of regions to meet EU criteria for regional funding.
EU plans to grant Bulgaria some EUR 800 M for railway infrastructure modernization. "If we work out various projects in the transport field, EU will grant us the above-mentioned funding in 2008", Transport Minister Petar Mutafchiev announced.
Half of the European Union countries will be open for Bulgarian labour, once the country joins the bloc, according to EU-affairs minister.
An EU rapid reaction group of border guards set up to deal with illegal immigration has opened work in Italy, BBC reported. The team will be organising joint EU naval patrols in the area to stem the influx of migrants, mostly from Africa.
The urgency of EU-required reforms does not seem to motivate Bulgarian lawmakers for hard work, a Bulgarian press report showed. Paparazzi have caught MPs sunbathing while they are supposed to be at the Parliament.
Bulgaria has come in line with the international financial reporting standards (IFRS) as applied by the EU, under a governmental decree approved on Thursday. Thus the aspirant country, which is anticipating confirmed 1 January 2007 as date of accession,
Nearly half of Romanians insist on holding a referendum to see whether or not they actually want to become members of the European Union, with its ensuing costs and loss of sovereignty, a survey shows.
Bulgaria is "on the right track" for EU entry in 2007, EU justice commissioner Franco Frattini has been quoted as saying by EUpolitix online edition. Frattini's praise for "important successes" in the fight against organised crime, corruption and border
The Agriculture Ministry of Bulgaria has been working in full speed to make sure the farming sector is placed in the green zone of next monitoring report.
EU commissioner for justice and home affairs Franco Frattini has hinted Bulgaria will face continued Brussels monitoring on the implementation of justice reforms. He arrived in Bulgaria's capital, Sofia, on Monday to assess the EU candidate country's pro
The scare of avian influenza has caused fluctuations in the demand and price for poultry in the EU, according to a recent agricultural forecast by the European Commission. The EC has forecast that the prices for cereals will largely remain stable, while
Franco Frattini, Vice President of the EC responsible for Justice, Freedom and Security, has praised Bulgaria's progress in many of the fields, highlighted as critical in the EU monitoring report, including crime combat, Bogdana Lazarova from Darik News r
Macedonia has two alternatives for getting to the EU, either integrating with Bulgaria or doing so with Albania, nationalist leader Krassimir Karakachanov, head of VMRO-BND has said. The country should thread wisely and find its friends on the Balkans, K
Bulgaria has kept the lowest unemployment rates in the European Union over the past years, Labour and Social Policy Minister Emiliya Maslarova said for Darik radio. We can safely say that step by step we are stabilizing the social policy in the country,
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