Austria is hopeful that Bulgaria will receive a positive EC monitoring report in the fall, the country's Interior Minister Liese Prokop has said. The upcoming visit of EC justice commissioner Franco Frattini on July 31 would hopefully result in a positiv
European experts and Sofia have wrapped up work on the first draft of progress report on Bulgaria to be further revised by the European Commission.
Fears regarding life in the European Union are decreasing significantly and losing majority views among Bulgarians, a new Eurobarometer survey showed. Only the concern about more difficulties for national farmers has remained characteristic for more than
The European Commission disagreed with Bulgaria's National Strategic Reference Framework, which outlines the strategic aims of the policy for development and the priorities that would be co-financed by the EU Structural instruments for 2007-2013. The Com
Nearly 100 fresh out-of-the-classroom magistrates received their diplomas Tuesday, boosting hopes of more efficient investigation and prosecutions services of Bulgaria.
The European Internet domain name authority, EURid charged with fraud 400 registrars, EUobserver reported. EURid suspended 74, 000 .
The expansion of Schengen bordeless zone will see a delay of at least six months, keeping the door for Eastern Europe newcomers shut by March 2008.
Luxembourg's Minister of Agriculture, Viticulture and Rural Development Fernand Boden took a trip through Bulgaria's countryside on Tuesday. Accompanied by his Bulgarian counterpart Nihat Kabil, who has been quite busy lately with the bird flu outbreak,
Bulgaria will have to close two slaughterhouses in the northern city of Montana, as they do not answer to EU requirements, reports say. Experts from the National Veterinary Medical Service have checked a total of 15 such facilities and finally recommende
Bulgarians who wish to apply for a work position in the EU Administration will have the chance to attend preparation courses in Sofia.
Luxembourg's Minister of Agriculture, Viticulture and Rural Development Fernand Boden will come to Bulgaria, by invitation of his counterpart Nihat Kabil.
Bulgaria's Education Minister Daniel Valchev will attend Monday an extraordinary European Couincil meeting in Brussels, dealing with the competitive power in scientific research. During the meeting EU's education heads will discuss the 7th Framework Prog
The commissioner to represent Bulgaria to the EU should be expert in the field of energy, transport or social affairs, according to the head of Bulgarian diplomacy. Talking to media on Friday, Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin believed the selection of a Bu
The anti-organised crime units of Bulgaria and Malta will work together to counter drug and human trafficking, financial frauds, money laundry and terrorist acts.
Sofia municipality can receive European Union funding of EUR 180 M to tackle the chronic problem of piling garbage, the city's mayor announced.
The European Commission has announced a doubling of its emergency aid for Lebanon, up to EUR 10 M, warning of a humanitarian "catastrophe" if war actions continue there. The EU's executive urged all sides to respect international law to allow aid workers
The European Commission has not decided yet how to add a commissioner from Bulgaria and Romania each once the two Balkan states accede.
The European Commission plans to create rapid reaction teams of border guards to tackle repetitive immigration crises on its periphery. The groups would be assembled by the EU border security agency, Frontex, from lists of experts in member states, the E
Bulgarians and Romanians wishing to join the EU institutions bureaucratic team have another three days to enlist for competition, EUexpands reminded shortly before the 20 July deadline expires.
Bulgaria has decided to back the European Union's budget plan for the 2007 fiscal year, presented by the Union's Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin).
Finance ministers of EU member states have agreed on radical cuts in the European Commission staff budget. The Finnish EU presidency, which put the motion, argued that Brussels cannot escape a similar process as is currently under way in many national ca
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