European Union foreign ministers have agreed to start accession talks with Turkey, world media broke on Monday. The news came after an objection by Cyprus had threatened to halt negotiations with Ankara at the first hurdle.
Bulgaria's Regional Development Minister Asen Gagauzov will leave on a three-day-working visit to Brussels.
Austria, which currently holds the rotating EU presidency, has called for a Europe-wide referendum on the stalled project of European Constitution. Talking to Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper, Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel believes a continen
By the beginning of September, the European Commission will run seven peer reviews on the progress made by Bulgarian government ahead of a final crucial report. Five of those checks will be carried out within the Judiciary and Home Affairs Chapter and th
Bulgaria's foreign minister said it is necessary to think about the establishment of a special anti-corruption unit, "as independent as possible".
EU Ambassadors personally received from Bulgarian President the action plan of urgent measures the government approved this week.
Bulgaria's main aim is to join the European Union as planned on January 1, 2007, the country's President Georgi Parvanov told EU ambassadors to Bulgaria during the no-ties meeting. Georgi Parvanov hosted the traditional annual meeting, which this year to
Bulgarian MPs should work overtime until the country joins the European Union, several MPs suggested. Independent MP Maria Kapon and rightist hardliner Dimitar Abadzhiev have filed a suggestion for the working hours of the Parliament to be changed as fol
Three specialized commissions joined efforts to combat corruption in Bulgaria. The Commission for corruption fight with the 40th National Assembly, the Commission for prevention and fight against corruption with the Council of Ministers and the Commissio
A performance by a dance theatre company in Russe will entertain EU ambassadors to Bulgaria Friday, amid a no-ties meeting with the Bulgarian President. Georgi Parvanov will be hosting the traditional annual meeting, which this year takes place in betwee
Bulgaria's Cabinet approved Thursday the measures for overcoming the main problems in the areas highlighted in the latest EC Monitoring report. The main groups of measures included in the Action Plan were later presented by Euro-integration Minister Megl
The Supreme Cassation Court has submitted for consideration to the Constitutional Court another text amended in the key law.
A senior German MEP, Elmar Brok, has suggested that Romania's entry to the EU should be delayed if the existence of a CIA jail on its territory prior to November 2005 is confirmed.
Bulgarian administration will skip this year's summer recess to speed up work on the final stretch ahead of crucial "yes" or "no" by Brussels in the autumn.
The EU will hold enlargement until at least 2010 after Romania and Bulgaria join in 2007 or 2008, in the words of Olli Rehn.
The employees of the Bulgarian Agriculture Ministry will have no summer vacation and will work with prolonged working time to overcome the remarks for the "Agriculture" chapter from the latest EC Monitoring report. That was decided by Bulgaria's Agricult
The European Union wants Bulgaria and Romania to join the European Union as scheduled on January 1, 2007 provided that they fulfil their obligations. A careful and detailed examination led the Commission to consider that Bulgaria and Romania will be able
Obesity is draining around EUR 59 B a year from EU member states' pockets in direct health care costs, EUObserver reported. Still, the overall economic impact could be as high as EUR 118 B to EUR 236 B, with rising childhood obesity auguring badly for th
Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev will meet in Brussels EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn. The two are expected to discuss Bulgaria's actions following the last EC Monitoring Report.
Suggestions that the final EC report on Bulgaria and Romania's pre-accession progress will be ready in September, earlier than initially announced, have now become real.
The European Commission has decided to cut the summer holidays of its experts monitoring the pace of Sofia reforms, obviously expecting the same to be done by the Bulgarian government.
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