Romania Wants 2007 Confirmed in June
Romania aims to receive a confirmation of the January 2007 target date during the meeting of the European Council in June, the country's justice minister announced in Sofia.
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Romania aims to receive a confirmation of the January 2007 target date during the meeting of the European Council in June, the country's justice minister announced in Sofia.
The leading figures in Bulgaria's economic life see as close to evident the country's membership in the EU, on 1 January 2007, Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri said in a comprehensive article on Bulgaria's EU aspirations.
The parties from the ruling coalition are to propose new amendments to the Bulgarian Constitution, apparently failing to come in line with EU expectations.
The EU would envisage a shortcut of rules giving the EC the final word on Sofia and Bucharest's accession in its autumn reports, possibly in September. According to the EUexpands.
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Romania has managed to convince the European Commission to issue its next monitoring report in the middle of September, which is earlier than planned, it emerged Tuesday.
After long and tough talks, EU ministers have agreed on a draft deal tearing down barriers for cross-border provision of services.
The EU membership of Bulgaria and Romania as of 1 January 2007 will be a clear signal for the European perspectives of all the Western Balkans.
A European Union expert has come to Bulgaria to work out together with the government a common action plan to make up with delayed reforms.
The Council of the EU is clearing up a new formula for the accession of Sofia and Bucharest, Romania's first diplomat Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu said after a two-day ministerial conclave. This new formula was part of the agenda of the foreign ministers meeti
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Bulgaria and Greece will pool efforts together to bring the ancient Thracian sanctuary of Perperikon to new life.
The decision of the EU Commission to postpone a verdict concerning the accession of Romania and Bulgaria is positive and I believe the entry date will not be postponed by one year, David Mirejovsky, a journalist from the Czech TV Foreign Desk, told SNA.
The representative offices of the European Union institutions in Sofia will be exempt from VAT, the government decided. The decision is part of the Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Union that the cabinet approved at its regular s
The European Commission is drawing a list of specific assignments for Bulgaria and Romania to be completed, if the two want to hear confirmed the target entry date - 1 January 2007.
The Irish parliament has approved the EU Accession Treaty of Bulgaria and Romania, a week after it was debated in the parliamentary foreign affairs committee.
Romania is trying to talk Brussels into releasing its autumn monitoring report on reforms' progress in September instead of October, as it has been announced.
The French government has approved a draft law for the ratification of the EU Accession Treaty of Bulgaria and Romania, a promising step to add to the list of member states with an okay of the key accord.
Nearly every second Bulgarian says "it is better to be in the EU than outside", even at the cost of enforced safeguard clauses, public opinion survey shows. Alfa Research sociological agency said 42% of all the 1050 respondents are prone to agree with th
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