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The European Commission key report, due to be released on May 16, will recommend Romania's accession in 2007 and the postponement of Bulgaria's entry by one year, Romania's newspaper Adevarul claims, citing diplomatic sources in Brussels.
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The EU rapporteur on Bulgaria has said the country had to do more work, in an interview for the BBC cited by Bulgaria's state radio.
There is a need to boost the supervision over the fight against crime, according to Geoffrey van Orden.
Bulgaria has signed four memorandums with the European Union's ISPA programme.
Bulgaria should have 60 interpreters working in Brussels as of January 1, 2007, Saturday's media reports said.
Another 60 from Romania should join EU institution at the same time.
Bulgaria's reformed Penal Code entered into force on Saturday, with hopes to bring the country's judiciary closer to EU standards.
The fresh act introduces the "observing prosecutor" who should be in charge of a case from the beginning of an investigatio
Officials close to EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn do not rule out that next month, he could recommend delaying Bulgaria's admission by a year, BBC reported Thursday.
Still, the move would have to get the green light from all the 25 EU governments,
Austria's parliament nodded Wednesday evening the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, media reported.
EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn harshly criticized Bulgaria before the European Parliament on Wednesday.
Bulgaria's Interior Ministry, the Finance Ministry and the Chief Prosecutor's Office are investigating EU funds misuses and will prepare a report on these cases by the end of the month.
The authorities are probing embezzlements in the SAPARD program that
Bulgaria and Romania could enter the union on time in January 2007, but face continued Brussels monitoring on the implementation of justice reforms, the EUObserver reports.
According to the online edition Frattini has hinted that the two neighbouring cou
Bulgaria's Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski inaugurated the "National Strategic Reference Framework" forum in Sofia on Wednesday.
The participants in the forum discussed the National Strategic Reference Framework, which is the main document in Bulgaria
Organised crime clouds Bulgaria's EU accession, wrote the Financial Times in its latest issue, citing two experts sent by Brussels to assess whether the Balkan country is really cracking down on organised crime and corruption.
Klaus Jansen, a German inve
The Chairman of the Liberal group (ALDE) in the European Parliament said he was against Wednesday's discussion with Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn on the progress that Bulgaria and Romania have made towards EU accession.
Graham Watson said such actio
The European Parliament will hold an extra session to discuss the progress that Bulgaria and Romania have made towards EU accession.
The postponement of Bulgaria's entry into the European Union (EU) would send bad signal to the Bulgarian society, European Parliament's Rapporteur for Bulgaria believes.
In the words of Geoffrey van Orden a possible delay might send bad signals to the yo
Romania and Bulgaria won praise from the head of the European Commission's enlargement department for upgrading their justice systems.
"Both of them under EU pressure have made enormous progress," Michael Leigh said in an interview in Brussels, as cited
The European Commission will appreciate Bulgaria's efforts to bring to justice prominent underworld figures even if preliminary proceedings are launched as late as May 15, a day before the crucial report on Bulgaria is released, the country's euro-affairs
Around 56,000 Romanian and Bulgarian workers are likely to migrate to Britain next year, according to a new research from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), published on Tuesday.
The left-wing body, often described as Tony Blair's favourite
Key Bulgarian officials are tied to the mafia and this can prove a serious obstacle for the the country on its way to the EU, several world media reported.
EC-hired experts claim that Bulgaria is not ready for the EU, UK's Sunday Telegraph and Croatian V
The report that should decide Bulgaria's EU fate will be issued in three languages.
Berlin has insisted that the milestone papers should be translated in German, adding to the versions in English and French.
Begium's Chamber of Representatives adopted late Thursday a bill ratifying the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.
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