Bulgaria needs a clear date for its entry into the European Union (EU). Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev met Thursday with the judges from Sofia Regional Court and told them that the safeguard clause in the Home affairs and judiciary field is possible, bu
The Belgian Chamber of Representatives was to vote on Thursday Bulgaria and Romania's EU Accession Treaty. The parliamentary Foreign Relations Commission approved the accord on Tuesday and decided to submit it for approval in the chamber.
Poland has reaffirmed its staunch support for Bulgaria's bid to enter the EU soon. The Polish prime minister, who was in Sofia Wednesday to meet his Bulgarian colleague, praised Bulgaria's economic progress.
Belgium plans partial relaxation of its labour rules for the new members of the European Union (EU). Belgium joined the group of old EU member states easing labour access rules for eastern European migrants, allowing Belgian regions to send in wish-lists
Belgium's House of Representatives has moved towards approval of Bulgaria's EU Accession Treaty.
The European Commission procedures regarding aspirants Bulgaria and Romania are stricter than those applied to the ten newcomers from the bloc's 2004 wave of expansion, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev told the Berlin-based Tageszeitung daily.
Visitors to Sofia's central department store Halite will be able not only to shop around, but also get informed of their consumers rights.
Justice safeguard clause enforcement on Bulgaria is seen as an unfair step by the country's top prosecutor. Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev commented that it would be unfair if the EU imposed the justice safeguard clause on Bulgaria at a time t
Bulgaria's EU-Affairs Minister Meglena Kuneva called for more reforms and concrete results in Bulgaria's judicial system. There are many more things that could be done in the judiciary area by the end of April, which could help for a better evaluation in
Ireland is still uncertain whether to open its labour market for workers from Bulgaria and Romania if they join the European Union (EU) in 2007, Sunday Business Post reported. The EU will decide in May if the accession of Bulgaria and Romania will go ahe
The European Union wants actual results from the reforms in Bulgaria. EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn was very honest in his talks in Sofia, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin said on Saturday.
Bulgaria faces a last-minute scramble to avert a possible one-year delay in joining the European Union, Financial Times reported Saturday. The scramble comes after a warning by EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn, who said that not enough has been done
The Dutch government dropped plans to fully open the country's labour market to new EU state workers, postponing the decision until later this year. At the beginning of April the government announced that citizens of the eight new EU states in Central an
Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov has asked EU's Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn to use additional sources of information for the preparation of the monitoring report on Bulgaria. Talking to the state radio BNR, the head of state pointed out that t
Despite promising economic growth and reforms in agriculture, intellectual property rights and other areas, Bulgaria has yet to fully prove its readiness for EU accession, EuroNews reported a day after the visit of Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn here.
The close monitoring on the part of the European Commission stimulates reforms in Bulgaria and also gives confidence to EU Member states in the irreversibility of the country's route, President Parvanov told Olli Rehn.
Bulgaria's former prime minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg made an attempt to assuage Europe's fears over the country's preparedness for EU accession in an interview for German Die Welt. The Berlin-based newspaper made front-page headlines here last week after
The European Commission continues to be concerned about issues related to the rule of law in Bulgaria, EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said in Sofia during his final visit here before the decisive report on the country's preparedness for EU accessio
EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn is coming to his final visit to Bulgaria before preparing the decisive report of the country's EU accession planed for Janaury 1, 2007. He is scheduled to meet President Georgi Parvanov and Prime Minister Sergey Stan
EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn is expected pay a visit to Bulgaria on Thursday, days after his critical report to the EU Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. This became clear during the Brussels consultations of Euro-Affairs Minister Meglena K
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the French Parliament has recommended a quicker ratification procedure for Bulgaria's EU Accession Treaty. In a report adopted at the beginning of this week the French lawmakers were advised to discuss and complete the pr
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