Belgium's Senate has approved Bulgaria and Romania's EU Accession Treaty opening the way for ratification by the country's lower chamber. A total of 52 of the senators present nodded the treaty, against were only eight senators, all from the Flemish nati
EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn is set to issue on Monday, April 3, his preliminary assessment whether Bulgaria and Romania are ready to join the EU in January 2007.
The European Union urgently needs the Bulgarian workforce and intellect, should it wants to preserve its competitiveness, according to a Sofia-visiting MEP. Bulgaria can contribute to Europe with its highly qualified and low-cost labour force, Jorgo Chat
Lithuania's Parliament - Seimas - ratified Bulgaria and Romania's EU Accession Treaty on March 30, fulfilling hopes that the ratification procedure will be completed by the end of the month.
The adopted Constitutional amendments are no guarantee against the safeguard clause, EU rapporteur for Bulgaria Geoffrey van Orden commented Thursday. It is a historical day for Bulgaria and we are getting closer to the country's entry in the EU, he also
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev will meet Thursday EU rapporteur for Bulgaria Geoffrey van Orden and other members of the European Parliament. The meeting will mainly revolve around the European integration of Bulgaria.
An ad hoc committee has approved the replacement of no more than two words in constitutional amendments, which triggered strong negative reactions from Brussels last week after their adoption in parliament at second reading. Instead of "controlling the a
Some of the main recommendations for Bulgaria's prosecution included in the latest report of the European experts are concerning money laundry in the country, Bulgarian top prosecutor Boris Velchev revealed. He also admitted that so far there is no verdi
Bulgaria will enter the European Union on 1 January 2007, but with a safeguard clause probably enforced, MEP Geoffrey van Orden said.
The Finnish parliament will ratify the EU Accession Treaty of Bulgaria irrespectively of the advice extended by the European Commission.
Finland wants to welcome Bulgaria as a full EU member state in a few months, and it has firmly decided to open its labour market for Bulgarians from 1 January 2007, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen told his Bulgarian counterpart Sergey Stanishev. Bu
Bulgaria's drivers' licenses are meeting the standards of the Eurpean Union (EU) and are not to be changed, Transport Minister Petar Mutafchaiev explained. The drivers' licenses will have to be changed after 2015 when a special chip will be installed in
Bulgaria and Romania should join the European Union (EU) as planned on January 1, 2007, Malta's Foreign Minister Michael Frendo said. Frendo welcomed his Bulgarian counterpart Ivaylo Kalfin in Malta's capital La Valletta.
The European Parliament is likely to give its verdict on Bulgaria's accession ahead of the European Commission, the head of Bulgaria's euro-affairs parliamentary commission said.
Bulgaria's Transport Ministry announced that only 2 of the 93 companies banned by the EU from operating in its sky have flown to Bulgaria.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev opened Monday a two-day working visit to Finland, the next EU president.
There is no imminent risk of applying any EU economic safeguard clauses on Bulgaria, energy and economy minister said.
The European Commission will launch a new peer review on intellectual property rights in June, Bulgaria's European affairs minister announced.
The EU rapporteur for Bulgaria Geoffrey van Orden did not leave out the possibility of the enforcement of a safeguard clause for Bulgaria in the justice and home affairs field. Bulgaria might join the EU on January 1, 2007 with some limitations, includin
The procedure for the ratification of Bulgaria and Romania's EU Accession Treaty will be launched April 5. Bundestag MP and European-policy spokesman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SDP) parliamentary group Axel Schaefer explained that the fir
The European Union will halt the enlargement process for prolonged period of time upon accession of Bulgaria and Romania, according to several news agencies. The decision was reportedly made at the session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, held in the
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