Bulgaria EU Commissioner Kuneva Picks EC over EP
The Bulgarian EU Commissioner for Consumer Protection, Meglena Kuneva, confirmed Friday she is continuing her work with the EC.
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The Bulgarian EU Commissioner for Consumer Protection, Meglena Kuneva, confirmed Friday she is continuing her work with the EC.
Bulgaria's current Minister of European Affairs, Gergana Passy, has stated that not having a Minister of European Affairs in the next government will be a big loss for the country.
The Head of the German delegation (CSU) in the EPP Group, MEP Markus Ferber, vowed support for the unfreezing of SAPARD funds for Bulgaria.
EU anti-fraud office (OLAF) director Franz-Hermann Bruener has stated that Bulgaria must do more to fight corruption and particularly the misuse of EU funds.
In the 2008 European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) report published Thursday, Bulgaria was reported to have the 2nd most active corruption cases in the EU at the end of the year.
The EU Member States officially nominated Tuesday EC President, Jose Manuel Barroso, for a second five-year term.
No safeguard clause will be recommended by the progress report of the European Commission on justice and home affairs in Bulgaria, which is to come out on July 22, 2009.
EU operational programs contracts for over EUR 3 B have been signed in Bulgaria so far.
Energy giants E.On and Gaz De France (GDF) Suez have been fined by European Commission competition regulators for carving up gas markets between them.
The Republic of Ireland is holding a second referendum on the EU Reform Treaty, known as the Lisbon Treaty, on October 2, 2009.
French Ambassador to Bulgaria, Etienne de Poncins, has stated that the EU expects results from the country's new administration.
MEP and leader of the Dutch far-right Freedom Part (PVV), Geert Wilders, has called for Bulgaria and Romania to be thrown out of the EU
The winner of the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria, Boyko Borisov has stated that current Bulgarian EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva will not keep her position.
The 16-nation eurozone is not headed for imminent deflation despite a fall in prices in June.
Netherlands Foreign Minister, Maxime Verhagen, has said that Dutch victims of extortion by Bulgarian border officials should report the date and time of the incidents
The Chair of EPP group at the EP, Joseph Daul, defined GERB's victory at the general elections in Bulgaria as crushing.
Bulgaria is among the European Union member states that registered the largest decreases in the volume of retail trade in May month-upon-month, official EU data showed on Friday.
The European Union is "ready to take action" if Iran does not free the remaining UK embassy staff held in Tehran,
The unemployment rate in the Euro area rose to 9,5% in May 2009 from 9,3% in April as companies continue to lay off employees in attempt to survive the global financial crisis.
The EU rules about the size and the form of many fruits and vegetables become ineffective beginning July 1.
The European Commission will continue to closely monitor Bulgaria during the Swedish EU Presidency which started Wednesday.
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