Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev welcomed in Sofia the European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Enlargement Commissioner Oli Rehn to assure them the pace of reforms will not slacken.
Bulgaria proved itself to be ready to join the European Union, dealing successfully with most of the shortcomings, detected in May this year, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in Sofia.
It is up to Bulgaria and its people whether the report's safeguard clauses will become a huge chapter in history or just a footnote, EC Enlargement Commissioner Oli Rehn said. Rehn urged Bulgarians to continue with the fast-paced reforms and underlined t
The European Commission's report was unexpectedly positive, given the context in which the press and even some EU officials have been competing in warning us lately about the 'hostile climate' and "enlargement apathy", wrote Romania's Romania Libera in it
Scottish Labour MPs are pressing Tony Blair to introduce restrictions on the thousands of migrant workers expected to come to Britain from Bulgaria and Romania next year, the Herald reported a day after the two countries were given the greenlight to join
Bulgaria and Romania will be masking any irritation they feel at yesterday's finding by the European commission that they still have some ground to cover before joining the EU on January 1 2007, the Guardian said in the Comment is Free blog. The article
Bulgaria and Romania were yesterday cleared to join the European Union on January 1 and the news was greeted with relief in the two Black Sea states but with a sense of foreboding and recrimination elsewhere in Europe, the Financial Times commented Septem
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn are arriving to Bulgaria September 27 to present the EC Monitoring Report on Bulgaria, issued a day earlier.
By the end of October the governments in Bulgaria and Romania must submit a list with nominees for commissioners to add to the 25-strong EU executive body. After the monitoring report was issued on Tuesday, the European Commission will have now to decide
Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov said Tuesday that the country would enter the EU to enrich it, not to consume its assets. Joining the EU is the most meaningful historical project for Bulgaria's feature, Parvanov said, quoted by Darik News.
Bulgaria will be a correct, reliable and predictable EU member state, Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev said in an address to Bulgarians, greeting them for their efforts on the tough road towards the country's EU accession. "This is the real and final fall
Tuesday's recognition of the long road that Bulgaria has covered so far has motivated the institutions to continue with reforms, Interior Minister Rumen Petkov said. Once the country joins the EU, it will take its well-deserved place among the developed
Bulgarians have every reason to be proud of the EC's decision, Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin said in Bucharest, where he is meeting Romanian colleague Mihai Razvan Ungureanu. The report that we just heard is not just positive, the Minister said, it brin
Tuesday's debate on Bulgaria and Romania's accession has been the most hypocritical ever held in the European Parliament, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, co-president of the group European Greens-European Free Alliance said. "If the report were about Turkey's accessi
EP rapporteur for Bulgaria Geoffrey van Orden said Tuesday that transparency would now become key in the country's quest to becoming a worthy EU member. Van Orden said he was happy the EC monitoring report considered Bulgaria and Romania ready to join, a
The European Commission adopted Tuesday its final monitoring report on the preparedness of Bulgaria and Romania for EU membership, while proposing a package of rigorous accompanying measures.
Bulgaria and Romania have put remarkable efforts into becoming worthy of joining the EU and they deserve a warm welcome, Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said presenting the monitoring report on Tuesday. Yet the report proposes some safeguard measures
After the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, on 1 January 2007, the EU will freeze any further enlargement until the necessary institutional settlement is put in place, EC President said. While announcing at a European Parliament session in Strasbourg, J
The European Commission (EC) has invited Bulgaria and Romania to join the European Union next year, as they are able to take on rights as full fledged members on 1 January 2007. Talking to MEPs on Tuesday, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barros
The UK government is drawing up proposals for "gradual access" of Bulgarian and Romanian immigrants to the country, British media reported.
Bulgaria will be subject to unprecedented monitoring every six months on the side of the European Commission. According to MP Maria Kapon, who is observer to the EP, such step is unique in the history of the European Union and evokes humiliation to the a
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