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12-05-2010 • News & Events
Following a meeting of European Council President Herman Van Rompuy with the ALDE Group today, Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE
President, made the following statement on the agreement on the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism.
"The ALDE Group has strongly welcomed the agreement reached on the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism. The
Community method should prevail in...
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09-05-2010 • News & Events
Bulgaria will celebrate Europe Day May 9, with a diverse four-day program of events and attractions across the
country. Celebrations are organized by the European Commission Representation and by the European Parliament Information
Office in Sofia. The decision to celebrate May 9 as Europe Day was taken in 1985 by EU leaders, because on this day 60
years back, the first step...
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07-05-2010 • News & Events
A series of four thematic TV programs, recorded at the European Parliament's TV-studio in Brussels, will be aired
on the Bulgarian private TV channel PROBG starting Monday, 10 May 2010.
Each Monday of the month of May (namely, May 10, 17, 24 and 31) will be aired one discussion of this four-part series.
The starting date has been selected with the idea to be as close as... |
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02-05-2010 • News & Events
Irina Bokova's office is at the extremity of one of the arms of the star shaped Head Quarters of Unesco. The plush
corridors leading to her office are lined with an impressive selection of modern art. For an organisation defined as the
‘conscience of the world’, this is hardly surprising.
Ushered in just minutes after a meeting with the Minister of Culture of...
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02-05-2010 • News & Events
The European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Kristalina Georgieva was on a formal visit to
France on 21 April 2010 to meet ministers Bernard Kouchner (Foreign Affairs) and Alain Joyandet (Cooperation and
Francophony). Objectives: to get French support for the Commission proposal for more effective, coherent and visible
action.
The Paris-based web...
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27-04-2010 • News & Events
Diana Wallis, Vice President of the European Parliament, speaks to journalists from Bulgaria. This special interview
is given to Radio Bulgaria, PROBG and Europe Gateway on April 14 2010 on the occasion of the public presentation in
Brussels of the book "Europe 2020 - Civic Vision", edited by experts of the European Institute Foundation and its
partnering organizations within...
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22-04-2010 • News & Events
On April 26, Monday, 11.00h, at the Information Office of the European Parliament in Milano will be held the final
presentation of the book “Europe 2020: Civic
Vision”(http://parliament.europe.bg/bg/index.php?id=28438&category=371&translation=en) . It summarizes the
two-year campaign “Interacting with the European Parliament”, implemented by the...
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21-04-2010 • News & Events
EU enlargement will be the main theme of the round table on April 22 in Paris, where the book "EU 2020: CIVIC VISION"
will be presented.
The event will start at 11.30am local time (12.30pm - Bulgarian time), in the hall of the Information Office of the
European Parliament in Paris - 288, Saint Germain Blvd.
The round table is organised by the Bulgarian foundations...
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17-04-2010 • News & Events
The Serbian Interior Ministry's border management department has decided that citizens of EU countries will not
need passports for transit through Serbia, only their national identity cards. The decision has been made in response to
requests by several EU embassies.
According to a statement issued by the Interior Ministry, air traffic to all European destinations has...
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31-03-2010 • News & Events
Comment by Maroš Šefčovič, European Commission Vice-President for Inter-institutional Relations and
Administration, given to Europe Gateway by the EC Representation in Bulgaria.
For the first time ever, members of the public will be able to call directly for new European laws, under a proposal
being made today/on Wednesday by the European Commission.
From the...
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23-03-2010 • News & Events
Upon accession of Bulgaria on 1 January 2007, certain weaknesses remained in the areas of judicial reform, the fight
against corruption and organised crime that could prevent an effective application of EU-laws, policies and programmes
and prevent Bulgarians from enjoying their full rights as EU citizens, comments Rapid. Therefore, the Commission took
the obligation within the...
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17-03-2010 • News & Events
Today the European Commission examined the updated stability and convergence programmes of Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany,
Estonia, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Slovakia, Sweden, Finland and the United Kingdom.
These assessments have to be seen against the background of the sharp economic and financial crisis which has had a
major impact on public...
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13-02-2010 • News & Events
On Monday Bulgaria marks the 10-th anniversary since the beginning of the negotiations for European Union membership.
The official opening of the negotiations process was on 15 February 2000, when the first sitting of the
Inter-governmental Accession Conference took place in Brussels. In fact, on this day, the European Union formally opened
the membership procedure for six... |
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10-02-2010 • News & Events
During his official visit to Paris on Tuesday, 2 February, Touteleurope.fr interveiwed Jerzy Buzek, President of the
European Parliament. Former Polish Prime Minister and member of Solidarnosc, he explains the new reforms contained in
the Lisbon Treaty and presents his priorities for his mandate.
To see the video recording and to read the whole text of the interview, click...
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10-02-2010 • News & Events
In its new series Wide Angle, Touteleurope.fr will interview each month a different expert, politician, historian or
artist about a topical european issue. For the first interview in the series Touteleurope.fr spoke to Loukas Tsoukalis,
a greek politicial scientist about his country's economic woes and about the future of European social and economic
policy.
Loukas...
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10-02-2010 • News & Events
With just a few days to go until the likely investiture of the second Barroso Commission, Touteleurope.fr, in
partnership with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with French Commissioner designate for Internal Market and
Services, Michel Barnier. Barnier went through the priorities of his new mandate, the strategic aspect of this portfolio
and the need for intelligent...
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10-02-2010 • News & Events
The article is provided by Commissionner Vasiliou's spokesperson through the European Commission Representation in
Bulgaria. A translation of the text is available on the Bulgarian-language version of this website.
My main priorities as Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth will concentrate on those areas
where we can make a difference in...
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04-02-2010 • News & Events
Europe Gateway's blitz interview with Mr. João Sant'Anna – Head of the Legal Department of the
European Ombudsman.
Mr. Sant`Anna was special guest to the International conference “Europe 2020 – Civic Visions”, held
in Sofia on January 29-30, 2010, within the “Interacting with the European Parliament” project, financially...
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04-02-2010 • News & Events
Europe Gateway's blitz interview with German MEP Doris Pack (EPP), Chairwoman of the Committee on Culture and
Education in the European Parliament.
Mrs. Pack was special guest to the International conference “Europe 2020 – Civic Visions”, held in
Sofia on January 29-30, 2010, within the “Interacting with the European Parliament” project,...
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19-01-2010 • News & Events
The resignation of Bulgarian candidate for the European Commission Rumiana Jeleva was "inevitable and predictable",
said S&D leader Martin Schulz in Strasbourg today.
"Her decision to go is the best outcome vor everyone, including herself," he said. "After such a poor performance in
the parliamentary, which highlighted her incompetence, this outcome was both inevitable and...
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15-01-2010 • News & Events
Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE group leader in the European Parliament reacted to Bulgarian PM Borisov's misplaced remarks
in the Bulgarian media concerning his ALDE colleagues and their scrutiny of Bulgarian commissioner designate, Rumiana
Jeleva.
"It is totally unacceptable for a Prime Minister to hit out with such sharp language at MEPs who are simply doing
their job of...
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14-01-2010 • News & Events
EU pressure on the Bulgarian government to withdraw its candidate for the European Commission grew today as S&D leader
Martin Schulz mounted a fierce attack on Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, reports the S&D group.
Commission nominee Rumiana Jeleva faces rejection by a cross-party majority of MEPs following her poor performance at
a parliamentary hearing in Brussels earlier...
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14-01-2010 • News & Events
President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso is expected Thursday to announce his position on the issue of
alleged conflict of interests of Bulgarian Commissioner-Designate Rumiana Jeleva.
Barroso’s decision is believed to be crucial into swaying the Development Committee of the EP into backing or
opposing Jeleva’s confirmation as the new EU...
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14-01-2010 • News & Events
By AFP.
The European Union's new permanent president Herman Van Rompuy vowed Wednesday to make the fight against climate
change and the economic crisis his top priority in the months ahead.
Speaking ahead of a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel on his first official visit to Germany, Europe's most
populous country and its top economy, Van Rompuy said that the...
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11-01-2010 • News & Events
The three-hour sessions of examinations for the new EU commissioners with the European Parliament start today and will
continue until January, 19th.
If the strict agenda is implemented, the Parliament will vote the make-up of the Commission as a whole on January 26.
The college has to be approved by quality majority voting of Member States. This means that the new...
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30-12-2009 • News & Events
By Juan Carlos Gafo, Spain’s Ambassador in Lebanon. Published in The Daily Star newspaper.
On January 1, 2010, Spain will assume, for the fourth time, the Presidency of the European Union. It is a key moment,
not only for Europe but for the whole international society. For six months, Spain will be in charge of the political
leadership of the Union in a global...
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29-12-2009 • News & Events
Economic and financial crisis, disagreement on the climate change issue, institutional insecurity and government
crisis in the country holding the Presidency at the time, the Czech Republic. When Sweden took over the Presidency of
the EU Council of Ministers in 2009, the challenges were many. Looking back on a hectic autumn, Swedish Prime Minister
Fredrik Reinfeldt notes that...
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17-12-2009 • News & Events
Today in Strasbourg Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE group leader, raised his concerns to parliamentary group leaders about plans
in Bulgaria to hold a national referendum with a view to closing down a short news programme broadcast in Turkish for
the benefit of the Turkish-speaking minority. The initiative presented by the far right Ataka party was recently backed
by Prime Minister...
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27-11-2009 • News & Events
José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, today announced the portfolios responsibilities for
the next Commission, reports Rapid. The President has held detailed consultations with all the Commissioners-designate
in order to assign the right jobs to the right people. The President believes that this team can deliver the agenda for
change he set out in...
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20-11-2009 • News & Events
The European Commission is pursuing court action against Bulgaria for failing to properly implement EU waste law,
reports Rapid. The case concerns inadequate waste disposal facilities in its capital, Sofia. Bulgaria should have had an
adequate network of waste disposal installations in place by the time of its accession on 1 January 2007. However, Sofia
continues to rely on...
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