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17-05-2006 • News & Events
Romania's prime minister openly blamed Bulgaria's shortcomings for the decision of the European Commission not to give
his country an unconditional date for EU entry.
It is very likely that the EC decided not to fix a clear date for Romania EU accession because of, among other things,
the problems in Bulgaria, Calin Popescu-Tariceanu told the state-rung TV channel Tuesday...
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17-05-2006 • News & Events
Bulgaria and Romania were on Tuesday given less than five months to prove they are ready to join the European Union,
amid warnings they risk delayed entry and the loss of hundreds of millions of euros in subsidies.
Failure to reform could prove even more costly if it provokes a political backlash in western European countries
already tiring of the EU’s enlargement process....
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Published at 17-05-2006 from Bucharest Daily News
The European Commission's report underlines the progress made by Romania, but delays making an endorsement of January
1, 2007 as the accession date.
While the previous report issued last October said Romania had serious problems in 14 domains, yesterday's report says
that number has decreased to four.
The report indicates that since last October, Romania has taken... |
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Published at 16-05-2006 from BBC
The European Commission has recommended that Bulgaria and Romania join the EU next year as planned, but only if they
fulfil key conditions.
Bulgaria in particular will have to show tangible results in the fight against corruption and organised crime.
The report presented to the European Parliament also warns both states could face serious membership restrictions and
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16-05-2006 • News & Events
The final decision on whether Bulgaria and Romania can join the EU on time will be taken by October 2006, the European
commission said on Tuesday.
European commission president José Manuel Barroso told MEPs that a January 2007 EU entry date for both was within
reach - but that they will have to wait for a final judgment.
“No later than early October, we will review the...
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16-05-2006 • News & Events
The European Commission is expected to tell Bulgaria and Romania they can join the EU next year as planned, but only
if they fulfil 10 more conditions.
Bulgaria in particular will have to show tangible results in the fight against corruption and organised crime.
A draft report obtained by the BBC also warns that both countries could face serious membership restrictions and...
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16-05-2006 • News & Events
The European Commission was set to pressure Bulgaria and Romania to push through last-minute reforms to keep
alive their chances of joining the European Union in January.
In a report to the European Parliament, EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn was expected to tell the two Balkans
hopefuls what more they need to do to fulfil their dream of entering Europe's rich...
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15-05-2006 • News & Events
BRUSSELS, May 15 (Reuters) - The European Commission is set to postpone until September a final recommendation on
whether Bulgaria and Romania should join the European Union next year when it reviews their progress on reforms on
Tuesday.
An internal note circulated among senior EU officials on Monday and seen by Reuters said: "The progress in all the
fields and especially in...
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15-05-2006 • News & Events
Oana Mocanu is an Expert and Project Coordinator at the European Institute of Romania (EIR), within the European
Studies Unit and also the Editor-in-Chief of the Romanian Journal of European Affairs. The studies, undertaken by EIR
continue to prove to be a very useful tool in the decision-making process and the permanent and active dialogue between
the researchers and the...
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15-05-2006 • News & Events
The draft does not contain a keenly awaited recommendation on whether the two Balkan countries should join the EU in
2007 or 2008.
Following are areas about which the Commission says it still has serious concerns, the so-called red flags, and other
areas in which the countries must make improvements.
BULGARIA
Red flags:
* lack of a system for animal registration...
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12-05-2006 • News & Events
In Short:
The Commission may not present its recommendations on the EU entry date of Romania and Bulgaria on 16 May as initially
planned.
Brief News:
EU accession of Romania and Bulgaria is scheduled for January 2007. However, insufficient progress in key areas may
trigger a one-year postponement.
When presenting its progress reports on the two countries on 16 May, the...
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Published at 11-05-2006 from Deutsche Welle
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a "new foundation" of the European project during a key speech to the
Bundestag on Thursday, and said Germany would work to revive the failed EU Constitution.
The EU's greatest challenge is making it clear to ordinary citizens that they benefit from the bloc's increased
integration and expansion, Merkel said in her first speech to... |
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Published at 11-05-2006 from BBC
HIGH-SPEED POLICE
In rural Bulgaria it's pretty common to see a farmer making his way to his fields in a cart pulled by a single old
nag. The police in the capital, Sofia, can rely on a little more horsepower.
It's the only place I've ever seen the police drive a Porsche convertible. Completely with blue flashing light and
repainted in white with smart blue stripes. This... |
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10-05-2006 • News & Events
According to a ranking official of the Spanish government, the EU should take a breather after the scheduled accession
of Bulgaria and Romania and should spend about a decade focussing on its own consolidation.
Addressing a seminar in Madrid on Europe's boundaries, Spanish State Secretary for European Affairs Alberto Navarro
stated that "the EU will need about ten years for...
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Published at 09-05-2006 from
On the 9 May 1950 in Paris the first move was made towards the creation of what is now known as the European Union.
On that day, against the background of the threat of a Third World War engulfing the whole of Europe, the French
Foreign Minister Robert Schuman presented his proposal on the creation of an organised Europe, indispensable to the
maintenance of peaceful... |
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09-05-2006 • News & Events
Bulgaria warned the European Union yesterday not to "humiliate" it next week when Brussels rules on whether the
country is ready to become a member state. Sergei Stanishev, the prime minister, said that postponing entry would be
perceived as outright rejection.
"It would be a mistake. We are not second-class Europeans. Do not try to humiliate us," Mr Stanishev was quoted by...
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09-05-2006 • News & Events
Pressure for reform in Romania and Bulgaria is mounting after rumours have been circulated at the Brussels
headquarters of a delay in the decision on their EU accession.
The European Commission is set to publish next week (16 May) a report on Romania and Bulgaria's readiness to join the
club by 1 January 2007, but EU commission president Jose Barroso has already decided to...
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08-05-2006 • News & Events
Bulgaria's bid to join the European Union next year has been strongly criticized by experts sent by Brussels to assess
whether the Balkan country is really cracking down on organized crime and corruption.
Klaus Jansen, a German investigator, said last month the country's efforts to tackle organized crime were "a total
mess," and criminal bosses and people traffickers were...
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06-05-2006 • News & Events
Not many European considers a common EU constitution helpful for the future of the European Union (Photo:
EUobserver.com)
A European constitution is low among the issues EU citizens think would be helpful for the future of Europe, according
to a new poll published on Friday (5 May).
In a special eurobarometer survey on the "future of Europe", a constitution comes in third...
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05-05-2006 • News & Events
Despite some improvements, Roma children in the EU are still disadvantaged when it comes to education access,
according to a study by an EU agency.
The report by the Vienna-based European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) argues that Roma and
Travellers' pupils are still facing direct or indirect discrimination and exclusion.
"As a result, Roma pupils tend...
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05-05-2006 • News & Events
Montenegro is confident it will not become a victim of Serbia's failure to arrest war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic,
with politicians predicting a vote for independence from Serbia in a 21 May referendum and continued talks with the EU.
The European Commission on Wednesday (3 May) froze talks on a Stabilisation and Association agreement (SAA) with
Serbia and Montenegro, which...
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05-05-2006 • News & Events
The European Parliament committee investigating CIA activities in Europe has said that EU candidate state Macedonia
should cooperate better with its investigation as part of its preparations for accession to the union.
A delegation from the parliament's special committee, probing alleged clandestine terror suspect flights by US
intelligence service CIA, on Thursday (4 May)...
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04-05-2006 • News & Events
Two years later, the biggest enlargement ever of the European Union is an economic success: the 10 new Member
States’ economies are growing at a rapid pace enabling them to progressively bridge the gap with their richer
neighbours. But the latter also win as the increase of the EU’s single market by 75 million to 450 million
inhabitants brings a wealth of trade and investment...
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03-05-2006 • News & Events
Brussels has suspended negotiations with Serbia and Montenegro, after Belgrade missed the deadline for handing over
war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic to the UN war tribune in The Hague.
Enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn on Wednesday (3 May) said that despite Serbian progress in cooperating with the UN
tribune for former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the failure to deliver general...
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03-05-2006 • News & Events
The European Union has no choice but to halt talks with Serbia today over Belgrade's failure to hand over the genocide
suspect Ratko Mladic, according to a senior European official.
Barring dramatic, last-minute developments, the negotiations will be formally put on ice by the European Commission
because of Serbia's lack of full co-operation with the UN war crimes tribunal...
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02-05-2006 • News & Events
A letter to the editor of Financial Times in connection to a previous article in this newspaper by expert in law Mark
West, USAID Judicial Strengthening Initiative,
East West Management Institute
Sir, While George Parker's article "Organised crime casts shadow over Bulgaria's EU accession" (April 26) highlights
some of the serious challenges remaining for Bulgaria as it moves...
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02-05-2006 • News & Events
Bulgaria could be made to wait until the last minute to find out whether it can join the European Union next year,
amid serious concern in Brussels about its commitment to tackling organised crime and corruption.
One option being considered by Olli Rehn, EU enlargement commissioner, is to step up the pressure on Sofia to deliver
results by delaying a final assessment of its...
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01-05-2006 • News & Events
Rompress
It would be normal for the European People's Party (EPP) to convey a message in support of Romania's EU accession on
January 1, 2007, Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu said during a meeting at the Victoria governmental
Palace with a group of Euro-parliamentarians from the EPP, led by head of the Romania-EU joint committee Guido Podesta.
According to...
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01-05-2006 • News & Events
Elmar Brok MEP (EPP-ED, Germany), Chairman of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, has called on the
European Commissioner for Enlargement to maintain reform pressure on Bulgaria and Romania. The European Parliament has
the right to be consulted before giving its assent to the accession of these two countries. "The Commissioner has met
this pre-condition....
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30-04-2006 • News & Events
Two years after becoming citizens of the EU, workers from central and eastern Europe will see a further four 'old'
member states lift their labour barriers – in line with basic EU rules.
Greece, Spain, Finland and Portugal have all agreed to remove worker restrictions before the 30 April deadline.
These countries join the UK, Ireland and Sweden – the only member states of...
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