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11-10-2004 • News & Events
ROMANIAN PROSECUTOR WINS FIRST HIGH-LEVEL CORRUPTION CASE(http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=15&aid=17489)
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11-10-2004 • News & Events
FRESH BID TO REACH ECONOMIC GOALS(http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17493)
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08-10-2004 • News & Events
EU DRIVING LICENCE AGREED(http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17477)
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07-10-2004 • News & Events
The makers of Dutch reality TV show ‘Big Brother’ have been asked to stage a televised, pan-European debate, as
part of the EU’s attempt to ‘communicate Europe’ to citizens.
The Dutch production company, Endemol, has been asked to organise a debate around the issues up for discussion during
the December EU summit, where the bloc’s leaders will decide whether to begin...
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Published at 07-10-2004 from The Guardian
President Kennedy was still alive, the cold war was at its height and Harold Macmillan was in Downing Street when
Turkey was first told that it could hope one day to be accepted as part of Europe. Forty-one years later, there was
quiet satisfaction though no jubilation in Ankara at yesterday's cautious finding in Brussels that this country of 71
million has finally met the... |
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06-10-2004 • News & Events
BRUSSELS IN SPOTLIGHT AS CRUCIAL REPORTS UNVEILED TODAY(http://euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17452...
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05-10-2004 • News & Events
Romania is expected to be given the green light on its accession progress by Brussels chiefs, paving the way for EU
entry in 2007.
The European Commission is set to announce on Wednesday that Romania now has a “functioning market economy”, a key
accession prerequisite laid down by Brussels.
Wednesday’s progress report on Bucharest’s accession will show that Romania has...
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05-10-2004 • News & Events
BARROSO SUPPORTS REFERENDUM ON TURKEY(http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17447)
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04-10-2004 • News & Events
TURKEY TO GET GREEN LIGHT ON EU TALKS(http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17431)
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04-10-2004 • News & Events
There should be no new conditions put in place ahead of the EU’s December summit, at which bloc leaders will decide
on whether to set a date to commence membership talks, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview with
the German news agency Deutsche Welle.
“That would be a hard punch for me and my people, because we have done our homework,” the Prime Minister...
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04-10-2004 • News & Events
Jacques Chirac, the French president, yesterday promised France would hold a referendum in 10-15 years' time on
Turkey's eventual entry to the European Union and on all subsequent enlargements of the 25-country organisation.
"The French people will have their say," Mr Chirac said after meeting Gerhard Schröder, the German chancellor, in
Strasbourg. "It would be compulsory to...
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24-09-2004 • News & Events
ROMANIA GETS AMBITIOUS OVER EU ENTRY(http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=15&aid=17364)
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21-09-2004 • News & Events
Barroso takes over as commission president on Nov. 1. The outgoing commission will present a report on Oct. 6 on
whether Turkey has done enough to begin accession talks.
“What is being discussed at the moment is the launch of (membership) negotiations. It is Turkey that has to adapt to
the rules of the European Union, not Europe to Turkey’s rules.
“That’s not interference...
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14-09-2004 • News & Events
Envoys of member states of the European Union (EU) were acquainted with the future reforms in Bulgaria's Constitution.
Parliamentary Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov and Kamelia Kasabova, chairman of the Commission for Constitutional Reforms
met the envoys on Monday. They discussed the Constitutional reforms and the EU envoys gave some pieces of advice to the
Bulgarian politicians....
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26-08-2004 • News & Events
One of the priorities of the Dutch presidency is to support the ten new member states in the field of development
cooperation. So from 28 August to 6 September, members of parliament, civil servants and key figures from civil society
from the new member states will visit development projects in Uganda and Vietnam. With this visit – the first of its
kind – member states can...
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25-08-2004 • News & Events
President Barroso has called upon Germany and other net contributors to rethink their 'no' regarding an increase of
the EU's budget. The German government was quick to reaffirm its position.
Commission President Barroso has demanded an increase of the EU's budget to 1.14 per cent of GNP. "Europe cannot have
ambitious policies with insufficient money," he said in an interview...
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24-08-2004 • News & Events
NEW MEMBER STATE FARMERS MAY GET EU MONEY EARLY(http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17127)
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24-08-2004 • News & Events
SPAIN OFFERS IMMIGRATION AMNESTY(http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17128...
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23-08-2004 • News & Events
CHEAP LABOUR SEEN AS MAIN CONTRIBUTION TO ENLARGED EU(http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=19&aid=17114)
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23-08-2004 • News & Events
BUDGET COMMISSIONER WARNS OF UPCOMING FIGHT OVER EU MONEY(http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17119)
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20-08-2004 • News & Events
In December the Europeans must make a fateful decision: whether to give Turkey a definite date to begin negotiations
to enter the European Union. That outcome remains uncertain. The United States has a profound interest in it, but no
say; it can, however, have a voice. It must be an effective one.
Yes or no, the stakes are enormous -- for Turkey, Europe and the United States....
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20-08-2004 • News & Events
BARROSO ON COURSE FOR FIGHT OVER EU BUDGET WITH MEMBER STATES(http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17111)
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20-08-2004 • News & Events
FRANCE BOTTOM OF LEAGUE ON EU ENVIRONMENT LAW...
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18-08-2004 • News & Events
FRANCE"S CHOICE OF COMMISSIONER CRITICISED(http://euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17096)
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14-08-2004 • News & Events
German Chancellor Schroeder told a press conference in Sofia Friday there are no problems between Bulgaria and Germany
to inconvenience their political relations. Schroeder arrived in Sofia Friday for a one-day official visit at the
invitation of Prime Minister Saxe Cobourg-Gotha. He congratulated Bulgaria on recently wrapping- up EU-accession talks
and was hopeful the...
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14-08-2004 • News & Events
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Thursday (12 August) that Romania could complete its accession talks with the
EU by the end of this year if it maintains the current rate of reforms. "The European Council planned for this autumn
will no doubt decide that the conditions have been met and it is realistic to think that talks about membership will
end," he said. Completing...
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09-08-2004 • News & Events
A FRENCH AND GERMAN-LED MILITARY UNIT HAS TAKEN OVER COMMAND OF INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN AFGHANISTAN.
Troops from Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Spain will lead the force for the next six months.
But the changeover comes amid growing criticism of Nato's
support for the International Security Assistance Force.
There are concerns it has been too...
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Published at 05-08-2004 from Washington Times
In his quest for the presidency, John Kerry has sought to portray President Bush as someone with a mindless contempt
for our European allies and the United Nations. The way to achieve success in Iraq, Mr. Kerry says, is to elect a
president "who has the credibility to bring our allies to our side." In a Dec. 3 speech to the Council on Foreign
Relations, Mr. Kerry said that, if... |
Published at 05-08-2004 from Washington Times
The European Union, 25 disparate nations spread from the North Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean, has entered a period
of discontent and doubt about its future objectives and cohesion.
The chasm between the wealthy "old" and poor newly admitted members is growing, confidence in the union's cumbersome
administrative apparatus is waning and disagreements with the United States... |
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05-08-2004 • News & Events
The chairman of Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) Council of Ministers, Adnan Terzic, met with EU Justice and Internal
Affairs Commissioner Antonio Vitorino in July. They were the first official talks on the eventual liberalisation of the
Union's visa regime for citizens of BiH.
"We were at the European Commission (EC) to request concrete requirements that we have to fulfil to...
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