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07-07-2009 • News & Events
Emilia Peneva, prosecutor at the Supreme Cassation Public Prosecutor's Office announced that the Prosecutor's
Office is examining 13 cases of criminal groups and organizers of vote trading. So far accusations have been brought to
Liberal Initiative for Democratic European Development (LEADER), "Ataka", followed by the Movement for Rights and
Freedoms and NMSS Stability...
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06-07-2009 • News & Events
The PACE mission observing the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria will put forward that the organization renews the
process of monitoring for Bulgaria. Tadeusz Ivinski, head of the delegation of observers for the parliamentary elections
explained: "Our impression is that the results from the vote reflect the will of the people and that is indeed the
essence of democracy",...
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02-07-2009 • News & Events
"We do not expect more than 70-77 thousand Bulgarians to vote abroad" Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivailo Kalfin stated
before leaving his portfolio in order to assume his functions as a MEP, Sega Daily reported. His words made it clear
that the ballot for Bulgarian nationals who live out of the country is expensive and ineffective, the daily newspaper
commented.
Kalfin...
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02-06-2009 • News & Events
The monitoring reports from the European Commission on the progress of Bulgaria and Romania in the field of justice
and fight against corruption and organized crime could be postponed until September, BTA reported.
The reason for the possible delay is that the new European Parliament could block or postpone the decision about the
second term of the President of the European...
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29-05-2009 • News & Events
Directorate General for Regional Policy at the EU Commission informed Bulgarian authorities that the audit strategies
for operational programmes "Regional Development", "Environment", "Development of the Competitiveness of the Bulgarian
Economy", "Transport" and "Technical Assistance" for the programming period of 2007-2013 are acceptable and fulfil the
requirements of...
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26-05-2009 • News & Events
"Sixteen million euro is the amount of the EU funds which Bulgaria has received from all active EU programmes,
including the pre-accession programmes. Meanwhile, our country has paid EUR 843 million as a member state of the
European Union", the Deputy Prime Minister on EU funds said. According to Meglena Plugchieva, the data proves that we
are not net payers in the EU,...
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18-05-2009 • News & Events
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Valeri Tsvetkov reported that 88 770 agricultural producers have applied for aid
as part of the 2009 direct payment campaign.
Last year Bulgarian farmers applied for funding for 3 597 559 hectares, including agricultural land, grassland,
common pastures and meadows. So far applications have been submitted for the funding of 3 475 243...
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15-05-2009 • News & Events
"Bulgarian de-centralized model for using of European funds is unique for the EU, no other member state has nine
management bodies. This is exactly what causes the problems and the tension in providing the necessary coordination and
communication in the management of the programs", Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Plugchieva said. She took part in a
discussion about the use of...
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13-05-2009 • News & Events
The Central Electoral Committee for the European Parliament Elections (CECEPE) in Bulgaria drew lots for the numbers
of the parties and coalitions for the ballot-papers for the European Parliament Elections on June, 7th.
Ballot-paper numbers are, as follows:
1.Order, Law and Justice Party - ballot-paper number 1.
2.Political Party LIDER - ballot-paper number 2.
3.CEDB...
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12-05-2009 • News & Events
Commissioner for Regional Policy Danuta Hübner and Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Plugchieva, in charge
of the management of EU funds, signed in Brussels a paper unblocking 115 million euro from the pre-accession ISPA
programme, BNR reported. Agricultural aid and PHARE money are still blocked.
"This decision was made after detailed and serious examination. In...
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05-05-2009 • News & Events
The European Parliament's plenary session in Strasbourg today approved its estimates of revenue and expenditure
for the financial year 2010. In the midst of the economic crisis, Members of the European Parliament voted for the
further reduction of the Parliament's expenditure by ?6.5m compared to the initial estimates by the Bureau, thus
keeping its budget under the...
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05-05-2009 • News & Events
The European Parliament has today overwhelmingly backed tougher laws on animal testing that were drafted by Neil
Parish MEP, Chairman of the EP's Agriculture and Rural Development Committee.
The new legislation aims to create a framework in which animal testing for scientific ends can become obsolete by
encouraging the development of better and cheaper methods. It will...
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05-05-2009 • News & Events
The economic crisis which is hitting employment hard within the EU requires a strong European response adapted to the
diverse situations within Member States and the varying employment conditions concerned. With this in mind the European
Parliament during its plenary session in Strasbourg tomorrow will review the European globalisation adjustment fund.
Despite warnings by the...
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05-05-2009 • News & Events
"The EPP expects the European Council to nominate the President of the European Commission on the basis of the Nice
Treaty, taking into account the outcome of the European elections". This is the message that Joseph Daul, Chairman of
the largest parliamentary group, delivered to the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg in
today's debate on the upcoming...
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05-05-2009 • News & Events
During today's debate on the EU´s approach to protect its citizens against the swine flu, ALDE-spokesperson
Jules Maaten expressed his deepest regret at the way the Council is dealing with this health threat. He is surprised
that the EU Health ministers have not been able to agree on a European approach to tackle this imminent pandemic.
"While the swine flu is...
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04-05-2009 • News & Events
European Council
Debate on Wednesday
EPP-ED Group Chairman Joseph Daul will lead the key debate on the upcoming European Council (18-19 June) that will
deal with risks to employment across the EU in the midst of the financial crisis.
Joseph Daul MEP, tel: +33-3-8817-5525
Antoine Ripoll, tel: +32-475-856290
New rules for banking sector
Debate on Wednesday
Parliament...
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30-04-2009 • News & Events
"For the first time, a centre-right manifesto for the European elections has been co-signed by our friends from
Central and Eastern Europe. Five years after the European reunification which the EPP has always called for, and twenty
years after the fall of the Berlin Wall which heralded the fall of socialism and communism, the EPP is leading the way
to the future", said Joseph...
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30-04-2009 • News & Events
Negotiations over the future of the EU Working Time Directive broke down overnight as a direct result of the
negotiating tactics of the Socialist Group, according to EPP-ED Employment & Social Affairs Co-ordinator Philip
Bushill-Matthews MEP.
"The Socialist-dominated negotiating team interpreted their mandate from the Parliament very rigidly, and refused to
accept...
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30-04-2009 • News & Events
EPP Congress to kick off election campaign
The EPP European Elections Congress will take place on 29 and 30 April in Warsaw. This major political event will
launch the campaign of the European People's Party for the June 2009 European Parliament elections. Around 2000
participants will set the stage for a third consecutive EPP victory together with Polish Prime Minister...
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29-04-2009 • News & Events
The European Commission welcomed the decisions of Belgium and Denmark to open their labour markets to the newest
member states.
The governments of both countries decided to open their labour markets for workers from the eight EU member states
from Central and Eastern Europe in the third and final stage of the transition period, starting on May 1, 2009, BNR
reported, citing...
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22-04-2009 • News & Events
The members of the Bulgarian National Parliament voted down the president's veto against the electoral
legislation, Focus Agency reported.
One hundred ninety-three MP were present at the session. Of the total number 127 voted against the veto. Seventy-six
of them were from Coalition for Bulgaria, 33 - from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, four from "Ataka", three...
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16-04-2009 • News & Events
Prime minister Sergei Stanishev gave an interview to ITAR-TASS in regard with his upcoming work visit in Moscow in the
end of the month. The Prime Minister commented that Russian market is traditionally open to Bulgarian goods, news.bg
reported.
Stanishev expressed his confidence that the results from the forthcoming elections will not break the line of seeking
contacts on...
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15-04-2009 • News & Events
The President of Republic of Bulgaria returned the Amending Act to the Election of National Representatives Act for
further debate, Focus Information Agency reported.
On the grounds of Article 101, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, president
President Parvanov returned the bill of the Amending Act to the Election of National Representatives Act...
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03-04-2009 • News & Events
The Director of the EP Information Bureau in Paris Mr. Alain Barrau gave the awarding diploma to Matthew Rushworth - the
winner in the European essay competition „2009 EP Vote - beyond the sugar cubes".
The ceremony took place today in Paris during the discussion "My MEP and I - is the dialogue real or virtual?" with
the participation of students ands experts from France,...
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02-04-2009 • News & Events
By Irish Times. Concern has been expressed at the level of organised crime in Bulgaria, with cause, writes MICHAEL FOLEY
FOUR YEARS is a long time in the life of presidents. In 2005 President Georgi Parvanov of Bulgarian visited Dublin,
partly to lobby on behalf of his country's entry to the EU as there was a lot of talk at the time that
Bulgaria's accession should be...
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31-03-2009 • News & Events
The team of the “Now – interacting with the European Parliament” initiative is organizing two public
discussions in France – the first is in Versailles and will be held on April 2 under the motto “The MEPS,
the citizens, the solutions”; the second in Paris on April 3 – “My MEP and me – is the dialogue
real or virtual?”...
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27-03-2009 • News & Events
By EurActiv The global economic crisis, which has severely hit Central and Eastern Europe, does not appear to have
strengthened the positions of various extremist and Eurosceptic political groups there, shows a round-up by
EurActiv's network in the region.
Having launched a comprehensive EU elections section a year before the 2009 ballot, EurActiv has been at the...
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27-03-2009 • News & Events
On March 27th, 20090 Bulgaria is the only EU member state which has not set a date for the European Parliament
elections.
Bulgaria, Poland, Romania and Hungary were the last countries which had not defined the exact dates for the ballot.
The elections will take place between June 4th and June 7th in all EU countries.
Yesterday Poland and Romania scheduled the ballot for...
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26-03-2009 • News & Events
On Wednesday, April 1, 2009, between 9.30 am - 10.30 a.m. CET, (10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. EET), EUROPE Gateway will
hold an online discussion with the Czech MEP Jan Zahradil (EPP-ED, ODS) about the Czech EU presidency and the coming
European Parliament Elections.
The main topics of the discussion are "The Coming EP Elections and the Czech Presidency of the European Union"....
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24-03-2009 • News & Events
The National Assembly voted on the amendments in the Elections of National Representatives Act, put forward by Hristo
Biserov (MRF). They provide for shortening of the electoral campaign from 4 to 3 weeks. There will also be no day for
"contemplation" prior to the vote. Focus Agency reported.
The MPs adopted the bill put forward by Coalition for Bulgaria which stipulates...
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