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05-01-2009 • News & Events
The newly instituted special unit at the prosecutor's office investigates misappropriations in projects of the
SAPARD programme, funded with about 3 million BGN, farmer.bg reported.
It is referred to two new cases, initiated after calls by OLAF. No charges have been pressed about those cases before.
European Fraud Office suspects that the crimes have been committed by...
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23-12-2008 • News & Events
By Catherine Guy-Quint, MEP (PES, France). The comment is made for the newsletter “Progress Watch”. Original
version – available on the French-language section of Europe.bg.
Bulgaria, being under surveillance since January 2007 after joining the European Union, was severely sanctioned by the
European Commission, which in its report from 23 July 2008 points at...
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23-12-2008 • News & Events
A special “Progress Watch” interview with Minister of Justice Miglena Tacheva, December 2008. The full text
in the original is available on Europe.bg’s Bulgarian-language section.
Are you satisfied with the accomplishments in the field of justice and home affairs since July 2008 when the EC
announced its country progress report?
After the publishing of the...
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23-12-2008 • News & Events
The leader of Europe's most corrupt country has pleaded for it not to be judged by the same high standards as
established EU states, after being told to speed up reforms or lose funding.
Sergei Stanishev, the Bulgarian Prime Minister, told The Times that it was unfair to expect his country to have
reached the same levels as Sweden after only two years as a member of the...
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18-12-2008 • News & Events
By Sega Daily. Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev will call for a political compromise by the European Commission. He
insisted on a private lunch with the President of EC Jose Barroso in Brussels. A high-ranking source told Sega Daily
that no interpreters, secretaries or advisors will be present at the conversation.
There is a threat of imposing a safeguard clause on Bulgaria...
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15-12-2008 • News & Events
Bulgaria will ask the EU for 500 million euros of additional aid as a compensation for the closure of Units 3 and 4 of
the "Kozlodui Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) said Deputy Prime Minister Ivailo Kalfin, cited by Sega daily. That will happen
in 2009 during the review of the budget framework for 2010 - 2013.
So far Bulgaria has received 250 million euro in compensation for the...
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09-12-2008 • News & Events
EC Commissioner Meglena Kuneva presented her suggestions for more effective consumer protection in Sofia. She took
part in a seminar for "Consumer Protection of Tourist Products and Services", Darik radio reported.
Kuneva urged the professionals from the tourist field to invest more in increasing the confidence of customers because
this is the most important matter in the...
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05-12-2008 • News & Events
The National Assembly listened to the annual report for Prosecutor's office activities in 2007 of the respective
parliamentary committee. The percentage of crimes solved in 2007 is 52%, a downtrend compared to 53% in 2006 and 60% in
2005, Yanaki Stoilov reported, cited by Information Agency Focus.
Prosecutor General Boris Velchev also announced that 80 preliminary...
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05-12-2008 • News & Events
The Bulgarian National Vine and Wine Chamber invites interested parties to tender as the Implementation Body for a
project called ‘Promoting the EU Value Proposition for Wine’ which will undertake a synergistic series of
promotion and information measures designed to increase sales of the specific Regional Wines from the EU (Bulgaria)
targeted specifically to the...
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04-12-2008 • News & Events
On January 20th, 2009 a mission will come to Bulgaria in order to examine whether the necessary measures have been taken
in the field of cohesion policy and in laying out of the EU structural funds, EU Commissioner Danuta Hübner
announced. She replied to questions by the Deputy Chairman of the EP Committee on Regional Development Feliz Huysmenova
(ALDE - MRF) before the...
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03-12-2008 • News & Events
The European Commission Tuesday sent to Bulgarian authorities an extra letter, specifying its motives not to restore the
accreditation to the two agencies with the PHARE, which deprived Bulgaria of some EUR 220 million aid on the program,
the "Fokus" Agency reports.
The document was worked out and signed by Michael Leigh , director general of the DG Enlargement, and provides...
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02-12-2008 • News & Events
EU will save millions from the funding which our country had to receive in order to strengthen control after Bulgaria
became the outside border of the EU. This was made clear by the reports of Ministry of finance. The administration
currently is examining the PHARE projects after Brussels cut out 220 million euro from the programme.
In the beginning of October the government...
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01-12-2008 • News & Events
"There is no risk when it comes to garbage in Sofia, as well as when it comes to the situation with waste management
in the country. The reason is in what we have accomplished so far and in what we plan to accomplish. Sofia overcame the
critical moment and ensured stable waste management. We also work on taking the waste which has been packed in bales in
facilities out of the...
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28-11-2008 • News & Events
According to the Minister of Economy Petar Dimitrov the withheld funds for Bulgaria would be allocated to "the other
member states, the culprits for the financial crisis"
"The commitment of the government will not only continue, but it will also continue with the same rate, the same will
and the same transparency." That is how Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Plugchieva commented on...
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28-11-2008 • News & Events
A second referendum on a modified Lisbon treaty is the main option for Ireland, according to a report submitted by a
cross-party group of deputies in the country's parliament on Thursday (27 November), EU Observer reports.
The group was set up under the auspices of the Joint Committee on European Affairs with the formal title of the
Subcommittee on Ireland's Future in...
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28-11-2008 • News & Events
The chairman of the Parliamentary Budget and Finance Committee Rumen Ovcharoc stated, that the decision of the
European Commission to withhold 220 million euro of the funding for our country because of corruption was too coarse an
interference with Bulgaria's internal affairs.
For bTV the socialist MP explained that the same could happen to the cohesion and structural...
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28-11-2008 • News & Events
Following the adoption today by the Telecom Council of its position on the Roaming 2 regulation, Adina Valean (Partidul
Naþional Liberal, Roumania), European Parliament rapporteur for this file, concludes that there is considerable
room for improvement on the proposal to ensure long term benefits to consumers.
Commenting on the Council's position, Ms Valean stated: "I...
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28-11-2008 • News & Events
The European Parliament's draft report on Turkey's progress in 2008 was published today and will be discussed
next Thursday, 2 December, in the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Rapporteur Ria Oomen-Ruijten MEP emphasised her concern over the continued slowdown of the reform efforts for the third
consecutive year and has openly asked the Turkish Government to prove its...
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27-11-2008 • News & Events
Two seniour state officials were mentioned in the new letter from the Director of EC Enlargement Directorate General
Michael Lee to Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Plugchieva, BLITZ news agency reported.
The first one is Veselin Georgiev, better known in Bulgaria as Batko - former head of "Republic Road Infrastructure"
Fund. The second one is Lyubomir Taushanov - almost unknown...
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27-11-2008 • News & Events
The Chinese government has postponed a summit with the European Union due to take place next Monday as a result of the
Tibetan spiritual leader's scheduled visit to EU capitals and meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy,
EUOBSERVER reported.
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) is astonished and appalled to learn about the Chinese
government's...
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26-11-2008 • News & Events
(BRUSSELS) - The European Commission punished Bulgaria Tuesday for failing to adequately tackle corruption, cutting off
its access to hundreds of millions of euros in EU funding.
In an unprecedented move, the European Union's executive arm upheld a suspension of 220 million euros (282 million
dollars) dating from July -- effectively ensuring that the money cannot be spent...
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26-11-2008 • News & Events
The European Union on Tuesday took the unprecedented step of depriving Bulgaria of €220 million in funds,
effectively declaring that the Balkan country was too corrupt and prone to fraud to receive the subsidies.
For the first time, a member of the 27-union bloc will completely forfeit money that it cannot be trusted to spend
properly, reflecting concern among officials,...
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26-11-2008 • News & Events
Caught by surprise by the European Commission's decision on Tuesday (25 November) to strip Bulgaria of €220
million in EU money over persistent corruption concerns, the country's politicians voiced their frustration and
disappointment.
"I am extremely disappointed with Brussels' decision. We have achieved clear results. We have made conspicuous
progress,"...
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26-11-2008 • News & Events
A majority of Dutch MPs want to deny Bulgarians and Romanians access to the Netherlands' job market for a further
three years.
Both government coalition parties Labour and the Christian Democrats are against Social Affairs Minister Piet Hein
Donner's decision to open the Dutch borders to Bulgarians and Romanians from 1 July 2009.
The economic slowdown as a result of...
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25-11-2008 • News & Events
Bulgaria lost irrevocably EUR 520 M of EU PHARE Program funds on Tuesday as the European Commission refused to restore
the accreditation of two of Bulgaria's PHARE executive agencies over fraud concerns.
In the first place, Bulgaria loses EUR 220 M of pre-accession aid which have not even been contracted for any projects
at all.
The remaining PHARE Program sum of EUR 300 M,...
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21-11-2008 • News & Events
The Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament, Joseph Daul MEP, has congratulated the Swedish Parliament
on its approval of the Lisbon Treaty.
The Treaty was passed with a substantial majority by the Swedish Riksdag (Parliament) (243 for, 39 against).
"The approval of the Lisbon Treaty by the Swedish Parliament takes us one step closer to our goal of bringing...
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18-11-2008 • News & Events
By EurActiv. Bulgaria is doing at least as well as Romania in the field of justice and home affairs, but is portrayed
in a negative light to discourage further EU enlargement, Andreas Geiger, a partner in Brussels law firm Alber & Geiger,
told EurActiv in an interview.
Alber & Geiger is lobbying for the Bulgarian government following an EU decision to stop fund payments to...
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17-11-2008 • News & Events
In the coming 4 to 5 months the European Commission looks forward to seeing concrete results from the reforms in
judiciary and interior affairs. This was announced by Jonathan Faull, Director General of European Commission's
Justice, Freedom and Security Directorate during his meeting with the Minister of Interior Mihail Mikov, Netinfo
reported.
Faull clarified that by...
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17-11-2008 • News & Events
"Early symptoms of the economic crisis can already be seen in the country", the Minister of Finance Plamen Oresharski
stated, cited by BNR. "One can notice the convergence of consumer market and locking of the financial sector. The first
crisis victims became the sectors which sold commodities on credit" the Minister explained.
Furthermore he announced that the funds planned...
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17-11-2008 • News & Events
Investigations on both cases were completed and indictments were submitted to court. "Both cases are related to
misappropriations and misuse of SAPARD funding" district attorney Andrei Atanasov announced in Plovdiv (BGNES).
The first case regards construction of a dairy farm for milk processing. The funds amount to 400000 BGN.
Prosecutor's office made a suggestion that...
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