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12-06-2008 • News & Events
Bulgaria is to become in June the first EU member where specially developed software for control over EU funds
absorption shall be introduced. The monitoring shall also follow the level of completion of projects financed by the EU,
according to the EC spokesperson Eva Kalujinska cited by the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).
The system is called "Lotar" and has been developed...
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11-06-2008 • News & Events
Bulgarian atomic specialists will be able to work in Great Britain without work permits after the authorities in
London included power engineers in the list of occupations which are considered to be in acute shortage within the UK.
The high prices of fuels have unexpectedly created new job opportunities for foreigners in the UK. Pressured by
drivers' protests and the...
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11-06-2008 • News & Events
A letter from the European Commission has arrived in the Ministry of Economy and Energy (MEE) relating to the
requirements of Directive 2001/77/ЕО for the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources /RES/ in
the internal electricity market and its consumption. The Directive requires that each Member State submits a report to
the Commission not later than 27...
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10-06-2008 • News & Events
37.2% of all Bulgarians think that after the country's accession to the EU the level of corruption has risen. This
is the result of a research presented today carried out by the Institute of Sociology at the Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences and the National Center for Public Opinion Research, Mediapool announced.
According to the people surveyed, this is caused mainly by the...
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10-06-2008 • News & Events
By Stefan Wagstyl, Financial Times. Brussels risks undermining Bulgaria's government and boosting political
extremists if it imposes tough sanctions on Sofia for failures in tackling corruption and organised crime, warns the
country's prime minister.
"Speculation that [the European Commission] will have to punish us ... and make an example of us ... will actually...
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09-06-2008 • News & Events
Sega Newspaper material by Svetozar Terziev. The Cabinet shall submit to Brussels the names of 50 companies suspected
of EU funds misappropriation but with the request that sanctions are still not imposed on them.
Almost unknown companies entered the "fearful" blacklist which Bulgaria must deliver to Brussels, high-rank government
source claims. Big players like Binder Road...
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05-06-2008 • News & Events
The risk of political destabilization in Bulgaria, blocking of reforms and the growing inclination towards Russia are
the factors which may help avert harsh critical report of the European Commission for Bulgaria and the long-term
suspension of EU-funds, Mediapool announced referring to information from EC high-ranking officials.
The report shall be submitted in July. EC...
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04-06-2008 • News & Events
By Financial Times. Authors: Stefan Wagstyl, Thomas Escritt, Kester Eddy, Theo Troev and Neil MacDonald
In a remote corner of Hungary close to the Ukrainian border engineers are starting work on construction of the biggest
power station in the former communist states of south-east Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The first pair of 400MW units at the €1.5bn ($2.
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03-06-2008 • News & Events
The Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection today adopted the report on 'Certain Issues Related to
Motor Insurance' by Nickolay Mladenov MEP despite the abstention of the European Socialists. The Bulgarian
Rapporteur got wide support for his suggestions: no need for European harmonising of national penalties in Members
States and for complusary cover of legal...
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03-06-2008 • News & Events
Austria temporarily restores its border control, as part of a large-scale operation for improving security during the
European Football Championship which starts on Saturday, Kafene.net announced. The Austrian and Swiss hosts are
expecting 5 million fans which shall support their teams during the championship.
Austria is part of EU's Shengen passport-free travel zone....
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02-06-2008 • News & Events
A spokesperson of the European Commission has refuted recent statements made in Bulgaria for upcoming release of
frozen SAPARD funds. "Last week our experts were in Bulgaria. They are now preparing their report, which will take time.
Only then we shall consider our answer. At the moment we cannot speak of releasing any of the frozen SAPARD funds for
Bulgaria in the next few...
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02-06-2008 • News & Events
As of 1 June, 240 airline companies, members of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), are completely
suspending the use of paper tickets and are moving entirely towards electronic tickets, BTA announced. The elimination
of paper tickets will also allow the saving of 5 square meters of coniferous woods each year.
The airline companies which are members of IATA...
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02-06-2008 • News & Events
The best placed contender for Bucharest mayor in local elections on Sunday, Democrat Liberal (PD-L) Vasile Blaga, said
on Sunday night he was optimistic about winning the next round of elections and about the record his party obtained in
the elections for Bucharest City Council. His rival in the next round, independent Sorin Oprescu, insisted that he was
the first independent...
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02-06-2008 • News & Events
"The audit in SAPARD Agency has concluded and the EU money will be released in the next few days". This statement was
made by Dimitar Tadarukov, Executive Director of Bulgaria's State Agriculture Fund, at the opening of the Bulgarian
Agricultural People's Union 37th congress in Sofia.
The Chairperson of the Union Stefan Lichev commented that EU funds suspension will...
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30-05-2008 • News & Events
The Deputy Prime Minister in charge of EU funds absorption Meglena Plugchieva presented her report on EU funds
implementation in Bulgaria. Plugchieva said that there are some risky projects which are seriously lagging behind, Focus
Agency announced.
One of the projects aimed at the construction of incinerator is to the value of 19.5 million euros. The Ministry of
Agriculture...
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29-05-2008 • News & Events
Until 15 June the interdepartmental expert group must prepare proposals for amendments in the legal base related to
republican roads governance. It is established on the initiative of the Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Plugchieva, the
government press service announced.
Tsveta Kamenova, director of the Economic and Social Policy Directorate with the Council of Ministers,...
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29-05-2008 • News & Events
The European integration is a long process. What Slovenia has achieved? What is the next step?
When we were leaving Yugoslavia at the end of the 80-es and in the beginning of the 90-es, we had this big dream of
becoming the integral part of Europe, members of the EU and NATO, area of prosperity. We did not even dare to think
about having the Presidency of the EU one day. Most...
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29-05-2008 • News & Events
It is early for evaluations of the work done by Meglena Plugchieva, opinion of the Director of the European Institute
It is very important that we admit that problems exist with EU funds absorption, the Director of the European
Institute Juliana Nikolova commented in an interview for Express.bg. We should say that we acknowledge them, that there
are such, not because the...
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28-05-2008 • News & Events
MILAN PREDAN is a professional diplomat with journalistic background. Before entering the Slovenian foreign service he
was for 10 years chief editor of the second largest Slovenian daily newspaper Večer. After serving as diplomat in Italy
he returned to the newspaper and took over the position of the general manager of the company. As of the begining of
this year he is heading...
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26-05-2008 • News & Events
European Commission Vice President Jacques Barrot, in charge of Justice, Freedom and Security, launched a dialogue on
visa free travel with Bosnia and Herzegovina in Brussels today. The aim of this dialogue is to give clear indications
to the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the measures that need to be taken before visa free travel can be
granted to all its citizens....
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26-05-2008 • News & Events
The EU General Affairs and Foreign Relations Council today adopted a mandate to negotiate a new framework agreement
between the EU and the Russian Federation. President of the Council, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel
underlined that the Presidency had invested substantial efforts at the highest level within the last two months with a
view to overcoming obstacles and...
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23-05-2008 • News & Events
The Times analyses. When the head of the Bulgarian roads agency was forced to resign in February after handing contracts
worth €50 million (£40 million) to his brother, it confirmed the worst fears of those who doubted the
country's suitability for EU membership. Corruption and organised crime seem endemic in the Black Sea state, which
stands to gain ¤11...
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22-05-2008 • News & Events
Europe Gateway contacted Erik Wesselius, senior policy analyst at Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), for comment on
the Report on Lobbyism, recently adopted by the EP.
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) is a European NGO, based in The Netherlands. This independent research and campaign
group focuses on the issue of corporate political influence at the level of the EU and...
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18-05-2008 • News & Events
http://www.podpiski.org/?petitions:madrid
Following the initiative of the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA), in May 2005 in Sofia was held the First meeting of
Bulgarian language media from all over the world. The goal of this meeting was to organize a presentation of the media
coming out in Bulgarian abroad and to establish collaboration between them and their colleagues from...
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16-05-2008 • News & Events
The Bulgarian premiere of the recent book "Power of Speech" by Graham Watson was organised by the initiative of the
Bulgarian MEP Mariela Baeva, member of ALDE with the media support by Europe Gateway.
The event took place in the Sofia University on May 16, 2008. The book was presented by professor Donka Aleksadrova
who translated Power of...
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12-05-2008 • News & Events
EU funds absorption problems are very serious - this has been one of the conclusions made during the today's
extended meeting of the Triple Coalition Council, as Dnevnik newspaper found out.
The forum is attended by the leadership of BSP, NDSV and DPS (MRF), ministers, chairpersons of parliamentary groups,
as well as parliamentary committees' chairmen from the...
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12-05-2008 • News & Events
Bulgaria will be acknowledged as being incapable of directing EU funds in case it does not prove until 16 June that
there is no misappropriation of funds under FAR programme. This became clear from the cutting tone of the letter of EU
Enlargement General Director Michael Lee.
This deadline is considered as a last chance given only due to the newly appointed Eurofunds Deputy...
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09-05-2008 • News & Events
For the 22nd time thousands of people across the European Union will celebrate Europe Day - the fact that Europe is more
peaceful, democratic and united. The slogan of the celebrations will be "It is not them and us, it is you and me", Rapid
announced.
In each EU Member State, European Commission Representations and EUROPE DIRECT Information Centres will organise over
500...
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09-05-2008 • News & Events
EU mobile operators announced that they do not intend to reduce charges for roaming services in spite of the European
Commission's ultimatum which expires on 1 July. They qualified the proposed caps on roaming charges as "absurd",
Euroactiv announced cited by Dnevnik newspaper....
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07-05-2008 • News & Events
On May 8, 2008 the European Parliament approved a key report on lobbyism prepared by Alexander Stubb (EPP-ED,
Finland). After he became Minister of Foreign Affairs of his country the report was assumed by Ingo Friedrich (EPP-ED,
Germany). The document was proposed for voting by the EP Committee on Constitutional Affairs. It was approved by 17
votes for, 1 against and 3...
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