European Parliament President Martin Schultz will arrive in Bulgaria on Thursday on the invitation of interim PES President Sergey Stanishev. Schultz is set to deliver a lecture on Europe’s way out of the crisis in Sofia-based University “St. Kliment Ohridski,” the Bulgarian National Television has informed. Thelecture is organized by the university, the Bulgarian Atlantic Club and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. [...]
May 6, 2012 | Posted in
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A working meeting between Bulgarian Vice President Margarita Popova and Pozzo di Borgo, Chair of the France-Bulgaria Friendship Group at the French Senate, stressed the need for cooperation among Schengen member states for the transformation of the area. Popova is on a two-day work visit to Paris to take part in the Academy of European [...]
May 2, 2012 | Posted in
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Bulgaria’s Jaspers Action Plan 2012, which has already been approved by the government, includes 35 projects. Of the 35 projects, eight are in the Environment sector, ten in Transport, two in Integrated Urban Transport, one in Economic Development and 14 are horizontal measures. The schemes are aimed at fast-tracking the process of EU funds absorption [...]
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The Euro Area (EU 17) had a seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate of 10.9% in March 2012, compared with 10.8% in February, according to the latest figures released Wednesday by Eurostat. The unemployment rate in the EU 17 was 9.9% in March 2011, with the March 2012 figure marking the highest unemployment in the euro zone member [...]
May 2, 2012 | Posted in
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The European Commission has insisted for the third time in two months that Bulgaria’s top judicial body, the Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) be elected directly, a report says. According to a report of the Capital Daily, EC Secretary-General Catherine Day has sent letter to the Bulgarian authorities, as represented by Justice Minister Diana Kovacheva, that [...]
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The British Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce (BBCC) has marked its UK relaunch with a unique lunch meeting in London, the organization announced. Thirty members and friends of the BBCC assembled for a lunch meeting at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington High Street, in London on Wednesday, April 25, to mark the UK relaunch of the [...]
There is progress in the Netherlands with respect to lifting the Dutch veto on Bulgaria and Romania‘s Schengen Area accession, according to the Dutch Christian Democratic Party, a MP claim. Dutch Christian Democratic Member of Parliament Henk Jan Ormel spoke on the Bulgarian National Radio Saturday, stating that Bulgaria and Romania‘s chances of joining the visa-free Schengen agreement are growing. In September 2011, [...]
April 30, 2012 | Posted in
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The Heads of Delegation of the European People’s Party Group’s 10 Central and Eastern European Member States have sent an open letter to José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, over discrimination against Eastern Europe. The rightist Members of the European Parliament from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia have expressed their deep concern regarding “the numerous discriminatory actions carried out against [...]
April 30, 2012 | Posted in
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The European Commission is referring Bulgaria to the EU Court of Justice for failing to meet the December 2010 deadline to transpose the EU‘s WasteFramework Directive into national law. Hungary, Poland and Slovakia are also referred to the Court for missing the deadline. On the recommendation of Environment Commissioner Janez Poto?nik, theEuropean Commission is asking the Court to impose penalty payments on the four [...]
April 30, 2012 | Posted in
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Countries that refused to open up their labor markets to Bulgarian and Romanian nationals in 2012 will have to submit their motives with the European Commissionby end-May. Nine EU countries decided to take advantage of the maximum period (December 31, 2013) to keep labor market restrictions for citizens of the EU’s two newest members, citing the crisis as a motive. [...]
April 25, 2012 | Posted in
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