Impoverished Bulgaria looks to EU entry next year
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Trifon Yarumov picks up cigarette butts  off of the street and smokes them because he can't afford a  pack of his own.
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Romania and Bulgaria will be ready to join the EU on schedule in 2007, according to a European Commission report on their progress.
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Politics: 6 November 2004, Saturday. Bulgaria might allot an extra BGN 100 M (approx EUR 50 M) for education next year, according to the finance minister.
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The European Commission will recommend Romania and Bulgaria join the EU in January - but with tough terms.
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Over the past decade, Moldova has earned the unwanted reputation as the economic basket case of Europe, with nearly three-quarters of the country's 4 million people living in poverty.
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Britain welcomed the green light from the European Union for Bulgaria and Romania to join the bloc in January, but warned it would only gradually open access to immigrants from those countries.
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Politics: 27 September 2004, Monday. Experts from EU Resources Management in the Bulgarian Finance Ministry and the Dutch Economic Institute ECORYS gathered around a Second Round Table for Partnership in Sofia ...
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Many people believe that Croatia may join the European Union along with Bulgaria and Romania in 2007.
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Today's review focuses on the European Commission's announcement that Romania and Bulgaria are to be admitted to the EU in 2007
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G nter Verheugen, EU enlargement commissioner, said on Tuesday that Romania and Bulgaria would - oebe prepared for membership in 2007 - and added that talks would start next year with Croatia.
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STRASBOURG, France  - Bulgaria and Romania   received the green light on Tuesday to join the European Union   in January, rather than a year later, but under the toughest   terms imposed on any new entrants.
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poor Balkan country, already struggling to stay on track in its drive to join the European Union. just three percent ahead of the centrist alliance of Liberal and Democrat parties.
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Bulgaria in Brief: 16 September 2004, Thursday. The Italian Red Cross donated to its Bulgarian colleagues EUR 106,000. The sum will be used to help old Bulgarians living alone in their homes.
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Workers sandblast decades of muck and grime off Bulgaria's imposing Palace of Justice. It's a fitting metaphor for the country's mad scramble to clean up rampant corruption and crime before it joins the European Union on Jan. 1.
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STRASBOURG, France  - Bulgaria and Romania were   set to get the green light on Tuesday to join the European   Union in January, rather than a year later, but the executive   European Commission has set unprecedented entry conditions.
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The European Union's executive will next week give the green light for Bulgaria and Romania to join the bloc in January 2007, diplomatic sources in Brussels said.
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Politics: 2 January 2005, Sunday. Humanitarian aid worth EUR 100,000 donated by Bulgarian government to the disaster-stricken areas in South East Asia will be delivered to the region during the Malaysia and ...