EU Confirms 2007 Admission Schedule for Bulgaria, Romania, Urges Them to Continue Reforms
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The European Union of Wednesday urged applicants Bulgaria and Romania to continue economic and democratic reforms to fully meet membership requirements at the schedule of their admission in January 2007.
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The European Union said that expansion would pause after the admission of two Balkan countries.
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Business: 16 October 2004, Saturday. After Bulgaria joins the European Union in 2007, it will be considered as India's gateway to the common European market, according to the Indian Financial Express daily.
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BUDAPEST, Aug 15 (IPS) - The European Union has agreed on a document to  reform itself institutionally, but Brussels is beginning to  understand it will have to get used to tough opposition from some  of its Eastern European member states.
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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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Britain considers restrictions for Bulgarian and Romanian workers as the nations prepare to join the EU.
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The EU signs visa deals with five Balkan states, making it cheaper and easier for their nationals to travel in Europe.
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The European Union agreed to increase its last year financial aid for Bulgaria's farming to EUR56.5 million from initially planned EUR56.1 million under a financial memorandum officials signed Tuesday.
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Top news: 3 January 2005, Monday. Bulgaria's EU-affairs Minister Meglena Kuneva has garnered most of the vote in Sofia News Agency's Personality of The Year survey for 2004.
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Politics: 8 September 2004, Wednesday. For the first time EU hopeful Bulgaria will join the block of 25 in a military operation of the Union starting end-2004 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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The European Commission planned to propose Tuesday that Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union on Jan. 1 &#151; but under some of the harshest terms ever faced by new EU members, according to a draft report.
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27 November 2004 -- Romanian voters will decide tomorrow who will lead the country through the drastic structural reforms needed to join the EU in 2007.
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Politics: 14 November 2004, Sunday. French President Jacques Chirac hailed the simultaneous entry of Bulgaria and laggard Romania, pinned for 2007.
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Bulgaria and Romania are set to get the green light to join the EU on Tuesday, but under tough conditions.
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The government is about to announce it will keep tight restrictions on the number of Romanians and Bulgarians who can work in the country despite a review of the policy, The Times newspaper reported Saturday.
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BUCHAREST, Romania -- Romania and Bulgaria won clearance yesterday to join the European Union on Jan. 1, capping an arduous journey from the chaos of communism's collapse but still facing some of the toughest terms ever for membership in the bloc.
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The European Union's chief on Monday called for a halt to further expansion of the bloc after Romania and Bulgaria join, saying the EU had to resolve the stalemate over its proposed constitution before it could accept new members.