Romania, Bulgaria ready to join EU in 2007: EU diplomat
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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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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin arrived in Bucharest on Sunday for a two-day official visit focusing on bilateral cooperation ahead of Romania's planned entry into the European Union in 2007.
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The road to EU membership for Romania began in 1999. On Tuesday, the European Commission assured it and neighbouring Bulgaria that they will join as scheduled on 1 January 2007 -- but with the strictest ...Comment
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Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov said that Bulgaria and Romania&#039;s joining the European Union would strengthen stability in their western Balkan region.
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The EU expects all western Balkan nations to sign initial deals, paving the way for eventual entry, by 2008.
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the chance to choose a government and president expected to take the country into the European Union in 2007. The unfolding drama in neighbouring Ukraine has added an extra tension to the vote.
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Politics: 17 November 2004, Wednesday. Bulgaria may fail to get a date to sign an accession accord with the European Union in December, the euro-affairs and foreign ministers warned.
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Romanian president Ion Iliescu on Monday said his country was determined to complete by year-end negotiations with Brussels over its entry into the European Union.
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The European Union chief executive said Monday Bulgaria would sign its membership treaty with the 25-member bloc next April or May, the Sofia-based Darik radio reported.
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European Union leaders seeking to reassure voters about plans to enlarge the bloc remained far from united on Friday about the future shape of the union, set to grow to 27 members when Bulgaria and Romania join ...Comment
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Bulgaria and Romania may join the EU as early as January but tough tests lie ahead, a draft report suggests.
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Politics: 14 January 2005, Friday. Bulgaria and Romania still has a lot to do to meet completely the EU accession criteria, EU Enlargement Commissioner Ollie Rehn said in an interview for BBC Bulgarian.
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Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana said his country had completed its negotiations to join the European Union in 2007 with the closure of the last two chapters outstanding.
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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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Romania and Bulgaria, left out of the European Union's historic expansion which this year brought in 10 new countries, are on track to join the bloc in 2007 but Croatia will have to wait, according to an EU ...
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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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Bulgaria and Romania are set to get the green light to join the EU in 2007, but under tough conditions.