EU to give green light for Romania, Bulgaria to join in 2007
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The European Commission was to invite Bulgaria and Romania to join the European Union in January, amid warnings the bloc must tackle institutional reforms before further expansion.
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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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Romanians began going to the polls today to elect their third post-communist president, who will complete the Balkan nation&#39;s drive to join the European Union by 2007.
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The European Commission has given Bulgaria and Romania the green light to join the European Union in January, but with the closest monitoring system ever imposed on new members.
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The European Commission recommended Tuesday that Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union next year &#151; but under some of the harshest terms ever faced by new members.
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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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Bulgaria, which is expected to join the European Union in 2007, needs a total of leva 2.4 billion ($1.64 billion) to complete its net of waste water treatment stations, an official said Sunday.
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BUCHAREST, Feb 15 (IPS) - Still "on probation" from Brussels,  Bulgaria is taking bold steps to persuade the European  Union  that it is efficient in getting rid of corruption and organised  crime.
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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 on January 1.
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The prospect of future EU membership became clearer for four countries last week. At a two-day summit in Brussels, EU leaders gave the green light for the signing of entry treaties with Bulgaria and Romania
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EU entry seems destined to change Romania's small-scale farming methods - and its landscape.
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The EU tells Romania and Bulgaria their fight against corruption is not yet showing convincing results.
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If all goes to plan, EU heads of government will agree over dinner on Thursday night to give Turkey the green light to start membership talks in the autumn of 2005.
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Bulgaria and the European Union will sign an accord about joint participation in international crises management, the government said Thursday.
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Bulgaria's government and central bank on Thursday signed an agreement about their mutual obligations related to the adoption of the single European currency, the euro.
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Bulgaria and Romania received an almost grudging green light to join next January.
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Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana said his country had completed its negotiations to join the European Union in 2007.