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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European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday to invite a Cuban delegation to Brussels to explore the scope for a gradual thaw in ties but chose not to end a four-year-old freeze in contacts.
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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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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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The European Commission was set on Wednesday to give Turkey the green light to start entry negotiations with the EU, while warning there is a long and potentially bumpy road ahead.
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The Bulgarian government fears that a failure to end gang wars and reform an inefficient justice system will sink the country's hopes of joining the European Union in 2007, a minister acknowledged Tuesday.
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The European Commission said Wednesday Russia had told the 25-nation bloc it intends to ban all animal product exports from the EU starting next year because Moscow claimed new members Bulgaria and Romania had poor animal health standards.
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A European Commission report is set to endorse the Jan. 1, 2007 EU entry date for Romania and Bulgaria.Comment
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The 25-member European Union must keep its doors open to future members after Bulgaria and Romania join the bloc in January 2007, Europe Minister Geoff Hoon has said in an interview with a Portuguese newspaper.
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While Bulgaria and Romania were celebrating the European Union's decision to grant them membership next year, other EU hopefuls, including Croatia and Turkey, look likely to suffer from the bloc's growing enlargement fatigue, analysts said.
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Several European dailies predict good news for EU membership hopefuls Romania and Bulgaria, while two dailies are unconvinced by UK premiership hopeful Gordon Brown
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The European Commission was set to confirm that Romania and Bulgaria are on track to join the European Union in 2007, although Croatia will have to wait, according to leaked documents.
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The European Union has a rendezvous with history this week. Turkey will be invited to begin talks over the course of next year that will probably lead to its membership in the European Union within about 15 years.
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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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Work restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians are to remain in force until at least the end of 2008.
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BUCHAREST, Nov 25  Romania's ruling ex-communists say they will bring a modern, competitive Romania free of corruption into the European Union in 2007 if they win Sunday's close election battle.
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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.