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Since 2007, 1,205 recruits from Bulgaria and Romania have been hired. The European Commission announced yesterday (8 February) that it had exceeded its target for recruiting...

Dutch government still to drop its veto against the two countries joining the Schengen area. Bulgaria and Romania have made progress in fighting corruption and organised...

The European destination of the first major tranche of Caspian gas to be decided by April. By April, we should know how the first major delivery of Caspian gas into Europe...

Former Bulgarian prime minister named interim president of Party of European Socialists. Sergei Stanishev, the chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party and a former prime...

In theory, the single market should bring customers price convergence across the EU, but price differences persist between the north and south, and within countries. A...

Tsvetan Tsvetanov, the man who wants to lead Bulgaria into Schengen. When Tsvetan Tsvetanov entered the Bulgarian government in July 2009, secret cables sent from Sofia to...

Bulgaria's new president has ambassadors worried. Bulgaria's new president, Rosen Plevneliev, announced last week (3 November) that he will spend some of his first day in...

It is the ‘old' member states, not the ‘new', who are to blame for the EU's current problems. In the annals of silliness about Europe's history and geography, the op-ed...

Bulgaria needs a fresh start with the EU. Bulgaria's hopes of early entry into the Schengen zone of borderless travel have been dashed. As a candidate for president of the...

Poland's interior minister accuses Netherlands and Finland of breaking EU promises to Bulgaria, Romania. Poland's interior minister has accused the Finnish and Dutch...

Finland and the Netherlands oppose gradual admission of the two countries. Polish diplomats are seeking a last-minute compromise that would allow national interior ministers...

Spain allowed to prevent Romanian jobseekers from entering the country. The European Commission has authorised restrictions imposed by Spain on the free movement of workers...

Romania's citizens can now travel more easily to other EU member states. But until it is a Schengen member, they will still have to spend time and money on crossing borders....

Romania urged to speed up investigations, but EU official says reports will not affect Schengen bids. The European Commission has repeated its now-traditional calls on...

Paper says Eufor unable to deal with serious problems as number of troops set to drop to 1,200 in the autumn. The European Union's peacekeeping force in Bosnia and...

Croatia on the verge of completing EU talks, but others' bids are likely to prove trickier. Croatia is this week celebrating the 20th anniversary of its independence from...

Vote backs view by the European Commission that both countries meet technical conditions. The European Parliament's civil liberties committee has backed Bulgaria and Romania...

Bulgarians and Romanians face continued restrictions. On Sunday (1 May), Austria and Germany will fully open their labour markets to citizens of eight countries in central...

Spats between member states about migration, and a possible extension of the Schengen area, are putting European integration at risk. On 2 May, the European Parliament's...

EU cohesion funds have brought economic growth to many of the Union's poorer regions, but much needs to be done to tackle east-west differences. The European Commission...