Bulgaria and the EU
Latest business news about Bulgaria and the European Union
- Lost EU funds force new look at Bulgaria's corruption problems — 30 November 2008, 14:43 CET
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Bulgaria's loss of hundreds of millions of euros in EU funding last week
for failing to tackle corruption could be a blessing in disguise,
according to analysts.
- Dutch block borders to Romanians, Bulgarians over job fears — 27 November 2008, 23:28 CET
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The Netherlands has opted against opening its borders to workers from
Bulgaria and Romania from January 1 amid heightened fears over job
security, the social affairs ministry said Thursday.
- Bulgarian former official jailed for five years for corruption — 26 November 2008, 00:19 CET
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A former road fund official whose attempt to get bribes from an
architect helped persuade the European Commission to freeze funding to
Bulgaria, was jailed for five years Tuesday.
- EU aid freeze 'a disappointment' but reforms still on: Bulgaria — 26 November 2008, 00:23 CET
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Bulgaria calls the Commission's decision to cut access to EUR 220m "a disappointment" but vows to press on with reforms to guarantee delivery of the remaining funds.
- Bulgaria loses EU millions for failure to tackle corruption — 26 November 2008, 00:01 CET
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The Commission has punished Bulgaria for failing to adequately tackle corruption, cutting off its access to hundreds of millions of euros in EU funding.
- Firms ink deal to build 4bn euro Bulgaria nuclear plant — 22 November 2008, 01:24 CET
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Russian company Atomstroyexport signed an agreement on Friday with
French and German subcontractors to build a new nuclear power plant in
northern Bulgaria, a statement said.
- Brussels urges Bulgaria to get tough on EU fraud — 20 November 2008, 19:29 CET
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The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) urged Bulgaria on Thursday to crack down on fraud cases involving EU money and hand down tougher sentences on offenders.
- Bulgaria's ex-farm fund chief charged with EU aid fraud — 10 November 2008, 23:24 CET
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The former executive director of Bulgaria's farming fund, Asen Drumev, has been arrested and charged with misappropriation of EU farming subsidies, the prosecutor's office announced on Monday.
- EU to extend Bulgarian farm subsidy programme — 10 November 2008, 13:24 CET
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The EU is ready to extend a programme of farm subsidies to Bulgaria by a year, allowing the funding of about 720 projects worth 281 million leva (144 million euros), the government said on Friday.
- Bulgaria cracks credit-card fraud ring — 05 November 2008, 18:17 CET
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Bulgarian police have arrested three people suspected of involvement in credit card theft and fraud targeting western Europeans, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.
- Bulgaria lifts bank deposit guarantee — 30 October 2008, 11:31 CET
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Bulgarian lawmakers approved a bill on Thursday to more than double
guarantees for bank deposits in response to the global financial crisis.
- Bulgaria's bid for EU funds hampered by resignations — 23 October 2008, 16:58 CET
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Two resignations in less than a week have dealt a blow to Bulgaria's efforts to persuade the Commission to unfreeze EUR 825 million in aid, suspended over fraud concerns.
- Bulgarian parliament adopts first conflict-of-interest law — 16 October 2008, 15:50 CET
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Bulgaria's parliament adopted Thursday the country's first
conflict-of-interest law, following EU demands for measures combatting
high-level corruption.
- Bulgaria resumes payments to farmers hit by subsidy freeze — 14 October 2008, 16:13 CET
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Bulgaria has resumed payments to farmers hit by an EU agricultural aid freeze with money from the state budget, the state agriculture fund chief executive said on Tuesday.
- Council of Europe slams Bulgaria over disabled education record — 12 October 2008, 15:47 CET
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Bulgaria 'denied the right to education' for up to 3,000 children with learning disabilities placed in institutions across the country.
- EU lifts Bulgarian air safety restrictions — 08 September 2008, 18:13 CET
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The European Commission has lifted restrictions on Bulgarian airlines imposed last December for safety concerns, says Bulgaria's European Affairs Minister.
- Bulgaria seeks EU, NATO help for battling huge forest fire — 06 September 2008, 16:15 CET
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Bulgaria's ministry of emergency situations on Saturday appealed for
help from the European Union and NATO to cope with a huge forest fire in
its Rila mountain national park to the southwest.
- EU tells Bulgaria to step up anti-corruption drive — 28 August 2008, 00:13 CET
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EU Commissioner Guenter Verheugen urged Bulgaria on Wednesday to step up its fight against crime and corruption, a problem that has already led Brussels to impose sanctions on Sofia.
- Four arrested in Bulgarian farmers' protest — 27 August 2008, 20:22 CET
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Four Bulgarian farmers were arrested Wednesday as some 300 demonstrators
blocked major streets in Sofia and tried to storm government buildings
in protests over farming subsidies, the interior ministry said.
- Bulgaria vows to speed up probe of EU funds fraud — 22 August 2008, 17:31 CET
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Bulgaria is pledging to speed up investigations into the misuse of EU subsidies and aid after Brussels renewed calls on its new Balkans member to boost its fight against corruption.
- EU sets deadline for Bulgaria corruption clampdown — 21 August 2008, 21:10 CET
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The head of the European Union anti-fraud office on Thursday demanded that Bulgaria clamp down on corruption within months, the government said.
- Bulgarian farmers protest delayed state subsidies — 21 August 2008, 16:46 CET
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Several hundred Bulgarian farmers blocked major roads across the country on Thursday in their latest protest against a delay in agricultural subsidy payments.
- Bulgaria, EU agree help for farmers hit by subsidy freeze — 07 August 2008, 23:24 CET
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Bulgaria and the European Commission have agreed on an action plan to pay back farmers hit by an EU agricultural subsidy freeze.
- Bulgarian farmers block roads in demand for state subsidies — 07 August 2008, 21:55 CET
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Hundreds of Bulgarian farmers imposed road blockades around the country
Wednesday in a new action to demand agricultural state subsidies.
- Bulgarian government's ratings plunge in latest poll — 31 July 2008, 17:25 CET
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Bulgaria's government saw its ratings poll plummet in a poll released
Thursday in the wake of the European Commission's decision to freeze
more than 800 million euros in aid.
