Schengen for Bulgaria and Romania postponed again, but most of EU firm on free movement of persons
In what was anything but a surprise development, European Union home affairs ministers postponed a decision on admitting Bulgaria and
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EU, Turkey to sign readmission agreement, start visa liberalisation dialogue
The European Union and Turkey are to sign a readmission agreement on December 16 2013, and on the same day,
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EC fines eight banks 1.71B euro for fixing interbank rates
The European Commission said on December 4 that it fined eight international financial groups a total of 1.71 billion euro
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EU grants Bulgaria 5.66M euro to address asylum seekers influx
The European Commission said on November 29 that was providing 5.66 million euro in emergency funding from the European Refugee
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EC to recommend lifting visa requirements on Moldova
The European Commission will recommend lifting visa requirements for Moldova after the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius later this month,
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European Commission proposes to reduce use of plastic bags
The European Commission (EC) adopted on November 4 2013 a proposal that requires EU countries to reduce their use of
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European Commissioner Georgieva sketches scenarios for Syria
European humanitarian aid commissioner Kristalina Georgieva has sketched two likely scenarios for the way Syria is headed – either a
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Barroso: ‘A second haircut for the Greek economy is out of the question’
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso expressed on October 24 2013 his disagreement over scenarios talking about a new “haircut”
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Georgieva: EU has approved financial aid to help Bulgaria cope with refugee situation
Bulgaria’s European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva, whose portfolio includes humanitarian aid and crisis response, said on October 20 that Bulgaria would
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