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SOFIA Bulgaria’s outgoing Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev announced on Friday that Iraq pledged to pump 15 billion cubic meters of gas through Nabucco pipeline starting from 2014-2015.

BRUSSELS The EU commission is next week set to recommend that Bulgaria and Romania continue to stay under a special monitoring mechanism beyond 2009, due to their slow progress in justice reforms and the fight against corruption and organised crime. The commission reports, due on Wednesday (22 July), take stock …

NICOSIA The consulate of Romania’s embassy in Nicosia has been temporarily closed because its consular and diplomatic staff caught the A/H1N1 influenza virus. A statement posted on the embassy’s website says the measures have been taken “to prevent the contamination of the citizens asking for consular services, and for allowing …

he European Union has unblocked aid to Romanian farmers that had been frozen over a year ago due to disbursement irregularities and financial mismanagement, Romania’s Agriculture Ministry said on Monday. 

ANKARA Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev determined the signing of the Nabucco agreement in Ankara an important step forward, government’s press office reports.

BUCHAREST, Romania The final report by a parliamentary committee looking into the activities of Sports Minister Monica Iacob Ridzi recommended on Thursday (July 9th) she be investigated for abuse of office, and said she should resign. Only members of her Liberal Democratic Party refused to vote in favour of the …

Court sessions across Romania were suspended on Friday morning for three hours, as magistrates protested the Justice Ministry’s decision to cut some wage bonuses. The National Union of Judges on Wednesday requested the resignation of Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu. 

MEP and leader of the Dutch far-right Freedom Part (PVV), Geert Wilders, has called for Bulgaria and Romania to be thrown out of the EU In an interview for euronews.net Wilders was asked about his views on the Ukraine possibly joining the EU, he answered, “No, I think that no …

BUCHAREST, Romania Romania’s president said Tuesday he hopes pro-Romanian opposition forces will prevail in Moldovan elections. Traian Basescu said in a meeting with foreign journalists that he wants the “democratic forces, the opposition to the current government to have better results after the election.”

BRUSSELS, Belgium Several EU countries and Turkey will sign an inter-governmental agreement on the construction of the Nabucco pipeline in Ankara on July 13th, the European Commission (EC) announced on Friday (July 3rd). Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to host the ceremony.