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EU member states have decided to declassify the technical evaluation reports for Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen Accession and to send them to the European Parliament. The EP has stated that it received more information in 2007 when eight Eastern European countries joined Schengen than now with Bulgaria and Romania. It …

Finland’s Minister of Migration and European Affairs Astrid Thors visited Romania on Monday and Tuesday where she met with its Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi. Romania’s potential Schengen entry depends on Bulgaria’s technical assessment, which is scheduled for March, Thors said.

Romania wants to enter the Schengen zone in 2011 and expects the European Council to reach a decision on its bid during the Hungarian Presidency of the EU, which ends in June. “We are waiting for the newest technical assessment of our Bulgarian neighbors in March and we

Bulgaria and Romania must take as much time as they need in order to get one hundred percent ready for joining the Schengen Area, which will probably not be just a few months, according to the French EU

Finland’s minister of immigration and European affairs will pay a visit to the two countries next week. Astrid Thors will visit Bucharest on 6-7 February and Sofia on 7-8 February. In Bucharest, Thors will meet the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Baconschi, and Minister of Administration and Interior Traian …

President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, has stated that a compromise solution will be found for Bulgaria and Romania’s entry to the Schengen zone in the next months. Buzek has stated that the two countries are obliged to fulfill the requirements for entering the Schengen zone.

Romania and Bulgaria should enter the Schengen Agreeement together, Romania’s Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi has stated. “Romania can not enter Schengen without Bulgaria, since the two states are parts of one and the same

Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc met with Armenian ambassador Hamlet Gasparyan to discuss Armenian-Romanian relations, specifically programs to strengthen economic and cultural ties. Boc also emphasized the importance of events aimed at preservation of Armenian cultural heritage in Romania. The third meeting of the Armenian-Romanian intergovernmental commission will take place …

President Traian Basescu on Friday (January 28th) expressed his country’s full support for Croatia’s EU accession. “There should not be any kind of interpretation concerning our position on Croatia’s accession to the EU,” Basescu told Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, who was making a one-day official visit to Bucharest.

Members of the Schengen evaluation group are to decide on Friday if they are going to pass the technical reports for Romania and Bulgaria. On January 14, at the request of the French representative, group members gave some extra time for examination of the