Romania, Bulgaria on course for 2007 EU entry, but Croatia kept waiting
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Romania and Bulgaria, left out of the European Union's historic expansion which this year brought in 10 new countries, are on track to join the bloc in 2007 but Croatia will have to wait, according to an EU ...
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A deal struck last week between the EU and Romania left open the way for Hungary's eastern neighbor to sign its accession treaty with the union early next year - but also set strict conditions that if ...
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Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said Monday his country hoped to complete entry talks with the European Union in 2007.
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BUCHAREST, Aug 7 (IPS) - Sibiu, one of the most dynamic regions in Romania,  thrives as the European City of Culture for 2007. But its  prosperity is not representative of the entire country.
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As Bulgaria prepares for EU entry, people queuing for visas outside the UK embassy doubt there will be an exodus of migrants.
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Romanians began going to the polls today to elect their third post-communist president, who will complete the Balkan nation&#39;s drive to join the European Union by 2007.
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The EU executive sets tough terms for Eastern European countries hoping to join in the coming years.
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The European Commission was to invite Bulgaria and Romania to join the European Union in January, amid warnings the bloc must tackle institutional reforms before further expansion.
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The European Union's executive will next week give the green light for Bulgaria and Romania to join the bloc in January 2007, diplomatic sources in Brussels said.
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The decision on whether Romania and Bulgaria will join the European Union on 1st January 2007 will be made on 26th September.
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BUCHAREST, Dec 26 (IPS) - Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Union (EU)  Jan. 1 2007 under the toughest conditions ever imposed on new  member states. Although the two countries barely met the criteria  for membership, their strategic location, between the Western  Balkans and the Black Sea, as well as their relatively  trouble-free domestic politics, made them an asset for the  stability of EU's eastern front.
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In vista ingresso Bulgaria e Romania il primo gennaio 2007
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BRUSSELS (BBC News) - The EU expects Serbia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania to have signed initial deals paving the way for eventual entry into the bloc by the end of 2008, EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said in Brussels on Tuesday. "I expect that in 2008 conditions will be fulfilled and thus we will be able to complete Stabilisation and Association Agreements (SAA) with all countries in the region," EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said in Brussels on Tuesday. He praised Serbia in particular for turning its back on its nationalist past by supporting the work of the UN's war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
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European Union leaders seeking to reassure voters about the bloc's expansion ended a summit on Friday far from united about the future shape of the union, set to grow to 27 members when Bulgaria and Romania join on January 1.
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Croatia's government is hoping to secure a date for accession talks when European Union leaders huddle for their winter summit in Brussels next Thursday despite signs of growing Euroscepticism at home.
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While Bulgaria and Romania were celebrating the European Union's decision to grant them membership next year, other EU hopefuls, including Croatia and Turkey, look likely to suffer from the bloc's growing enlargement fatigue, analysts said.
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EU entry seems destined to change Romania's small-scale farming methods - and its landscape.