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EU: Bulgaria statistics are worrisome [Jun 09, 2010] Bulgaria's public finance statistics are worrisome and should be checked by European Union officials, the bloc's economy commissioner said Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria stats worrisome: EU [Jun 08, 2010] LUXEMBOURG - BULGARIA'S public finance statistics are worrisome and should be checked by European Union officials, the bloc's economy commissioner said on Tuesday. Olli Rehn told reporters that he had 'some concerns' about the country's figures and wanted to use newly gained auditing powers to investigate any issues. 'We are considering sending a mission shortly,' he said. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU: Bulgaria statistics are worrisome [Jun 08, 2010] Bulgaria's public finance statistics are worrisome and should be checked by European Union officials, the bloc's economy commissioner said Tuesday. Olli Rehn told reporters that he had "some concerns" about the country's figures and wanted to use newly gained... Bulgaria - European Union - Olli Rehn - Government - Multilateral [via YahooNews] More >>

EU: Bulgaria statistics are worrisome [Jun 08, 2010] Bulgaria's public finance statistics are worrisome and should be checked by European Union officials, the bloc's economy commissioner said Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Wobbling Hercules [May 06, 2010] Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has won praise across the EU for what other leaders in the bloc have seen as his decisiveness and strong will to quell crime and corruption and to implement difficult reforms. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria drops plans for early eurozone entry [Apr 12, 2010] Bulgaria 's centre-right government on 9 April abandoned plans?to join the bloc's exchange-rate mechanism, ERM II, after the country recorded a larger-than-expected deficit in 2009 as a result of unaccounted procurement deals signed by the previous socialist-led cabinet. Dnevnik, EurActiv's partner in Bulgaria , reports. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Gives up Euro Bid on Hidden Deficit [Apr 09, 2010] Bulgaria 's center-right government abandoned plans on Friday to apply to join the bloc's exchange-rate mechanism, the so-called Eurozone waiting room, over a larger than expected 2009 deficit caused by unaccounted procurement deals, signed by the previous Socialist-led cabinet. [via YahooNews] More >>

FinMin: Bulgaria Euro Adoption in 2010 Mission Impossible [Apr 09, 2010] Bulgaria 's aspirations to join the bloc's exchange-rate mechanism, the so-called Eurozone waiting room, will not be rewarded this year, the finance minister has admitted.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Roubini: Bulgaria Euro Adoption Likely in 2014 Earliest (Novinite.com) [Mar 29, 2010] European Union member Bulgaria will not manage to restore its economic growth before 2011 and can only see its aspirations for joining the bloc's exchange-rate mechanism, the so-called eurozone waiting room, the same year at the earliest, according to analysts at Roubini Global Economics. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU Commission Defends Romania-Bulgaria Monitoring Project (Novinite.com) [Mar 24, 2010] The European Commission on Tuesday (23 March) defended its special monitoring project on the rule of law in Bulgaria and Romania, despite the limited results registered three years after the two countries joined the bloc. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria and Romania still failing EU exam on justice reforms (EARTHtimes.org) [Mar 23, 2010] Brussels - Three years after their accession to the European Union, Romania and Bulgaria still have not met the bloc's standards for fighting corruption and organized crime, the European Commission said on Tuesday.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Euro Craze Dooms It to Recession - German Analyst (Novinite.com) [Mar 18, 2010] Bulgaria has weak chances for joining the bloc's exchange-rate mechanism, the so-called eurozone waiting room, and making this top priority dooms it to a recession, a German analyst has commented. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's ERM II Dreams ???Dimmed??? (Novinite.com) [Mar 15, 2010] Bulgaria is weakening its chances for joining the bloc's exchange-rate mechanism, the so-called Eurozone waiting room, and can adopt the single currency no earlier than 2015, an analyst says. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU Top Fiscal Performer Bulgaria Faces Greek-Led Bank Decline (Bloomberg) [Mar 08, 2010] March 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria, the European Union member boasting the bloc?s smallest budget deficit, risks seeing its banks sucked under by the fiscal sins of neighboring Greece, Fitch Ratings and Capital Economics Ltd. warned. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU Top Fiscal Performer Bulgaria Faces Greek-Led Bank Decline (Bloomberg) [Mar 08, 2010] March 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria, the European Union member boasting the bloc?s smallest budget deficit, risks seeing its banks sucked under by the fiscal sins of neighboring Greece, Fitch Ratings and Capital Economics Ltd. warned. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Calls for Tight Controls on Croatia after EU Entry - Report (Novinite.com) [Mar 03, 2010] Bulgaria has allegedly unofficially said that the EU should place the same control mechanism on Croatia when it joins the EU as was placed on Bulgaria and Romania upon their entry to the bloc. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Begin Euro Bid (Novinite.com) [Jan 11, 2010] Bulgaria, the European Union's newest and poorest member state, will launch its bid to join the euro at the end of January, but is increasingly fearful that the debt crisis erupting across the currency bloc could harm its application, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said in an interview Sunday. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU Confirms EUR 75 M Bulgaria Nuclear Decommissioning Aid (Novinite.com) [Nov 19, 2009] The European Union has confirmed that in the bloc?s 2010 budget EUR 75 M will be allotted to Bulgaria for the closure of Soviet-designed reactors 1 to 4 at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant. [via YahooNews] More >>

EC Warns Bulgaria of Infringement Procedure over Law Firms (Novinite.com) [Oct 29, 2009] The European Commission sent Bulgaria a "reasoned opinion", the second stage in the bloc's infringement procedure, asking that Sofia amends the regulations that restrict the free movement of community lawyers and law firms. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Receives EC Budget Surplus Hand Out (Novinite.com) [Apr 16, 2009] The European Commission has announced that Bulgaria will receive EUR 5 M from the EU budget surplus for 2008. In total the EC announced late Wednesday that the twenty-seven members of the bloc will receive EUR 1.79 B from the EU 2008 budget surplus. [via YahooNews] More >>