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Finland follows German example, announces Schengen veto
Author(s): Stanislava GaydazhievaAfter in the beginning of the week the German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich warned that Berlin is ready to block extending Schengen privileges to Romania and...
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German Greens accuse interior minister of populism
Author(s): Stanislava GaydazhievaThe party of the Greens in the German region of North Rhine-Westphalia have accused the federal minister of interior, Hans-Peter Friedrich, of populism.Media in the...
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Romania gets more time to implement property restitution ruling
Author(s): Stanislava GaydazhievaRomania has received an extension of deadline for implementing a ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) dealing with restitution of property, seized...
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Wave of protests against shale gas in Romania, Bulgaria
Author(s): Stanislava GaydazhievaThousands of Romanians protested Thursday against the plans of US giant Chevron to explore for shale gas, demanding the government to withdraw concessions and ban...
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Mitschek: Nabucco West, South Stream Not At Odds
Author(s): Kostis Geropoulos BAKU - There is no real direct competition between Nabucco West and South Stream even after Gazprom decided to abandon the Russian-backed project's southern branch, from...
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Romania passes property restitution bill
Author(s): Karafillis Giannoulis On Tuesday, the centre-left government of Victor Ponta adopted the property restitution bill designed to help families whose land or dwellings were confiscated by the...
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Bulgaria loses distinction in 112 awards
Author(s): Stanislava GaydazhievaIn a purely symbolic ceremony on 17 April in Riga (Latvia) Bulgaria lost from Finland a distinction in this year’s 112 awards. The awards ceremony is organised annually...
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Citi and ING are close to significant deal for CEE
Author(s): Karafillis Giannoulis Citi and ING reached an important agreement for countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Citi Securities and Fund Services will acquire ING’s custody and...
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Bundestag rejects motion for ending restrictions against Bulgarians, Romanians
Author(s): Stanislava GaydazhievaThe lower house of the German parliament (Bundestag) has rejected a motion for a resolution by the Greens in which the MPs call for an immediate abolition of the...
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The Romanian pillar
Author(s): Peter Taberner A full modern day three pillar pension scheme is now part of the social and economic fabric in Romania, in what is proving a burgeoning system, that was implemented later...
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Romania's Ponta: 5 years till energy independence
Author(s): Alia Papageorgiou "Energy is one of the two engines of growth for Romania, agriculture is the second, we have made important structural reforms and today in Brussels we would need a more...
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Ponta: More Europe, as soon as possible
Author(s): Alia Papageorgiou onta, at 40 years of age exudes youth in a Hugh Grantesque style with black suit, white shirt, no tie and is happy to talk all things EU and energy, even veering into...
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Bild: EU Commissioner calls member states "unprepared" and "ungovernable"
Author(s): NEOnline European Commissioner for Energy, Guenther Oettinger, calls France "completely unprepared" and described some other EU member states as "completely ungovernable" according to the...
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Judicial system abusing the press?
Author(s): NEOnline The CEO of Antena 1 Romanian TV station - has been abusively charged on the suspicion of blackmail by the National Anticorruption Directorate (NAD), following a hearing that...
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EC reaffirms support for Bulgarian, Romanian Schengen accession
Author(s): Stanislava GaydazhievaThe European Commission (EC) has reaffirmed its support for the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen. In its biannual overview on the functioning of the...
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Lithuania presents priorities for Council Presidency
Author(s): Stanislava GaydazhievaLithuania’s Permanent Representative to the European Union (EU), Raimundas Karoblis, presented on 4 June in Brussels the priorities which his country has outlined for...
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A transport minister set up?
Author(s): New Europe teamThe Romanian authorities have, as New Europe reported last week, brought in a new head of the anti-corruption service which seems to be great news, on the other hand, the now...
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In the crossfire
Author(s): New Europe team“For the moment I will not give out any statements, the accusations brought against me as a former Secretary of state already being public. It is my opinion that they are...
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Opening of the ‘New Europe Bridge’ linking Bulgaria and Romania
Author(s): Elena Ralli EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn will attend today the inaugural opening of a bridge linking Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular, the neighbouring regions...
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And The Azeri Gas Goes To... The Envelope, Please!
Author(s): Kostis Geropoulos ANAVYSSOS, Greece – After intense preparation, Nabucco West and the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) are waiting for Azerbaijan to announce its decision about the pipeline to...
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