04.02.2008 - 17:21 CET
The European Commission's interim reports on Sofia and Bucharest's progress in the field of justice and home affairs have not raised any particular hackles in the two countries.
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04.12.2007 - 17:39 CET
The European Commission has said that it is disappointed by member states' poor record inimplementing legislation on child protection.
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16.11.2007 - 10:44 CET
The European Parliament has criticised EU commissioner Franco Frattini for comments on Italy's crackdown on crime by Romanian Roma migrants, while urging the bloc's member states to avoid collective punishments on migrant groups such as Roma.
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15.11.2007 - 17:37 CET
MEPs have strongly supported extending the Schengen passport-free zone. But deputies from the "new" EU member states have warned against the creation of a 'fortress Europe' which could damage ties with border countries like Ukraine.
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15.10.2007 - 18:42 CET
EU member states are not doing enough to integrate legal immigrants from outside Europe, according to a new report launched on Monday, which ranks Sweden top and Latvia last.
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31.05.2007 - 09:41 CET
The EU claims it has secret evidence that justifies keeping Iran opposition group PMOI on its terrorist register but cannot reveal the content for security reasons, in a situation stoking anger among some MEPs.
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23.04.2007 - 17:20 CET
With all reformist ministers now out of office and with old guard former communists backing a new "black coalition," Romania's slide back towards kleptocracy is proving that the EU's "soft powers" are sometimes too soft, writes Valentina Pop.
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16.04.2007 - 17:40 CET
People from four Balkan countries will in future benefit from cheaper and easier EU-entry visas after a new travel deal signed at the weekend, but Serbia is not in the group despite EU worries over young, alienated Serb radicals.
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26.03.2007 - 09:27 CET
The German EU presidency included a last-ditch line in its Berlin Declaration that the EU would combat illegal immigration after the request of Spain, which has experienced a vast wave of illegal immigration in the past year.
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