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Romania and Bulgaria still hope to join Schengen this year (Photo: johnnyalive)

Romania and Bulgaria win modest praise on anti-graft effort

The EU commission has in its latest monitoring reports praised Romania and Bulgaria's latest arrests and anti-corruption cases as "significant progress," pending more concrete results. The largely positive documents are likely to deflate some of the opposition by France and Germany to the two countries' speedy accession to the border-free Schengen area.

"This report does take note of the significant progress since July, but it's not an exhaustive assessment, which will take place in sum...

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Romania and Bulgaria still hope to join Schengen this year (Photo: johnnyalive)

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