Bulgaria reluctant to be tied to Romania in EU negotiations

Romania and Bulgaria are not expected to be members of the EU until 2007, when they may join together. The updated accession strategy for both is expected to be acknowledged in December. However, the two countries do not get along anymore, Bulgaria wants their applications to be considered separately.

Sophia first gave an indication of the rift at the beginning to October. Now the prime minister, Simeon Saxa Coburg-Gotha, is saying that Romania and Bulgaria cannot find a "common languag...