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1 - Romanian senate green-lights legal probe into ministers
2 - Brussels freezes EU farm aid to Romania: ministry
3 - Romanian parliament spares former PM Nastase from trial
4 - Tough Romanian anti-corruption chief replaced
5 - Report on Progress in Romania under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism
6 - EU urges Romania to do more on corruption, justice reform
7 - Progress Reports on the Cooperation and Verification mechanism - procedural aspects
8 - EU calls on Romania to rein in deficit
9 - New Romanian foreign minister after scandal resignation
10 - A third of Romanians without running water: minister
11 - Romania and the euro
12 - Sarkozy to launch strategic partnership with Romania
13 - Romanian prime minister approves mission to Chad
14 - EU warns Romania of dangers in running up public deficit
15 - Bulgaria, Romania could join Schengen in 2010-2011: minister

1 - Romanian senate green-lights legal probe into ministers

Romania's Senate voted Tuesday to launch legal actions against a current and a former minister, accused of corruption and treason, two weeks after the lower house blocked the prosecution of two other former ministers.

8/26/2008 11:37:30 PM

2 - Brussels freezes EU farm aid to Romania: ministry

The Commission has frozen some EUR 28.3 million in agricultural subsidies to Romanian farmers due to "technical problems," the finance ministry has announced.

8/20/2008 8:10:13 PM

3 - Romanian parliament spares former PM Nastase from trial

Romania's parliament voted Wednesday against the prosecution of former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and his then transport minister Miron Mitrea on corruption charges.

8/14/2008 12:38:46 AM

4 - Tough Romanian anti-corruption chief replaced

Romania's justice minister said Monday he had decided to replace the tough head of the anti-corruption directorate DNA, despite Brussels' stated wish that he remain in his post.

8/11/2008 11:19:31 PM

5 - Report on Progress in Romania under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism

Romania is a candidate country for European Union membership

7/23/2008 7:29:50 PM

6 - EU urges Romania to do more on corruption, justice reform

The European Commission urged Romania on Wednesday to do more to fight corruption and improve its justice system, but acknowledged some progress had been made since it joined the EU last year.

7/23/2008 11:31:32 PM

7 - Progress Reports on the Cooperation and Verification mechanism - procedural aspects

Bulgaria is a candidate country for the European Union

7/23/2008 5:24:36 PM

8 - EU calls on Romania to rein in deficit

The European Commission urged Romania on Friday to step up efforts to improve its public finances over concern that Bucharest's budget deficit will breach an EU limit next year.

6/13/2008 12:33:14 PM

9 - New Romanian foreign minister after scandal resignation

A former ambassador to the European Union was apppointed Romania's new foreign minister Monday after his predecessor resigned in a scandal involving a Romanian who died in a Polish jail.

4/14/2008 10:23:56 PM

10 - A third of Romanians without running water: minister

A third of Romanians have no access to running water or sewers, Environment Minister Attila Korodi said Wednesday, calling for heavy investment to bring the country in line with the rest of the European Union.

2/27/2008 5:05:27 PM

11 - Romania and the euro

The euro is the single currency shared by 15 of the European Union's Member States - Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Greece, Slovenia, Cyprus and Malta - which together make up the eurozone. Around 317 million EU citizens now use the euro as their currency.

2/4/2008 12:41:24 AM

12 - Sarkozy to launch strategic partnership with Romania

French President Nicolas Sarkozy will launch a strategic partnership with Romania during a one-day visit to Bucharest on Monday, his spokesman said.

1/31/2008 6:29:06 PM

13 - Romanian prime minister approves mission to Chad

Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said Wednesday he had approved sending 120 troops to Chad and the Central Africa Republic as part of an European Union peacekeeping mission there.

1/30/2008 10:42:20 PM

14 - EU warns Romania of dangers in running up public deficit

The European Commission warned Romania Wednesday that its mounting public deficit was now of "serious concern" and urged authorities there to adopt tighter budget targets.

1/30/2008 5:07:00 PM

15 - Bulgaria, Romania could join Schengen in 2010-2011: minister

Bulgaria and Romania could join the Schengen passport-free travel zone in 2010-2011, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin said Friday, as nine European states removed their border checks.

12/21/2007 5:39:50 PM

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1 - EU Parliament backs 'blue card' scheme for immigrant workers
2 - EU shelves airport body scanner plan
3 - Euro-MPs back plans to double bailout fund
4 - New European online library swamped by users
5 - EU agrees agriculture policy reforms
6 - Britain not in favour of EU farm policy changes
7 - Latvia to seek EU, IMF economic crisis aid
8 - Hungary to tap EU aid in December: minister
9 - Brussels urges Bulgaria to get tough on EU fraud
10 - EU fiscal stimulus plans will respect budget rules: Barroso
11 - EU weighs measures against Mauritania
12 - Sarkozy rolls out France's EUR 20bn investment fund
13 - Czech PM says EU preferable to Russian influence
14 - Massive EU online library looks to compete with Google
15 - EU agrees agriculture policy reforms

1 - EU Parliament backs 'blue card' scheme for immigrant workers

The European Parliament on Thursday backed a "blue card" scheme for skilled immigrant workers, while stressing it should be open only to the most qualified applicants.

11/20/2008 4:49:53 PM

2 - EU shelves airport body scanner plan

The European Commission has shelved controversial plans to introduce full body scanners at airports but will keep restrictions on liquids in hand luggage.

11/20/2008 4:23:40 PM

3 - Euro-MPs back plans to double bailout fund

Members of the European Parliament have approved plans to more than double the amount of money available to the bloc's non-euro members in case they run into economic troubles.

11/20/2008 4:20:14 PM

4 - New European online library swamped by users

The EU's new Europeana digital library, an online digest of Europe's cultural heritage, was forced to close temporarily on its launch Thursday after it was swamped by Internet users.

11/20/2008 4:20:59 PM

5 - EU agrees agriculture policy reforms

European Union nations sealed agreement on Thursday to revamp their farm support policy with increases in milk quotas, cuts in subsidies for production and more support for eco-friendly projects.

11/20/2008 4:04:25 PM

6 - Britain not in favour of EU farm policy changes

Britain does not support an EU deal thrashed out Thursday to reform the bloc's controversial Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), a British government spokesman said.

11/20/2008 4:13:45 PM

7 - Latvia to seek EU, IMF economic crisis aid

Latvia is to launch formal talks with the EU and IMF on financial aid to cushion the Baltic nation from its deepening economic crisis.

11/20/2008 4:08:01 PM

8 - Hungary to tap EU aid in December: minister

Hungary, hit hard by the world financial crisis, will draw the first of four instalments of EU aid in December, Finance Minister Janos Veres told a news conference on Thursday.

11/20/2008 4:11:01 PM

9 - Brussels urges Bulgaria to get tough on EU fraud

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) urged Bulgaria on Thursday to be tougher in its punishment of fraud cases involving EU money.

11/20/2008 4:25:01 PM

10 - EU fiscal stimulus plans will respect budget rules: Barroso

EU plans to revive the flagging European economy with a coordinated fiscal stimulus that will respect overspending rules, European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said Thursday.

11/20/2008 4:08:52 PM

11 - EU weighs measures against Mauritania

The European Union will consider "appropriate measures" to punish Mauritania after it failed to take sufficient steps toward restoring constitutional rule, the French foreign ministry said on Thursday.

11/20/2008 4:10:29 PM

12 - Sarkozy rolls out France's EUR 20bn investment fund

President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday unveiled a 20-billion-euro investment fund to shore up key French companies hit by the economic crisis and protect them from foreign predators.

11/20/2008 4:24:16 PM

13 - Czech PM says EU preferable to Russian influence

The Czech Republic should ratify the European Union's Lisbon Treaty as it is preferable to falling under Moscow's influence again, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said in a commentary on Thursday.

11/20/2008 12:34:37 PM

14 - Massive EU online library looks to compete with Google

The EU launched on Thursday its Europeana digital library, an online digest of Europe's cultural heritage that aims to draw together millions of books and other items.

11/20/2008 11:26:23 AM

15 - EU agrees agriculture policy reforms

EU countries on Thursday forged an agreement after marathon talks to revamp their farm support policy with increases in milk quotas and cuts in subsidies for production.

11/20/2008 11:29:24 AM