Romania

The Moldovan parliamentary majority, in the person of the Alliance for European Integration consisting of the Liberal Democratic Party (32 mandates), Democratic Party (15) and Liberal Party (12), on Friday (January 14th) passed a vote of confidence in a new Government of

Bulgaria and Romania probably won’t get a “green light” to enter Schengen in March. This became clear after a meeting of a working group of experts in Brussels on Friday (January 14th) to discuss the two countries’ readiness to join the border-free zone.

EU Commissioner for Taxation, Customs, Anti-fraud and Audit, Algridas Semeta will visit Romania and Bulgaria on 13 and 14 January 2011 respectively. The main objective during his visits will be to discuss the measures fraud and irregularities in EU funds, and to see where the Commission can provide further guidance …

Marian Lupu said the delegation of representatives of all the parliamentary groups to work on the Standing Bureau made the legislature 80% functional. “Today and tomorrow, all the parliamentary groups must convene and decide who will work on the commissions. Thus, on Friday we will be able examine the government …

Hungary’s foreign minister says his country will do everything possible to facilitate Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen entry during its EU presidency. “We have a priority and that is Bulgaria and Romania’s

European commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom will pay a working visit to Chisinau on January 24 in connection with the granting to Moldova of the EU-Moldova Plan of Action for the

Moldova’s prime minister-designate Vlad Filat will present his cabinet nominations and government programme in parliament on January 14. Filat’s Democrat-Liberals and two other parties – the Democrats and the Liberals – signed a coalition government agreement on

The IMF approved a 905m-euro instalment to Romania on Friday (January 7th) under the country’s stand-by agreement with the Fund. The tranche should have been disbursed around mid-December but was postponed

Germany and France have succeeded in their attempts to freeze Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen Area accession. According to Hungary’s EU Presidency the two countries will

Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi on Monday called for a fair assessment of Romania’s bid to join the Schengen visa-free zone, urging France and Germany not to change the rules of the game.