European Directorate-General for Enlargement

FACTBOX-Who will be in the new EU Commission?

By Darren Ennis Nov 25 (Reuters) - The European Union on Wednesday named the candidates to be members of the next European Commission, the EU executive, which has strong legislative and regulatory powers. Commission President...

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Barroso gets new Commission team

Mr Barroso is pleased that women will get one-third of the new jobs Centre-right politicians dominate the list of new EU commissioners from the 27 member states, who are expected to take office in late January. European...

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Eastern commissioners compete for energy, enlargement

Published: Tuesday 24 November 2009 Four Eastern European commissioners are finding themselves in competition after their countries expressed preferences for the energy and the enlargement portfolios in the next European...

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Macedonia, Greece meet over 'name dispute'

The prime ministers of Macedonia and Greece, Nikola Gruevski and George Papandreou, will meet on Friday (27 November) to find ways of averting a Greek veto on the opening of EU accession talks with the former Yugoslav republic,...

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Croatia cracks down on motorway company corruption

The Croatian government sacked three out of four management staff at a state-owned highway company on Saturday (21 November) on suspicion of corruption, which the country is seeking to crack down on as part of its bid to join...

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Support For Athens-Skopje Talks

The European Commission has high hopes from the forthcoming Athens-Skopje high level talks slated for Friday, Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn told media. The two countries' Prime Ministers, Greece’s George Papandreou and...

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European Union follows Cage action plan ‘very closely’

The European Union has announced that it has “very closely” been following developments related to a Naval Forces Command plan, called the Cage Operation Action Plan, aimed at discrediting the Justice and Development Party (AK...

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A1: Initiative for meting between Greek and Macedonian PMs is good sign: Olli Rehn

Skopje. The European Commission hails the initiative for bilateral meeting between Greece and Macedonia on Friday. This is what European Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn said at opening of an exhibition of Macedonian...

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Lady Ashton may miss Doha meeting

Spokesman says trade commissioner has not yet decided whether to attend crucial World Trade Organisation meeting after her unexpected elevation to foreign policy role Trade commissioner BaronessBaroness Ashton will take up her...

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European Young Journalist Award 2010

The European Commission’s Directorate General for Enlargement is inviting young established and prospective journalists to participate in the European Young Journalist Award 2010 by submitting print, online and radio articles...

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