Bulgaria
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Immigration
Bulgarian passport opens doors to West
7 December 20113Trud Sofia -
10 November 20113PresseuropTimpul
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River transport
The Danube is running dry
26 October 2011NRC Handelsblad Rotterdam -
Bulgaria
Vote boosts ruling party
24 October 2011PresseuropDnevnik -
18 October 20113Sega Sofia
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Bulgaria
Collapse of a so-called social model
30 September 20113Trud Sofia -
Bulgaria
Unrest over Roma king
27 September 2011PresseuropDnevnik -
Balkans
Ikea, a Bulgarian idea of luxury
23 September 20111Standart Sofia -
Editorial
Shifting borders
23 September 2011Presseurop -
Bulgaria | Romania
Congratulations, you failed the Schengen test
22 September 20113De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
Schengen Zone
The millionaires of Europe’s eastern frontier
5 September 20112The New York Times New York -
Bulgaria
Sofia cracks down on Lukoil
28 July 2011PresseuropDnevnik -
Bulgaria
Emigrés, get lost
20 July 20114E-vestnik Sofia -
20 July 20111PresseuropDnevnik
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Bulgaria
The superheroes of Soviet Sofia
8 July 20111Dnevnik Sofia -
Greek crisis
Bulgarians fear collateral damage
7 July 2011PresseuropKapital -
Schengen Area
Sofia and Bucharest kept waiting
10 June 20112PresseuropTrud -
Internet
Crime spreads on the web
5 May 20112PresseuropLa Voix du Luxembourg -
Romania-Bulgaria
On the road to Schengen
3 May 2011PresseuropRomânia libera -
Bulgaria
Ready for Schengen
5 April 2011PresseuropTrud -
Central Europe
The wilted charms of the euro
4 April 2011Presseurop -
Europact
What’s in it for Eastern Europe?
28 March 2011Adevărul Bucharest -
Libyan war
Bulgaria wants Gaddafi’s guts for garters
23 March 2011324 Chasa Sofia -
Economic crisis
Iron chancellor will have her way
3 March 2011PresseuropPresseurop -
Bulgaria
Return of a nation's gilded youth
3 March 20111Tema Sofia -
8 February 2011PresseuropCapital
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2 February 2011PresseuropDnevnik
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Bulgaria
Borisov survives another scandal
21 January 2011PresseuropTrud -
Bulgaria
A great disappointment
13 January 2011Sega Sofia -
Schengen area
Paris and Berlin leave Bucharest and Sofia high and dry
22 December 20101PresseuropDnevnik -
Bulgaria
Sofia diplomats outed as ex-spies
16 December 2010PresseuropDnevnik -
Belgium – Bulgaria
Sofia and Brussels in Roma mix-up
6 December 2010PresseuropDe Morgen -
Portugal
Half a million working poor
2 December 2010PresseuropJornal de Notícias -
Bulgaria / Russia
Sofia bends to Putin gas deal
15 November 2010PresseuropDnevnik -
Economic Crisis
Austerity progress report
18 October 2010PresseuropRomânia libera -
30 September 20101PresseuropDie Presse
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Roma Expulsion
European double standards
6 September 20101PresseuropPresseurop -
3 September 2010
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30 August 2010PresseuropLidové noviny
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Editorial
Restless holidays
27 August 2010Presseurop -
Press Review
European press thrashes France on Roma
26 August 20102Presseurop -
26 August 2010Sega Sofia
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26 August 2010
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19 August 2010
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Stability pact
That figures
18 August 2010PresseuropPúblico -
Enlargement
EU’s backdoor thrown open
16 August 20102Le Figaro Paris -
12 August 2010PresseuropDie Tageszeitung
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Firefighting
Europe works together as fires blaze
11 August 2010PresseuropThe New York Times -
Editorial
Corruption – a European problem
26 July 20101Presseurop -
Corruption
Romania in the dock, still
21 July 2010Presseurop
Macedonians, Moldavians and Ukrainians are jostling to obtain a Bulgarian passport. Many plan to leave for other countries in the European Union, but first they must confront the Bulgarian administration. 
The Danube, Europe's second longest river, is one of the most poorly navigable rivers on the continent. Despite the EU’s Danube Strategy, the summer drought has resulted in even lower water levels, resulting in an enormous traffic jam. 
Rendered desperate by poverty and a lack of secure employment, a large number of young women yield to the siren call of recruiters who make use of bogus offers of training and temporary jobs to lure them into prostitution. 
The riots that rocked the village of Katounitsa and several cities across Bulgaria have not only marked a sudden upsurge in anti-Roma sentiment: an anthropologist argues that they are also a symptom of a sick society which has been unable to overcome the scourge of clientelism. 
The long awaited opening of the Swedish brand’s first shop in Sofia has been spoiled by controversy over prices — an opportunity for Bulgarian journalist Martin Karbovski to poke fun at his compatriots’ taste for novelty at all costs... 
The citizens of Romania and Bulgaria should be delighted by the rejection of Schengen membership applications submitted by Bucharest and Sofia, which have been vetoed by the Netherlands. Dutch daily De Volkskrant argues that it will be the spur they need to step up the fight against corruption and organised crime. 
Despite billions invested in hi-tech surveillance equipment, the borders of Romania and Bulgaria remain some of Europe’s most porous. Sumptuous villas built by customs officers might provide a clue as to why. A report. 
Every summer, thousands of Bulgarians who live abroad come back home hoping to catch-up with old friends. But for the latter, these forced reunions become agony, notes with wry humour writer Gueorgui Nikolov. 
In mid-June, anonymous artists repainted the Soviet soldiers on a war monument in Sofia as comic-book superheroes. Beyond merely irritating the authorities with the farce, the gesture raises the question of the relationship between power, art and history. 
Europe’s sovereign debt crisis has dampened enthusiasm for the single currency in most of the countries of Central Europe. Today, only the Baltic States are still eager to join the Eurozone, writes "Rzeczpospolita".
The EU’s 27 member states have adopted a pact for the euro that will provide a collective guarantee for the single currency. However, a former Romanian diplomat argues that Brussels will still have to find the courage and the means to implement it. 
A popular Sofia daily takes issue with the Bulgarian government, which has dubbed the allied intervention in Libya "a military adventure," and argues that Bulgaria has every reason to join with its real friends in seeking revenge on the Libyan dictator. 
The brain drain is a serious issue for Bulgarians. But not all of the country’s young people leave for good. Those who have opted to return home after studies abroad have even created an association to build bridges with the rest of Bulgarian society. 
Battling with organised crime and held back in its bid to join the Eurozone and the Schengen Area, Bulgaria has begun 2011 without a political project to mobilise its people. 
All Europe has its eyes on France as it “repatriates” Roma to Romania and Bulgaria, and most deplore what they are seeing.
The "humanitarian" repatriation of several hundred Roma from France to Romania and Bulgaria is "cynical and demagogical", insists Bulgarian editorialist Svetoslav Terziev. And worse yet, it offers nothing toward solving the problem of their eventual integration. 
Millions of Turks, Serbs, Moldovans, Ukrainians and Macedonians could soon be European citizens, thanks to some fancy footwork by new member states 
Mired in internal debates regarding the future of its anti-corruption efforts, Bucharest has been severely criticised by the European Union. "Are the Romanians treated worse than the Bulgarians, their delinquent neighbours?" the local press wonders.