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Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt met Premier Emil Boc yesterday in Bucharest. [Dec 05, 2011] Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt told Prime Minister Emil Boc that support for Romania?s Schengen accession has been included within its governing programme and Romanian authorities can count on Denmark?s support. [via YahooNews] More >>

Finland Will Also Block Bulgaria, Romania Schengen Entry - Romanian FM [Sep 21, 2011] Finland will follow the Netherlands' examples and veto Bulgaria and Romania's Schengen accession, Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi has revealed after meeting his Dutch and Finnish counterparts. "However, we need consensus and we need a positive vote on behalf of all EU member states," Baconschi has declared after he met his colleagues at the UN General Assembly in New York. "We all ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Foreign Minister Claims Dutch Govt 'Held Captive' by Far-Right Party [Sep 19, 2011] The Dutch government is "held captive" by a far-right party with anti-European attitudes, according to Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi. Commenting Monday on Dutch opposition to Romania and Bulgaria's accession to Europe's visa-free Schengen zone, he stressed that "France and Germany have become more flexible, they have proposed us a two-step entry scenario". The two countries, however ... [via YahooNews] More >>

EU?s Polish Presidency priorities were presented yesterday in Bucharest. [Jul 13, 2011] Poland would like to remain an honest broker on Romania and Bulgaria Schengen accession issue, in order to surpass the different opinions between member states, said yesterday Marek Szczygiel, Polish Ambassador in Bucharest at the press conference on the inauguration of the Polish Presidency of the EU Council, organized by the Poland?s Embassy to Romania and the Representation of the European ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Commission reads sermon No. 8 to Romania, Bulgaria [Feb 18, 2011] For the eighth time since the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the EU on 1 January 2007, the European Commission today (18 February) unveiled its [via YahooNews] More >>

Basescu: Romania Wants No Decoupling with Bulgaria for Schengen [Feb 05, 2011] Romanian President Traian Basescu has ruled out a decoupling of Bulgaria and Romania with respect to their accession to the borderless Schengen Area. In a statement Saturday, Basescu declared that Romania will not move to be decoupled from Bulgaria in order to join Schengen earlier even though Romania has met all technical requirements for accession, and Bulgaria has not done that yet. "I am ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania Insists on Schengen Decision during Hungarian Presidency [Jan 19, 2011] Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi has declared his country insists on a decision about its Schengen accession during the Hungarian EU Presidency in the first half of 2010. "Our main goal is to see a decision on Schengen accession during Hungary's presidency of the European Union. We have done our homework and the seven assessment missions have confirmed that Romania is ready," Baconschi ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Failed Last Schengen Test, Drags Romania Down - Report [Dec 30, 2010] Bulgaria has failed the final test of technical readiness for accession to the Schengen Area, according to a report of the Romanian media Ziare.com. The report cites sources from the Romanian Interior Ministry as well as interviews for German media with Hans Gerhard Doering, an advisor of Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov, as saying that, unlike Romania, during the most recent ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania braces for Schengen delay [Dec 22, 2010] Bucharest - Romania is concerned that its accession to the European Union's passport-free Schengen zone may be delayed by two years, a senior official said Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Moldova and Ukraine will look for Russia?s protection against Romania, Ukrainian expert says [Dec 03, 2010] ?The aggressive policy promoted by Romanian president Traian Basescu becomes more and more provocative towards Europe. His statements should be regarded differently after Romania?s accession to NATO and the EU,? Ukrainian politologist Maksim Vetrov says. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria and Romania Worried Corruption May Delay Accession to Border-Free Area [Jul 21, 2010] The European Commission has once again slammed Bulgaria and Romania for their persistent corruption, exposure of public funds to fraud, inefficient judiciary and police, criticism that has the two countries worried that their planned accession to the border-free "Schengen" area next spring may be delayed. [via YahooNews] More >>

Nine O'Clock [Jun 20, 2010] In an official visit to Sarajevo, Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi has expressed Romanias availability to offer expertise training in EU and Euro-Atlantic accession for Bosnia and Herzegovina. [via YahooNews] More >>

Court decision could 'negatively affect' Romania's EU position [Apr 19, 2010] Romania's Constitutional Court has declared as anti-constitutional the main prerogatives of a body established on Brussels' recommendation. But parliamentarians warned that this could have a negative impact on the country's access to EU funds and upset plans for Schengen accession. EurActiv Romania reports. [via YahooNews] More >>