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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Bulgaria has withdrawn its candidacy to host the European Asylum Support Office thus allowing Malta to win the right to run the prestigious office. Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov announced, after talking with Vice President of the EC Jacques Barrot, that Bulgaria was ready to withdraw its candidacy in favour of Malta, so as not to hinder a consensus decision. Vice President of the...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
UK expat Bryan Talbot has won a property fraud case in Bulgaria that has drawn the attention of Vice President of the EC, Jacques Barrot, and the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, David Miliband. Before the Court hearing it was revealed to Novinite.com that UK MEP James Elles had written to Miliband in October to urge him to write to Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The Forginers Acossication in Bulgaria is set to hold a silent protest outside Dobrich District Court in East Bulgaria Monday in support of a UK couple who had their house 'stolen' from them in 2007. The planned protest at 8:30 am Monday will take place during the appeal hearing into a case that has drawn the attention of the Vice President of the EC, Jacques Barrot, and the UK Secretary...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
... getting the largest payoffs: they are Günter Verheugen of Germany, Margot Wallstrom of Sweden and Jacques Barrot, a Frenchman. Related LinksThe biggest recipients will be Verheugen and Wallstrom, who have both had 10 years in Brussels on a vice-president’s salary of £241,200. Even commissioners who have hardly served any time are entitled to lavish settlements. Poland’s Pawel Samecki,...
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Ansa (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... on December 1.Tajani took over the transport job in May 2008 when the then transport commissioner, Jacques Barrot, was named commissioner for justice and security in place of Franco Frattini.Frattini left Brussels to join Berlusconi's new government as foreign minister.Tajani, who also took over Frattini's job as EC vice president, joined the EU executive after serving as whip for...
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European Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... Kallas (ELDR)ReturningFinlandOlli Rehn (ELDR)ReturningFranceMichel Barnier (EPP)Replaces Jacques Barrot (EPP)GermanyGünther Oettinger (EPP)Replaces Günter Verheugen (PES)GreeceMaria Damanaki (PES)Replaces Stavros Dimas (EPP)HungaryLászló Andor (PES)Replaces László Kovács (PES)IrelandMaire Geoghegan Quinn (ELDR)Replaces Charlie McCreevy (ELDR)ItalyAntonio Tajani (EPP)ReturningLatviaAndris...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... for removing the visa barriers for the three countries, a step, which has been described by Jacques Barrot, Commissioner responsible for Justice, Freedom and Security, as a “historic act”. The resolution is not binding, but will have a political influence in the European Union. ...
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Crooked Timber (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... will have to re-evaluate once again whether it is tantamount to a visa,” said a spokesman for Jacques Barrot, the commissioner for justice and home affairs, on Tuesday. If the EU carries through on this threat, American tourists to Europe who have to pay visa fees, wait in queues at overworked consulates etc, should know who is responsible – the Walt Disney Corporation of America...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Turkey and the European Union (EU) agreed to intensify cooperation to overcome the common problem on migration flow and to fight irregular migration, said a joint statement on Thursday. The statement was released after the meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and visiting European Commission Vice President Jacques Barrot and Swedish Migration Minister Tobias Billstrom...
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EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The Times , in the name of its witless hack Adam Sage , is telling is that Jacques Chirac, the former French president, has been ordered to stand trial for corruption in a case which has shed light on sleaze allegations from his time as Mayor of Paris. In what Sage describes as an" unprecedented move", an investigating magistrate said Mr Chirac, 76, should be tried over a so-called...
