Europe-East articles from February 2004

Europe-East archives from February 2004

EYES TO THE EAST.
February 5, 2004... So what will happen after May 1 when the European Union enlarges to 25? There has been some speculation that the EU might need time to "digest" its expansion, or of possible enlargement "fatigue", eroding the commitment to further widening. For...

BUSINESS WELOMES VISA LIBERALISATION BETWEEN GERMANY AND RUSSIA.(Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry)(Brief Article)
February 5, 2004... Business trips between Germany and Russia will now be easier thanks to a bilateral agreement to simplify visa procedures. Multiple visas for business trips can now be issued without a formal invitation for a period of up to five years and a...

BULGARIA AND ROMANIA TO KEEP UP THREE-LEGGED RACE?
February 19, 2004... EU vocabulary buffs will have been delighted by the apparent emergence recently of a new usage of a term already familiar to the Brussels agricultural fraternity. "De-coupling", rather than referring to detaching farm payments from an incentive...

EMU:ACCEDING COUNTRIES' STRATEGIES FOR JOINING SINGLE CURRENCY CLUB.(European Monetary Union)
February 19, 2004... The ten countries set to join the European Union on May 1 have all defined an official or unofficial strategy for adopting the Euro at the end of this decade at the latest, according to a report compiled by the European Commission's services...