Europe-East articles from September 2002

Europe-East archives from September 2002

WHY WATCH ENLARGEMENT?
September 23, 2002... Welcome to the first issue of ENLARGEMENT WATCH - a response by EIS to the rapidly developing change in the European Union's relations with its neighbours. The current round of enlargement is heading for a critical deadline at the end of...

NEW EU GRANTS FOR BULGARIAN NGOS.
September 23, 2002... Euro 1.8 million is being made available in Bulgaria under the Phare "Access" programme, which aims at strengthening civil society in the candidate countries in preparation for EU accession. It is particularly focused on policy areas where the...

EU AID FOR CZECH WATER POLICY.(Brief Article)
September 23, 2002... On the 17 September the Czech Ministry of Environment officially launched a Phare Twinning Project on implementation of the EU water framework directive, with a consortium led by the United Kingdom, in co-operation with Austria, France and...

EPP-ED GROUP HAILS LJUBLJANA'S PROSPECTS.(European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED)(Brief Article)
September 23, 2002... When the Bureau of the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED) in the European Parliament met on 16-17 September in Ljubljana, Slovenia, with the presidents of national sister parties from the...

MOLDOVA NEEDS MORE MIRACLES.(Brief Article)
September 23, 2002... EIS journalist Brian Beary worked as a volunteer in a Moldovan orphanage for girls, in Hincesti, 20 miles from the Moldovan capital Chisinau, during the summer. What he found there is a compelling demonstration that there is a human dimension...

CORPORATE.(Brief Article)
September 23, 2002... Bulgaria's telecoms company BTC looks as if it is at last up for privatisation - with London-based Advent and a Turkish consortium including Turk Telekom as the final contestants. A new 3.5 hectare amusement park - Sofia Land - opened last week...

TENDERS AND PROGRAMMES.(Brief Article)
September 23, 2002... Recently-announced calls for tender from the European Commission include a range of projects in Poland, linked to Sapard and ISPA. Three of them relate to enhancing rational use of basic production inputs (labour land capital management) across...

THE ENLARGEMENT WATCH PROFILE - JURAJ MIGAS.
September 23, 2002... A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JURAJ MIGAS, SLOVAK AMBASSADOR TO THE EU "At the beginning it was very difficult for Slovakia", admits Juraj Migas, since 1999 the ambassador who heads the Brussels Mission of the Slovak Republic to the EU. Looking back...