Most corrupt nations- October 8, 2003 Daily Times of Nigeria, Nigeria Poland was ranked as the most corrupt of the 10 nations scheduled to join the European Union next year, Cyprus the least. Bangladesh, Nigeria and Haiti were1,2 and 3 in the table with Finland being the least corrupt country of the 133 states surveyed.the suevey was carried out by Transparency International Google News Search: cyprushttp://eunewsdigest.blogspot.com/2003/10/most-corrupt-nations.html Enlargement will likely be a bumpy ride- October 6, 2003 EurActiv.com Portal - News nr 1506360 Enlargement will likely be a bumpy ride, but support for the process is running high among the Commission's officials, a new study concludes. Describing enlargement as a "rough ride", the study rests on the interviewed Commission officials' premise that some accession countries are "not ready" and thus will struggle to come up to the EU's standards. And yet, the study senses explicit support for the process. The officials cited in the study shared the.http://eunewsdigest.blogspot.com/2003/10/enlargement-will-likely-be-bumpy-ride.html IGC meeting schedule- October 3, 2003 This is an overview of the meetings of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC), due to open on 4 October, whose aim is to agree a Constitutional Treaty for the Union. On 29 September, the General Affairs Council gave the final green light to the launch of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on 4 October in Rome, to be followed immediately by a first working session of the foreign ministers on the same day. The IGC is scheduled to meet three times at the level of heads of state and...http://eunewsdigest.blogspot.com/2003/10/igc-meeting-schedule.html (Untitled)- October 2, 2003 Over 25 million voted in favour of accession A compilation of the results of this year's 9 referenda shows that, in the period March to September this year, over 25,5 million people voted in favour of their country joining the EU. This figure is nearly four times as many as voted against. COUNTRY NUMBER OF VOTES NUMBER OF VOTES YES NO 1. Cyprus NA NA 2. Czech Republic 3 446 758 1 010 448 3. Estonia 369 657 183 545 4. Hungary 3 056 027 592 690 5. Latvia .http://eunewsdigest.blogspot.com/2003/10/over-25-million-voted-in-favour-of.html |