23rd February 2015 London, UK
by Sarah Riley Jonathan Allen has moved on as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Bulgaria in January 2015 and Sarah Riley has stepped in as Chargé d’Affaires at British Embassy Sofia. This blog is written by guest blogger Sarah Riley. The UK will play host this week to the Global Law Summit (GLS). The GLS is […]
1st February 2013
There are two fundamental planks of reform in Romania, on which the Romanian authorities are engaged in commitments to the International Financial Institutions and to their EU partners – the Stand-By Agreement with the IMF (plus the World Bank and EU) and the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism for tackling corruption and judicial reform with the […]
19th July 2012
Yesterday the Commission published its five year reports on Romania and Bulgaria under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism. The CVM monitors and supports reforms undertaken by both countries to strengthen the rule of law, reform the judiciary and tackle corruption. The Commission sets out its concerns about the recent political crisis in Romania. William Hague […]
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6th July 2012
Many people have asked me for an opinion about the latest developments in Romania. Here’s a link to what I said yesterday in an interview for Ziarul Financiar.
11th August 2011
I would make one main observation about last week’s report on the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM). The mechanism is working. Thanks to the combined efforts of Romania’s authorities, the European Commission and member states like the UK who have contributed with projects and expertise, Romania has made important progress over the last year in […]
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