Mihaela Rodina
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/ 1 January 2007

Bulgaria, Romania make it to EU

Bulgaria and Romania made it into the European Union on New Year’s on Monday, a historic moment that drew thousands to midnight concerts although leaders warned that painful reforms were still needed. As midnight struck marking the first day of 2007, hundreds of balloons with ”Welcome Europe” written on them rose to the sky from a 30 000-strong crowd in Alexander Battenberg square