Commissioner says Bulgaria has made 'concrete progress'

EU justice and home affairs commissioner Franco Frattini has praised Bulgaria its recent reform progress ahead of the country's planned accession to the EU next year, but also told Sofia to step up the implementation of reforms.

"I am a bit more optimistic after my last visit here. I see concrete progress... Bulgaria is on the right track. Now the key word is implementation," Mr Frattini said after meeting Bulgarian prime minister Sergey Stanishev on Monday (31 July), according to AFP.<...