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Romania is located in southeastern Europe to the east of the Balkan States, being the eastern- and northern-most country of the Balkan Peninsula. On 01 January 2007, along with Bulgaria, Romania joined the European Union to form the EU-27.
Highly educated residents of the Helsinki region are the most willing to accept immigrants into the area to help alleviate the labor shortage. According to a poll commissioned by Helsingin Sanomat and conducted by Suomen Gallup, laborers with a low level of education take the most skeptical view of increasing immigration.
The European Union gained two more member states on 01 January 2007 with the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, making a historic New Year for the two nations. Huge celebrations were held in both countries to usher in a new chapter in their history, seventeen years after the fall of communism.
Micheàl Martin, T.D., Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment confirmed in an interview last week that the first Irish "green cards" for foreign workers will be issued "early" in 2007. The Minister said that the regulations providing for the green cards will be signed into law sometime during January.
The minister expected that as many as 10,000 people from all over the world would come to Ireland to avail of the scheme when it was fully operational - with a take-up of about 5,000 in the first year.
As of 19 January, "non-citizens" of Latvia and Estonia will be able to travel without visas to Norway, Iceland and European Union Member Sates, excepting Great Britain and Ireland.
The new regulations permit visa-free travel to approximately half a million 'aliens' - stateless persons living in Estonia and Latvia.
On 01 January 2007, Slovenia has become Europe's first former communist country to adopt the euro ( € ) as its official currency; it is also the first of the ten States that joined to form the EU-25 in May 2004.
The euro symbol was displayed on flags, balloons and t-shirts at New Year's Eve celebrations in the capital Ljubljana as Slovenes prepared for the switch.