The decision on Bulgaria’s accession to Schengen will be made on December 8 at the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting and Bulgaria has all chances to become part of the Schengen area, caretaker Minister of Justice Krum Zarkov has..
During a telephone conversation on Friday, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that Bulgaria expects the results it has achieved in protecting the EU external borders to be acknowledged by all..
On Monday and Tuesday, Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev and Foreign Minister Nikolay Milkov will visit The Hague . This is what Demerdzhiev announced today to reporters before the meeting of the ministers of interior and justice in Brussels. The two..
"Bulgaria's accession in Schengen should not be delayed any further" , reads an open letter by the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (KRIB), addressed to the country’s President, government and National Assembly ...
National Assembly Speaker Vezhdi Rashidov is inviting the Speakers of the Parliaments of Austria and the Netherlands , the countries opposed to the country's Schengen membership, to a meeting in Bulgaria next week. An invitation will also be extended to..
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev held a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Czechia Petr Fiala. Czechia is in the Presidency of the Council of the EU until 2022, with Prague designating the enlargement of the Schengen area..
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament has approved a declaration that confirms the will of Bulgaria to join the Schengen area. Two MPs of "Vazrazhdane" in the committee voted against, while the remaining 13 MPs supported the texts..
The European Commission announced that at their weekly meeting on November 16 , European commissioners will approve a new assessment of the measures taken by Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia to comply with Schengen rules. According to an EC spokesperson ,..
T he number of eurosceptics in Bulgaria will increase if the country does not join the Schengen A rea in December, Vice President Iliana Iotova said . "Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia should unite their diplomatic efforts and fight this..
In a letter sent to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Bulgarian MEPs from all political groups called for Bulgaria and Romania's joining the Schengen free-travel area to be hampered by one country only. President Rumen Radev calls on EU leaders to..
