“It’s time to lift internal border controls now,” European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson believes. In an interview with RFE/RL she said she was optimistic about Austria’s decision. Asked what the arguments are for blocking the..
Euro Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson expressed expectations for the abolition of internal Schengen land borders for Bulgaria and Romania by the end of the year. Commissioner Johansson is attending the two-day EU Justice and Home Affairs..
On 31 March, Bulgaria and Romania become Schengen members: the Schengen rules will apply in both Member States including on issuing Schengen visas and controls at the internal air and sea borders will be lifted, the European Commission..
After the elections for the European Parliament, I expect a decision that Bulgaria and Romania can join Schengen also by land, said the Vice-President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas. Progress should be expected at the end of this year..
Bulgaria's Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov and Interior Commissioner Ylva Johansson signed in Brussels a Strategic Framework for Cooperation between the European Commission, the Agencies of the European Council and Bulgaria. The document will..
There is no good reason why Bulgaria's accession to Schengen should not be a fact by the end of the year , said Bulgaria's Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov during the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg. He referred to the published report of..
In a letter to European leaders, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen states that the Bulgarian-Turkish border should be a priority in strengthening the EU’s key external borders through targeted measures which are open to..
Bulgaria and Romania have ensured even better protection of the EU's external borders than at the first check in October, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said. This was the conclusion of a high-level expert mission that inspected these two..
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..
European Commissioner for Internal Affairs Ylva Johansson expects Bulgaria to join the measures proposed by the European Commission to cancel the eased issuance of visas for Russians. Asked whether Bulgaria is also expected to implement the new..
