The President of the Bulgarian National Assembly Tsveta Karayancheva who is paying an official visit to Finland met with the Speaker of The Parliament of Finland Paula Risikko. Tsveta Karayancheva and Paula Risikko voiced confidence that the active..
Addressing the congress of the European People’s Party, EPP, in Helsinki, the chairman of GERB party and Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borissov urged the EPP to come up with clear positions on issues like Schengen enlargement with the accession of..
The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of European Parliament has called for the swift accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area. The MEPs are demanding that the two countries be admitted simultaneously at land,..
Bulgaria will deny entry to citizens of non-EU countries who are not allowed to enter or reside in the Schengen countries as of August 1 this year, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Interior announced. The same restrictions will be valid in Romania as well after..
At a trilateral meeting in Bucharest, the foreign ministers of Bulgaria, Romania and Greece - Ekaterina Zaharieva, Teodor Melescanu and Nikos Kocias, supported by a joint declaration the construction of the Balkan Gas Hub and the European integration of..
Bulgaria and Switzerland have signed an intergovernmental Agreement on Police Cooperation. The document was signed by Minister of Interior Valentin Radev and Simonetta Sommaruga, head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police of the Swiss..
Margaritis Schinas, Chief Spokesperson of the European Commission stated, in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio, that there are no objective reasons why Bulgaria and Romania should not to be part of the Schengen area. He added that..
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva held talks in Sofia with Austria’s Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Karin Kneissl. The two expressed their shared the view that the European perspective of the Western..
Estonia supports Bulgaria’s accession to the Schengen Area and the topic will be part of the agenda of the European Council in the coming months, Estonian Deputy Minister for European Affairs Matti Maasikas said in an interview for the Bulgarian..
The Presidency of the Council of the EU is an opportunity to show a different image of Bulgaria. This was what the head of the Permanent Representation of Bulgaria to the EU in Brussels, Ambassador Dimiter Tzanchev told reporters. He pointed out that..
