''Bulgaria could join the so-called Air Schengen'', President Rumen Radev told reporters on Sunday. ''This is a step forward, but we must be very careful not to be left with the label ''Bulgaria is in Schengen now'', Rumen Radev said. ''It is critically important to open the land borders'', Rumen Radev added. In his words, the conditions set by Austria are difficult for Bulgaria to accept. Vienna proposes a threefold increase of the Frontex mission in Bulgaria, enhanced border controls between Bulgaria and Romania and between Hungary and Romania and sending Austrian advisers to work at the airports in Bucharest and Sofia. Bulgaria and Romania must also agree to accept migrants from Afghanistan and Syria.
On Monday, Bulgaria’s Minister of Interior Kalin Stoyanov will hold talks with his Austrian and Romanian counterparts in search of a political agreement on Bulgaria’s and Romania's accession to Schengen.
On Tuesday, minimum temperatures in the country will be between 10 and 12°C , 10°C in Sofia. In the afternoon it will be cloudy with short showers and thunderstorms, hail is possible. Highs will be between 20 and 25°C, 20°C in the capital. Along..
About 2,500 Bulgarians have been trained as paramedics since 2016. Nearly 60% of them emigrated and practice their profession abroad. This is what Iva Pehlivanska, president of the Union of Paramedics in Bulgaria, told BNR on the occasion of..
Just over 1 million Bulgarians traveled in the first quarter of 2024, 74.9% of them - in the country, 19.5% - abroad, 5.6% - at home and abroad. 88.2% of personal trips were organized independently (94.8% of trips in the country and 58.2% of those..
A major repair of the Danube Bridge near Ruse will begin at the end of June. It will be difficult. Traffic will be limited to one lane, but the facility..
"Russia suffers from internal division and discord, concealed by illusory unity, but in fact millions there are internally displaced dissidents..
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has arrived in Sofia. On May 27, he will address the Spring Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly..
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