Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Klaus Iohannis: It is best for Romania and Bulgaria to enter Schengen together

Photo: Facebook /Klaus Iohannis

The best option for Romania and Bulgaria is to enter the Schengen area together and "all negotiations and all attempts to convince those who have reservations on this matter are aimed at this". This is what Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said today during his visit to Belgium at a joint press conference with Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo, BTA reported.

Iohannis' words came after in an interview published yesterday with the Bloomberg agency, Romanian Prime Ion-Marcel Ciolacu said that Bucharest might consider a separate path from Bulgaria's efforts to become a member of Schengen if that would lead to a better result.

"There are no indications that Bulgaria and Romania are on different tracks for Schengen," Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov said today, answering citizens' questions on current topics via Facebook.




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns the statements by North Macedonia's Premier

In a press release, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the recent statements by the Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia Hristijan Mickoski regarding the Bulgarian minority in the country and its inclusion in the..

published on 2/13/25 9:07 AM

Restaurateurs from around the country discuss how to keep the 9% VAT for the industry

Restaurateurs from around the country are holding a national meeting today in Veliko Tarnovo to discuss taking measures to protect the differentiated 9% VAT rate for catering establishments, BNR’s correspondent in Veliko Tarnovo Zdravka Maslyankova..

published on 2/13/25 8:05 AM
Atanas Zapryanov

Defence Minister Zapryanov discusses long-term support for Ukraine at Brussels NATO defence ministers meeting

Bulgaria’s Minister of Defence Atanas Zapryanov will take part in the meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels today.   The forum will focus on strengthening the alliance’s deterrence and defence capacity, how to distribute responsibilities..

published on 2/13/25 7:10 AM