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..
Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev has sent letters to the European leaders in which he calls on them to support the full membership of Bulgaria and Romania in Schengen. "Bulgaria's will, capacity and dedicated efforts to be part of the Schengen area..
The resistance of the Netherlands against the admission of Bulgaria to the Schengen zone does not change the intentions of our country. This was what Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Kostadin Kodzhabashev said. According to him, the resolution of..
"Bulgaria and Romania are more than ready to join Schengen" . This is the conclusion of the working group, formed by experts of the European Commission and member states, which visited both countries this month. According to European..
It is the ambition of Croatia and Bulgaria to enter the Schengen area together, Croatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said at a meeting with Bulgaria’s Vice President Iliana Iotova in Zagreb. “We heard Croatia’s support one more..
Caretaker Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev stated he was sure Bulgaria would join the Schengen area in December, as is the government’s target. “Schengen’s door is wide open for Bulgaria,” he said, and added that this was the result of..
Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia have fulfilled the conditions for joining Schengen and it is high time that the Council of the EU takes the necessary steps. This is what a spokesperson of the European Commission said at a press..