Information connectivity between institutions in Bulgaria will be improved by the end of the year. This will shorten the time for processing documents for access for labor market access of foreign seasonal workers. This was announced by the..
The European Commission reiterated its call on the Council of the European Union to decide on the accession of Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia to the Schengen area. The Commission considers that the three countries meet the necessary criteria. This is stated..
“Many of the promises made have not been kept, that is why the European leaders do not trust Bulgaria about Schengen,” Prime Minister Kiril Petkov told reporters in Brussels, as he commented the reservations some European politicians have and why..
The French Secretary of State for European Affairs Clement Beaune expressed confidence that Bulgaria would lift its veto over the start of negotiations between the Republic of North Macedonia and the EU . Beaune met in Sofia with Prime Minister Kiril..
Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia have been held in the waiting room of the Schengen Area for an unreasonably long time. This was what Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša told the European Parliament, while presenting the priorities of the Slovenian..
Luxembourg will do its best, so that in the coming years Bulgaria can become a member of the Schengen Area, this country’s Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Immigration Jean Asselborn said after the meeting with Bulgaria’s Foreign..
European Commission spokesman Alex Winterstein said the position of President Jean-Claude Juncker on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen has not changed, BNR correspondent to Brussels Angelina Piskova said. Winterstein said this in..
Bulgaria has to deal with corruption and problems in its justice system in order to get support from the Netherlands for Schengen membership. This was what Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Stef Blok said in response to a question by..
"We support Bulgaria on its road to Schengen," Minister -President of Bavaria Marcus Söder said after a closed meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. Söder is visiting Bulgaria at the invitation of PM Borissov. The two discussed..
At an official ceremony in Bucharest on occasion of the start of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union the President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani voiced hopes that Bulgaria and Romania would join the Schengen Area..
