Bulgaria's main objective remains the abolition of land border controls within the Schengen area as soon as possible this year, National Assembly Speaker Rosen Zhelyazkov told Austrian National Council President Wolfgang Sobotka, reported BTA...
After the elections for the European Parliament, I expect a decision that Bulgaria and Romania can join Schengen also by land, said the Vice-President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas. Progress should be expected at the end of this year..
Romania expects to enter Schengen by land by the end of the year Romania will join the Schengen area via its land borders by the end of the year, said Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu in an interview with local TV station Antenna 3,..
Austria will wait for the results of the opening of the Schengen area to Bulgaria and Romania by air and water, and only then will it reflect on the opening of the land borders, Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said before the meeting of..
The candidate of the Party of European Socialists (PES) for President of the European Commission, Nicolas Schmit, expressed full support for the admission of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen. He said this at a meeting with the former..
Austrian Minister of the Interior Gerhard Karner stated that his position against the admission of Bulgaria and Romania in the Schengen area by land remains unchanged. "For me, it is now important that we comply with the agreed entry..
"There are no negotiations with Austria. We are discussing the next steps with the European Commission’’, Premier Nikolay Denkov said in response to a question whether there is a progress in the negotiations for Bulgaria's accession to the..
We meet with the ambassador of France in the sophisticated neo-baroque building of the French embassy on Oborishte street in the center of Sofia. The diplomatic career of Joël Meyer, who graduated in Greek literature at the National Institute of..
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov has stated that with the upcoming acceptance of Bulgaria into the Schengen area by air and water, nothing will change in the conditions under the Dublin Regulation. Bulgaria still fulfills the agreements on..
If it was my decision, Bulgaria would be a member of Schengen by land this year, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said at a press conference in The Hague after his meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov. Mark..
