Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said today that "visible progress in the protection of the EU's external borders must be made in order for Bulgaria and Romania to be admitted to the Schengen area. "This means that the deployment of the military..
No additional conditions have been set for Bulgaria to join Schengen by air and sea in March , Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov said. Together with Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariya Gabriel, Nikolay Denkov attended a meeting with..
A date for the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the land-border Schengen area has not been specified with Austria or the European Commission. This is what Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov said, refuting information that emerged earlier, according to..
Austria has assumed the commitment to continue the negotiations for the opening of the land borders, said Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov at today’s cabinet sitting in a comment on Bulgaria’s accession to the Schengen area. Land Schengen..
Political agreement was reached on 23 December with the Austrian and the Bulgarian interior ministry on enlarging the Schengen area as of March, 2024, to include Romania and Bulgaria by air and sea. This was announced officially on the Romanian..
After the parliament of the Netherlands removed all obstacles in the way to Bulgaria’s full entry into the Schengen area definitively, Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov commented that the Netherlands’ decision places Bulgaria in a better position in..
The Netherlands has removed all obstacles to Bulgaria's full entry into Schengen. A week ago, the government of Prime Minister Mark Rutte decided that Bulgaria had fulfilled all the requirements and sent a letter to the parliament. MPs had three..
I call on the authorities, even though they already lost 2 months, to use the remaining days until the New Year in order to guarantee us full acceptance in Schengen. I remind you that with diplomacy and efforts we managed to achieve a clear commitment..
A Bulgarian MEP took a night-time journey by truck in protest against Bulgaria’s not being admitted to the Schengen area. Andrey Novakov wants to show how long Bulgarian carriers have to wait at borders and how damaging not being admitted to Schengen..
So far, Austria has agreed to allow Bulgaria to enter the Schengen area by air only, but negotiations with are still under way . Our country will continue to insist on being admitted to the EU's free movement area by land as well, PM Nikolai Denkov..