Gendarmerie and motor patrols from Blagoevgrad will help the police in Bansko to ensure the smooth stay of tourists during the winter tourist season 2022/2023 in the ski resort in the Pirin Mountains. Police officers from Romania are already on the..
Mayor of Istanbul sentenced to prison for insulting high ranking public officials A Turkish court convicted the mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, at first instance, sentencing him to two years and seven months of imprisonment on charges..
"Since we are not allowed in Schengen, the governments of Bulgaria and Romania will abolish border control between their own countries, " says the position of the Chamber of Motor Carriers in Bulgaria. From there, they state that they support the..
The National Union of Road Hauliers from Romania - UNTRR condemns Austria's vote against Romania's accession to the Schengen area and asks the Romanian government to lift border controls with Bulgaria. This is reported by the Romanian news agency..
More than 200 years ago, fleeing from the Ottoman invaders, thousands of Bulgarians left their homeland to settle in Bessarabia. Over the years, the territory where they resettled passed from the borders of Romania and Russia, then the USSR, and..
Austria and the Netherlands were the two European countries that stopped Bulgaria on its way to Schengen in the vote on December 8. The main argument pointed out was weakness in the rule of law, as well as the influx of illegal..
In the wake of the Council of the EU decision not to admit Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area, Bulgarian MEP from the Renew Europe Group Ilhan Kyuchyuk warned that Bulgaria’s non-admission to Schengen is turning into a big problem for the..
Frontex deploys officers in non-EU Balkan countries for the first time At the beginning of 2023, the EU will deploy officers from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex, on the territory of Balkan countries aspiring to join..
Only Croatia will be admitted to the Schengen area from January 1, while Bulgaria and Romania remain outside the open travel zone. In today's vote in the EU Council, Austria has blocked the accession of Roman ia and Bulgaria into Schengen , while t he..
President Rumen Radev described as "utterly illogical" Bulgaria and Romania to remain outside the Schengen area in the conditions of a security, economic and social crisis. The Head of State commented this after a meeting with his Greek counterpart..
