Bulgaria and Romania have become the latest Schengen members.
By Martin Banks The Schengen rules will apply in both Member States including on issuing Schengen visas and controls at the internal air and sea borders will be lifted.
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January 31, 2024 Greece and Bulgaria discuss expanding bilateral collaboration
Greek State Minister Stavros Papastavrou met with Bulgarian Finance Minister Asen Vasilev in Sofia on Monday, following an invitation by the latter, and discussed expanding collaboration in interconnectivity and networks between the two countries.
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December 31, 2023 Spanish Presidency hammers out Schengen enlargement with Bulgaria and Romania
The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU succeeded late on Saturday 30 December 2023, one day before it passes the baton to Belgium, to move on with the Schengen enlargement with Bulgaria and Romania, after 12 years of negotiations.
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December 30, 2023 Romania, Bulgaria in partial Schengen deal with Austria, says Bucharest
Romania and Bulgaria have reached an agreement with Austria to join the European Schengen area of free movement by sea and air in March 2024, the Romanian government said Wednesday (27 December).
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December 17, 2023 Dutch government drops objection to Bulgaria joining Schengen
Bulgaria has met the conditions to join Europe’s passport-free Schengen area by strengthening its borders and efforts to combat illegal migration, the Netherlands said Friday (15 December), as Sofia took one step closer to joining.
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February 18, 2023 Bulgaria gives up its goal to join eurozone in 2024
Bulgaria will not join the eurozone on 1 January 2024, a target date the country had announced three years ago, Finance Minister Rositsa Velkova said in Sofia on Friday (17 February), instead setting a new target date for the entry for exactly one year later.
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December 21, 2022 Bulgaria denies violence and illegally pushing back asylum seekers
In a letter to the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, the government said there was no data on unlawful detention, injury or ill treatment of refugees, migrants or asylum seekers.
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September 17, 2022 Bulgaria’s Stanishev to step down as EU socialist party leader
Bulgarian politician Sergey Stanishev has announced that he will not run for a fourth term as leader of the Party of European Socialists when the party elects its president at a congress in Berlin on 14-15 October.
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June 4, 2022 Bulgaria’s eurozone accession debate split along Macedonian veto lines
Bulgaria’s four-party ruling coalition is not united on the issue of the country’s accession to the eurozone in early 2024, splitting along the same lines as with the unrelated issue of vetoing the start of neighbouring North Macedonia’s EU accession talks.
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April 27, 2022 Russia to suspend natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria over roubles
Russia is suspending natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria.
