Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Switzerland to remove air border controls for Bulgaria and Romania

Photo: AP/BTA

Passport checks at Swiss airports for people traveling to and from Bulgaria and Romania will be removed from March 31. The Swiss government has agreed to follow the EU's decision of December 30 to lift border controls by air and sea for Bulgaria and Romania, reported BTA. Controls will remain in place at land borders.

Switzerland, a member of the Europe’s passport-free Schengen zone, also accepts that Romania and Bulgaria will be able to issue their own Schengen visas themselves, the Swiss government announced. "The experience of Croatia’s accession to the Schengen Area on January 1, 2023 has shown that a decision of this kind does not lead to a marked increase in immigration'', swissinfo.ch reported. 




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Weather forecast: Friday will be sunny

On Friday morning visibility will be diminished in parts of the lowlands and valleys. Minimum temperatures 5-10° C., for Sofia 6° C. During the day there will be sun with scattered clouds. Maximum temperatures 17-22° C., for Sofia around 17° C...

published on 10/31/24 6:15 PM

GERB says it would make every effort to form regular government

The GERB party will make every effort to form a regular government with a full mandate. This was what the leader of the party Boyko Borissov said this morning during a meeting with the ambassadors of the EU countries in Bulgaria. He announced this..

published on 10/31/24 5:30 PM
Nikolay Denkov

PP-DB will not support a cabinet with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov

GERB leader Boyko Borisov must answer clearly whether he will remove Delyan Peevski from his entourage and return to the European development of Bulgaria, or work with Delyan Peevski and move Bulgaria towards a dictatorship, as Peevski is currently..

published on 10/31/24 2:33 PM