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

Hungarian EU Presidency advocates full Schengen membership for Bulgaria and Romania

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban presented the programme of Hungary's rotating EU presidency

Photo: European Parliament press office

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has proposed that a decision on the full membership of Bulgaria and Romania in the Schengen area be adopted by the end of the year. He said this today when presenting the programme of Hungary's rotating EU presidency to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. 

On 10 October, the EU Council will discuss Bulgaria and Romania's progress towards full Schengen membership. 

Meanwhile, Bulgarian Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev said that migration pressure had decreased by 71 per cent compared to 2023. Speaking at the Consultative Council on National Security, the prime minister dismissed reports that about 100km of the Bulgarian-Turkish border fence was missing. Checks from the air and on the ground showed that the fence was in place, Glavchev reiterated. 

Given the situation in the Middle East and the potential migrant pressure, video surveillance and, if necessary, patrols should be stepped up, the caretaker prime minister said.



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

Atanas Ilkov, Sándor Pintér

Hungary supports full Schengen membership for Bulgaria and Romania, Interior minister Pintér says

Bulgaria's Interior Minister Atanas Ilkov held a video conference with his Hungarian counterpart Sándor Pintér in the context of the upcoming Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg on 10 October.  Pintér reiterated Hungary's support for full..

published on 10/7/24 4:57 PM

LB Bulgaricum, Bulgaria's only state-owned milk processing plant, is to be modernised

The long-promised modernisation of the production facilities of Bulgaria's only state-owned milk processing company, LB Bulgaricum in Vidin, is about to begin. The Ministry of Economy announced that the modernisation of the production base would be..

published on 10/7/24 4:46 PM

Prof. Zico Kolter, one of the world's leading AI scientists, to give lecture in Sofia

At the invitation of INSAIT, one of the world's leading artificial intelligence scientists, Prof. Zico Kolter, will visit Bulgaria, the Ministry of Education has announced. Prof Kolter is a board member of OpenAI, the AI research organisation behind..

published on 10/7/24 4:12 PM