The benefits for Bulgaria from full entry into Schengen are estimated at over 800 million euros per year. The largest benefits will be for manufacturers and exporters. But while this macroeconomic effect is awaited, the benefits are already being felt..
On the Bulgarian border with Turkey , traffic is extremely heavy at the Kapitan Andreevo and Lesovo border checkpoints at the exit for trucks, the Border Police reported as of 6:00 this morning. Temporarily, the passage through the Malko Tarnovo..
Exactly at midnight on January 1, with a symbolic lifting of the border barrier, Minister of Interior of Bulgaria Atanas Ilkov and his Romanian counterpart Cătălin Predoiu marked the beginning of the full membership of the two..
Romania closes dozens of border check points as of 1 January In connection with its full accession to the Schengen area, as of 1 January, 2025, Romania is closing more than 30 border check points on its borders with Bulgaria and Hungary, Radio..
From the distance of time, history and researchers will give their assessment of Bulgaria and its neighbourly relations in the first quarter of the 21st century. But even then, they will rely on the facts and perceptions of contemporaries about them...
Traffic at the border crossings with Romania and Turkey is intense, the Bulgarian Border Police reported. Traffic with Romania is intense at Kardam border crossing at the exit for trucks. Due to major repairs to the Bulgarian section of the..
The Council of the European Union decided that checks at the land Schengen borders of Bulgaria and Romania will be lifted from January 1, the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU said. In 2024, checks at the air and sea Schengen borders..
Austria has lifted its veto on Romania and Bulgaria’s full membership of the Schengen area, the Austrian Ministry of Interior has announced. “We can take the next step at the EU (Justice and Home Affairs) Council,” Interior Minister Gerhard..
The decision to scrap Schengen border checks by land for Bulgaria and Romania has been included as the first item on the agenda of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting on Thursday, 12 December. Bulgaria joins Schengen area by air..
Pro-Russian candidate takes lead in first round of presidential election in Romania In a shock development, independent far-right, pro-Russia candidate Calin Georgescu took the lead in the first round of the presidential election in Romania with..
