Schengen: European Council approves temporary border controls by five countries for three months
The European Council said on November 11 that it had decided that five countries – Austria, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and
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EU border controls to get a further three-month extension
The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, is to put a three-month extension request to member states, it said in
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Mitov: Schengen area needs to be kept as it is
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria Daniel Mitov gave an exclusive interview to IBNA. The head of Bulgarian diplomacy spoke
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In Sofia, Hungarian PM Orbán slams EU on migration, ‘double standards’ on Bulgaria and Schengen
During a visit to Sofia, Hungarian prime minister Victor Orbán has sharply critised European Union policies on dealing with the
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Lagarde: ‘Make or break’ point for Schengen
The chief of the International Monetary Fund says she believes Europe’s refugee crisis is placing the continent’s cherished Schengen zone
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Bulgaria raises Schengen membership issue during Steinmeier visit to Sofia
Bulgaria has met the technical criteria for joining the European Union’s Schengen visa zone and this had been confirmed by
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Bulgaria has held more than 200 would-be illegal immigrants so far this year
The latest arrest by Bulgarian border police of would-be illegal migrants, six people who said they were from Syria and
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Economy, energy focus in talks between Bulgarian PM Raykov and Italy’s Letta
Talks in Rome between Bulgarian Prime Minister Marin Raykov and his Italian counterpart Enrico Letta focused entirely on economic matters,
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Decision on Bulgaria and Romania joining Schengen visa zone unlikely before autumn
European Union interior ministers were scheduled to meet in Brussels on March 7 2013 for a state-of-play discussion on Bulgaria
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