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Schengen: European Council approves temporary border controls by five countries for three months

November 11, 2016November 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Schengen

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

October 25, 2016 Deutsche Welle Schengen

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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Bulgaria 

Mitov: Schengen area needs to be kept as it is

April 25, 2016April 25, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia, Russia, Schengen, Turkey

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

January 29, 2016February 4, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Hungary, 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

January 24, 2016January 25, 2016 VOANews IMF, 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 

Bulgaria raises Schengen membership issue during Steinmeier visit to Sofia

March 10, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev, Schengen

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 

Bulgaria has held more than 200 would-be illegal immigrants so far this year

June 4, 2013June 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

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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Bulgaria Europe News 

Economy, energy focus in talks between Bulgarian PM Raykov and Italy’s Letta

May 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov, Schengen

Talks in Rome between Bulgarian Prime Minister Marin Raykov and his Italian counterpart Enrico Letta focused entirely on economic matters,

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Decision on Bulgaria and Romania joining Schengen visa zone unlikely before autumn

March 7, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

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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