Bulgaria Loses Billions Annually Due to Delayed Schengen Membership, Warns Economy Minister
Bulgaria stands to lose approximately BGN 1 billion each year due to its continued exclusion from full membership in the Schengen area
Placing Bulgaria under a new monitoring mechanism over the refugee situation would be unfounded, according to Nikolay Chirpanliev, Chair of the State Agency for Refugees.
In a Sunday interview for the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), Chirpanliev presented his stance on the warning of Cecilia Malmstrom, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, that Bulgaria could be the first case of enacting the early warning management mechanism under the Dublin-2 regulation on the rights of asylum seekers on the territory of the country of the first entry into the EU.
"Even if we are placed under a new monitoring mechanism, the ones who back the measure will make sure that there are absolutely no reasons for doing this. The fact that Bulgaria is the smallest EU country and, so to say, the most vulnerable one, does not mean that it must be used for other purposes," he declared.
Bulgarian MEP Ivaylo Kalfin, however, argued that Bulgaria ran the risk of being placed under the early warning mechanism.
Kalfin insisted that Bulgaria had to do everything possible to avoid it because it would signal that Bulgaria was failing to manage its borders and the issue of Schengen accession would be dropped from the agenda.
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Bulgaria's Minister of Defense Todor Tagarev admitted the possibility that an explosive device might have been planted on board the crashed plane in which Yevgeny Prigozhin was traveling
The European Commission has announced that it is preparing criminal proceedings against Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, and Portugal for incorrect application of the rules on the exchange of data on criminal records and the establishment of the relevant
The European Commission has started an evaluation of the Plan for Reconstruction and Development of Bulgaria, said the spokesman of the European Commission Eric Mamer. The document was submitted to the Commission on 15 October.
58% of Bulgarians do not support the introduction of the euro as the official currency in the country. This shows a study prepared by Trend agency specifically for the financial forum NEXT DIFI 2021, organized by b2b Media for the fifth year. The data dur
Too late Bulgaria began to explain its own position towards North Macedonia, as it should have been clear to our European partners some time ago.
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