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
Western Balkan countries plan to step up efforts to prevent unfounded applications for asylum and abuse of visa-free access to the European Union.
"We shall launch and pursue effective investigation of facilitators of irregular migration and prosecute those who enable the misuse of the visa-free regime in close cooperation with the law enforcement authorities of the EU member states, as well as Europol," said a joint declaration adopted by Western Balkans justice and home ministers at a meeting in Albania.
A number of EU Member States including Belgium, France, Germany, and Sweden, have called on the European Commission to allow them to restore internal border control after several Western Balkan countries were granted visa-free status in 2010 under the EU's Schengen agreement.
According to Western European officials, migrants are abusing the asylum system, creating substantial difficulties for the administration.
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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.
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