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EU's Interior Ministers agreed Thursday with the necessity to amend laws concerning the Schengen agreement forced by the vast influx of North African migrants.
Should the amendments be materialized, temporary internal border controls might be renewed when it is necessary for Schengen to accommodate massive and unexpected migration surges
EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom, however, warned border control rules needed "increased clarity ... to avoid unilateral, uncoordinated decisions by member states."
"Currently it seems that the majority view is ... that one country should not be in a position to make a decision like that. That might trigger a chain reaction," Hungarian Interior Minister Sandor Pinter, said, as cited by Deutche Welle.
In the beginning of May, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy held talks in Rome that ended with a request to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso for changes to Schengen.
The European Commission then announced a set initiatives cover various aspects of migration, including strengthened border control and Schengen governance, completion of the Common European Asylum System, more targeted legal migration, exchange of best practices for successful integration of migrants, and a strategic approach for relations with third countries on migration.
Gibraltar is set to be integrated into the Schengen system for land crossings starting July 15, following an agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom regarding the territory’s future arrangements
Bulgaria marks two years in the Schengen area, following a phased entry that began on 31 March 2024, when the country joined the world’s largest free movement zone for air and sea travel together with Romania
Bulgaria has begun operating a new system to monitor travelers from non-EU countries at its external borders, now in its second day of implementation.
On January 1, 2026, Bulgaria celebrates one year as a full member of the Schengen Area, marking a significant milestone in the country’s European integration.
The European Parliament has called for a “military Schengen” to enhance the EU’s ability to respond rapidly to potential threats, particularly amid Russia’s ongoing aggression in Ukraine.
The European Commission has unveiled a new “military Schengen” initiative aimed at drastically improving the speed at which troops and military equipment can move across EU borders
EU countries will each have to secure guarantees worth billions of euros for the loan to Ukraine funded by frozen Russian assets, Politico’s Brussels edition reports.
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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