site.btaMEP Andrey Kovatchev: Hard to Predict whether Bulgaria Will Be Allowed in Schengen

A report from a complementary voluntary fact-finding mission to Romania and Bulgaria in October reconfirms the readiness of the two countries for accession to the Schengen area. Released Wednesday, the report says that "after assessing the fields of

The reasons why Bulgaria and Romania are not admitted to the border-free Schengen Area are purely economic, Bulgarian MEP Angel Dzhambazki said in Strasbourg, speaking to Bulgarian reporters. "It is ridiculous and mendacious to have people, countries or governments that do not control their own territory, to speak about security and corruption. I mean the Netherlands and Sweden," Dzhambazki said. In his words, corruption exists everywhere. 

Bulgaria's entry into Schengen is entirely a diplomacy task for the Bulgarian government, MEP Radan Kanev told journalists in Strasbourg

The Bulgarian Members of the European Parliament call for an end to the unprecedented and unjustified blocking of Bulgaria's an Romania's accession to the Schengen area, GERB's press office said on Thursday.