Bulgaria, Romania, partially join Schengen area

2 min read Uncategorized, Ciolacu, Denkov, European Commission, European Council, schengen, Ursula von der Leyen

After 13 years of knocking on the door, Romania and Bulgaria will join Europe’s Schengen travel zone by March 2024, the European Commission (EC) announced on Monday, 1 January. The Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries struck the agreement to join Schengen by air and sea only after Austria

Bulgaria shelves energy tax on Gazprom after pressure from Hungary

1 min read Hungary, North Macedonia, Serbia, Borissov, Bulgartransgaz, Denkov, Gazprom, Mariya Gabriel, Szijjarto, TurkStream, Vasilev

The Bulgarian Parliament, with cross-party support, swiftly abolished a special tariff on Russian transit gas this week, after Hungary threatened to veto its Schengen membership bid. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Bulgaria’s decision to impose an additional tax on natural gas transiting through its territory to North Macedonia,