Tag: schengen
Balkans 16.12.23 | 22:04

Orban vetoes Bulgaria’s Schengen entry over the Russian gas dispute

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced that his country will block Bulgaria from entering the Schengen Zone, as long as Bulgaria continues to demand an extra transit tax on Russian gas. The Bulgarian move greatly affected all downstream countries, including Macedonia, and especially the major...
Balkans 08.12.22 | 18:46

The Netherlands maintains position on blockade: No Schengen for Bulgaria

Croatia has received the go-ahead to join Europe’s passport-free Schengen area in January 2023, Czech Interior Minister Vít Rakušan announced on Thursday. Croatia “really has done everything” to enter the Schengen area, Rakušan said, but expressed his disappointment that Bulgaria and Romania...
World 17.06.21 | 21:55

Hungary to reopen internal Schengen borders next week

Hungary will reopen its internal Schengen borders from June 24, unless the pandemic takes an unexpected turn for the worse, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said at the Hungarian embassy in Bratislava on Wednesday. Szijjarto said that currently only 19 border crossings between Hungary...
Macedonia 08.11.20 | 19:24

Macedonia, Albania and Serbia will discuss a joint initiative to fight the coronavirus

The leaders of Macedonia, Albania and Serbia – who are being joined in a Mini – Schengen zone – will hold a video conference tomorrow on how best to combat the spread of the coronavirus. It’s expected that the conference, which will include Zoran Zaev, Edi Rama, Aleksandar Vucic...
World 09.05.20 | 10:25

European Commission recommends that EU borders remain closed for another month

The European Commission called on EU member states and countries in the Schengen zone to keep the external borders closed for another month. If approved, the ban will apply on non-essential travel from third countries into the Schengen zone, with the hope it would reduce the spread of the coronavirus....
Macedonia 20.12.19 | 22:31

Protesters pushed Zaev to release the terrorists group which attacked Kumanovo in 2015

During Zaev’s term in office, he presided over a broad amnesty for prisoners with many ethnic Albanians receiving early release from prison, and the courts, which are apparently placed under his thumb, ordered the release of the ethnic Albanian Islamists sentenced for the 2012 Good Friday massacre. The...
Macedonia 10.11.19 | 15:08

Zaev says the “Mini Schengen” will be good for the region, as Vucic insists it will not be a “new Yugoslavia”

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev insisted that the Mini Schengen initiative between Macedonia, Albania and Serbia will lead to a better life in the Balkan region. The three leaders are meeting in Ohrid today as part of the process which was launched just as the European Union, under French pressure, announced...
Balkans 25.09.19 | 10:39

V4: Croatia could join Schengen area this year

The Schengen area decision of the European Commission has been completed and it is positive for Croatia, which means that it will undergo technical evaluation before the Juncker Commission’s mandate expires and will receive the Commission’s recommendation for accession to the Schengen zone,...

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