After a 13-year wait, Bulgaria and Romania have partially joined Europe’s Schengen area of free movement. The two countries reached an agreement late last year to join the continent’s free-travel area by air and sea after Austria opposed full membership, including land crossings, saying Romania and Bulgaria needed to do more to prevent irregular migration. …
Romania and Bulgaria have reached an agreement with Austria to join the European Schengen area of free movement by sea and air in March 2024, the Romanian government said Wednesday. Issued on: 28/12/2023 – 10:14Modified: 28/12/2023 – 10:16 1 min “After 13 years, Romania is finally going to join Schengen! We have a political agreement …
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Next year’s COP29 climate summit is set to take place in oil-rich Azerbaijan after Eastern European countries resolved a political deadlock on Saturday. Geopolitical tensions had left the 2024 conference in limbo for months, with Russia blocking EU countries from hosting and feuding neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan vetoing each other. But …
Fierce rainstorms battered neighboring Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria on Tuesday, triggering flooding that caused at least seven deaths, including two holidaymakers swept away by a torrent that raged through a campsite in northwestern Turkey. Issued on: 06/09/2023 – 03:54 3 min Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said four other people were missing after the flash …