site.btaPrime Minister Denkov, Deputy Prime Minister Gabriel Issue Joint Statement on Bulgaria's Schengen Accession

Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov and Deputy Prime Minister Mariya Gabriel issued a joint statement, stating that Bulgaria's accession to Schengen and the lifting of air and sea border controls at the end of March 2024 is a huge step forward after 12 years of negotiations and six months of hard work by the government and the National Assembly. " It happened, despite all obstacles, prejudices, skepticism, huge geopolitical and domestic political interests," the statement reads, quoted by the Council of Ministers' press service.