Schengen Area

AGERPRES special correspondent Florentina Peia reports: France's President Francois Hollande said Tuesday in relation to Romania's accession to the border-free Schengen Area that the country is ready to take on some commitments.

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Special AGERPRES correspondent, Florentina Peia, reports: President Klaus Iohannis on Monday asked France to support Romania's accession to the Schengen Zone, voicing hope at the same time that a positive decision to this end may be adopted as soon as possible.

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President Rosen Plevneliev said that Bulgaria remains among the most pro-European countries, which is in no small part due to its active civil society.

Plevneliev made this statement during a meeting with Dr. Beate Merk, Bavaria's European Integration and Regional Relations Minister, daily Dnevnik reports.

President Klaus Iohannis says Romania belongs in the Schengen Area, as it meets the criteria of this free movement space and any controversies about it are merely political.

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Bulgaria will take measures to address all issues pointed in the EU Commission's latest report on the country's progress in judicial reform and fighting corruption and organized crime, Deputy PM Meglena Kuneva said on Wednesday.

Latvia's Ambassador to Romania Ilgvars Klava on Wednesday said that there is a 'realistic possibility' for a decision to be reached during the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union concerning Romania's accession to the Schengen area.

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President Klaus Iohannis says that during the one month since his mandate takeover the first institutional steps have been made towards the 'Romania of things well done' project, showing that he has initiated measures concerning the independence of Justice, the Defence budget increase, strengthening the Partnership with the USA, the accession to the Schengen area and the reconfirmation of the a

The forthcoming EU Commission report under the Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification (CVM), will be more positive for Romania than for Bulgaria, European sources say.

Bucharest should expect a text suggesting improvement in 2014 compared to 2013, according to the information cited by Mediafax and Romania Insider.

AGERPRES special correspondent Florentina Peia reports: President Klaus Iohannis has stated on Thursday that the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, has assured him of his full support in what regards Romania's accession to the Schengen Area.

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Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva will be on a two-day working visit to Romania on Thursday and Friday, the government's information service reports.