On Friday, the European Commission officially closed the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism for Bulgaria and Romania, which had been introduced in 2007, upo.
Bulgaria and Romania will likely need to wait at least another 12 months before joining the Schengen border-free travel zone. That's bad news for their economies.
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