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Bulgaria Vows to Be 100% Schengen Ready on March 14 [Mar 08, 2011] Bulgaria will be fully prepared for an inspection of its execution of the Schengen Area criteria on land border control after March 14, 2011. The exact date was announced Tuesday by Deputy Interior Minister Dimitar Georgiev as the Bulgarian government has been fending off EU criticism on its Schengen fitness in the recent months by claiming it will be fully ready in March. Georgiev pointed out ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Sofia Seeks to Dispel Franco-German Fears over Bulgaria's Schengen Fitness [Jan 25, 2011] The Foreign Ministry in Sofia has sought to assuage the fears of several influential EU member states over Bulgaria's fitness to join the borderless Schengen Agreement. The Spokesperson of Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry Vesela Cherneva has declared the government's position that the country will be meeting fully the Schengen Area accession criteria by March 2011. Bulgaria and Romania were ... [via YahooNews] More >>

8-Time Mr. Olympia Winner Ronnie Coleman to Pose in Bulgaria (Novinite.com) [Mar 25, 2010] Legendary US bodybuilder Ronnie Coleman is arriving to Bulgaria at the end of April 2010. Coleman, who is an eight-time winner of the Mr. Olympia title, is coming to Sofia at the invitation of Alexander Staliyski, Chair of the Bulgarian Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation. [via YahooNews] More >>