Bulgaria's EU accession brought the country a step closer to the Schengen area, a group of countries whose external borders are carefully guarded, while the internal borders between the participating countries have been fully abolished.
Pridruživanje Bugarske EU dovelo je zemlju korak bliže Šengenskoj oblasti, grupi zemalja čije su spoljne granice pažljivo čuvane, dok su unutrašnje granice između tih zemalja potpuno ukinute.