European Entry/Exit System to Be Applied at Bulgaria’s Land Border Checkpoints Starting January 6 2026

Balgarianovinite.com The European Union’s Entry/Exit System (EES) will be applied at Bulgaria’s land border control checkpoints as of 10 a.m. on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said in a press release on Monday. The EES will be applied  at the Kapitan Andreevo, Lesovo, and Malko Tarnovo checkpoints with Turkiye, the Strezimirovtski, Bregovo, and Vrashka Chuka checkpoints with Serbia, and the Gyueshevo, Stanke Lisichkovo, and Zlatarevo checkpoints with North Macedonia. 
The EES has been in effect at the Kalotina border control checkpoint with Serbia and at all air, river and maritime border checkpoints since October 12, 2025, when the EES was introduced at the EU’s external borders.
The EES registers electronically the data of third-country nationals entering the Schengen area for the first time for up to 90 days within a period of 180 days. Collected are biographic information and biometric data (photo and fingerprints). Subsequent entries require only a biometric face check. The System should become fully operational by April 10, 2026. 
The application of the EES in Bulgaria is in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2025/1534 of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 18, 2025 on temporary derogations from certain provisions of Regulations (EU) 2017/2226 and (EU) 2016/399 as regards the progressive start of operations of the Entry/Exit System, and the national plan for the EES’ integration in stages.  The goal is to help prevent illegal migration and increase security in Schengen. European Entry/Exit System to Be Applied at Bulgaria’s Land Border Checkpoints Starting January 6 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-05 18:54:55 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law