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Bulgaria’s Schengen Accession: A Structural Turning Point: In March 2024, Bulgaria entered the Schengen Area, a development that extends far beyond border management. For the first time, the country’s citizens and residents gained seamless mobility across the majority of continental Europe, a shift that reinforces Bulgaria’s integration within the EU’s institutional...

The global business community is closely watching as Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi signal renewed cooperation between the world’s two most populous nations. Their remarks, delivered on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, come amid new U.S. tariffs targeting Chinese...

Global executives are watching closely as trade tensions between Washington and emerging markets escalate. Brazil, which holds the rotating chair of BRICS in 2025, has called for an extraordinary summit of the bloc following new U.S. tariff measures announced by President Donald Trump. According to Valor Econômico, the initiative is...