site.btaRomanian Interior Minister Sends Open Letter to Austrian Counterpart over Schengen

Romanian Interior Minister Lucian Bode has sent an open letter to his Austrian counterpart Gerhard Karner to express his "deep indignation" with Thursday's vote in the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council which rejected with 25 votes in favour and 2 against the proposal to allow Romania, and also Bulgaria, in the border-free Schengen area, Romania's Agerpres news agency said on Monday.