As a result, the two Eastern countries will join Schengen as of 1 January 2025 in the capacity of fully-fledged members, closing the chapter that began in 2011, when the European Commission first ...

Schengen: Two more countries added to ID-check free travel area - The countires officially joined the Schengen area in March ...

The EU is expanding its free-movement zone to include the two Balkan countries – which will scrap remaining border controls with the rest of the Schengen states on January 1, 2025. Romanian ...

Romania and Bulgaria are set to become full members of the Schengen Area as of 1 Jan. 1, 2025. Austria has given up its opposition and the EU interior ministers gave the green light for the accession ...

It's been a rocky road to Schengen membership for both eastern European countries. View on euronews ...

Romania and Bulgaria will become full members of Europe's Schengen free-travel area from next month, swelling the number of ...

When Romania and Bulgaria join the Schengen zone in the new year, it will be easier for travellers to visit the two countries. At least in principle. Citizens of Schengen countries do not need to ...

Dec. 12 (UPI) --Romania and Bulgaria will become full members of the Schengen Area that allows free movement of 420 million people between 29 mostly European Union countries without border checks ...

Allowing Romania and Bulgaria to enter the Schengen Area fully as of January 1st, 2025, further expands “the world's largest common area without internal border controls.” The decision ends over a ...

Newly installed non-Schengen automatic border control gates are pictured at the Henri Coanda International Airport in Otopeni, Romania. Photo: Daniel MIHAILESCU/AFP. "It is a historic moment to ...