as our efforts to secure Romania's accession to Schengen demonstrate, Levente Magyar said. The result is an important national recompense for Hungary, as the abolition of border controls has separated ...

Bulgaria and Romania rang in the new year with full entry to the European Union’s passport-free Schengen area, promising a fresh boost to their economies. The lifting of controls at land borders ...

Romania and Bulgaria have become full members of the European Union’s border-free Schengen area after scrapping land border controls in the bloc. The expansion was officially introduced at ...

Romania and Bulgaria have become full members of the Schengen zone, expanding the borderless area to 29 members and ending a 13-year wait for the two Eastern European countries. The expansion ...

Romania, Bulgaria drop EU border checks, join Schengen 01/01/2025 January 1, 2025 Two EU nations, Romania and Bulgaria, are eliminating land border controls to the rest of the bloc after Austria ...

Jan 1 (Reuters) - Romania and Bulgaria scrapped land border controls to become full members of the European Union's Schengen free-travel area on Wednesday, joining an expanded bloc of countries ...

Romania and Bulgaria had met the Schengen zone's technical requirements for membership since 2011. But "member states objected every time" they tried to join, analyst Valentin Naumescu told AFP.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. General view of the Bulgarian-Greek border checkpoint of Kulata in Bulgaria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, after ...

Romania will hold new presidential elections ... After the February poll, the question will be whether his party will be able to secure a majority or whether it will have to include opposition ...

Bucharest (AFP) – Romania and Bulgaria became full members of the Schengen zone on Wednesday, expanding the borderless area to 29 members and ending a 13-year wait for the two eastern European ...

Romania’s Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced on Monday that he and his coalition partners decided to adopt new economic ‘ordinance’ measures to address governmental budget deficit issues.