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 ...

The Schengen Area was established in 1985. Before Bulgaria and Romania’s admission, Schengen consisted of 23 of the 27 EU member countries, along with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

UK holidaymakers have been granted a reprieve as the expected £6 visa-waiver introduction has been delayed until late 2025.

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 midnight on ...

Irregular migrants that manage to cross into Bulgaria along the 271km border with Turkey can then travel through the EU to the northern coast of France and onward to Britain, although several Schengen ...

DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP BUCHAREST — 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 ...

New data are being created on the crossings of Balkan visitors after the opening of the borders of Greece with Bulgaria, at ...

Seventeen years after joining the EU, the two countries are given the green light to join the Schengen zone. Notes on the media in Bulgaria, including links to broadcasters and newspapers.

Several thousand people rallied outside Bulgaria's central bank and the European Commission building in Sofia to protest government plans to introduce the euro as the official currency. Clashes ...