The European Council has decided to enlarge the border-free Schengen area to include Bulgaria and Romania, the council’s Spanish presidency said Saturday. Controls on air and sea borders will be ...

With Romania now in the Schengen Zone, it means arrivals from within the free travel area are smoother and swifter. Here’s why you should book a trip this year.

Border checks between Bulgaria and Romania have officially been lifted on July 1, as part of the implementation of the ...

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.

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

Top Schengen visa spots in 2025 include Iceland, Slovakia, Italy, and Romania, boasting high approval rates and easy ...

Arrivals recorded in tourist accommodation structures in Romania, including apartments and rental rooms, in the first five ...

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.

Romania and Bulgaria have reached an agreement with Austria to join Europe's open-borders Schengen area by air and sea from March 2024, with talks set to continue next year about land borders, the ...

Bulgaria and Romania's Schengen accession is on the agenda of meetings of EU justice and interior ministers being held in Luxembourg today and tomorrow.

Romania remains committed to a strong and secure Schengen area.” Romanian President Klaus Iohannis echoed his foreign minister’s comments, saying on X, it “is a an important step for the ...