The Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) has finalised the preparation of the Council Decision to lift internal land border checks with Bulgaria and Romania (i.e. for the two countries to ...

European Union ambassadors have approved Bulgaria and Romania's long-awaited accession to the Schengen Area, marking a ...

European Union interior ministers will vote on Dec 12 regarding a Hungarian proposal to allow Romania and Bulgaria to join ...

Romania and Bulgaria are poised to join the Schengen Area by January 2025, streamlining travel across Europe. This expansion ...

The full membership for Romania and Bulgaria will expand the Schengen Area to 29 states, including 25 EU member states.

Austria has long stood in the way of Romania and Bulgaria's full membership in the EU's prized zone of free movement. That ...

Austria has dropped its long-standing veto to Bulgaria and Romania joining the passport free Schengen zone, opening the door ...

Vienna praises Sofia and Bucharest for cracking down on illegal migration – but final decision will be taken in December.

By Denitsa Koseva in Sofia Austria agreed on November 22 to lift its veto on the full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to ...

Bulgaria and Romania may become full members of the Schengen travel zone by 2025 after a meeting of interior ministers. Austria lifted its opposition to their entry. The final decision is anticipated ...

Provisional controls along Romania’s border with Hungary and Bulgaria will continue for at least six months after the two new ...

Hungarian officials say Bulgaria and Romania could become full members of Europe’s Schengen travel zone starting at the ...