Romania, Bulgaria and Schengen Area

Bulgaria, Romania become full members in Schengen travel zone
Bulgaria and Romania marked a historic milestone by fully integrating into the Schengen Area eliminating ID checks at land borders with neighboring European Union countries
Ceremonies mark full membership of Bulgaria and Romania in Europe’s Schengen travel zone
Bulgaria and Romania are holding ceremonies to mark their full membership in Europe’s Schengen area, the culmination of years of negotiations by the Eastern European countries to join the ID check-free travel zone.
Impact for Brits as Romania and Bulgaria join the EU's Schengen Zone
Romania and Bulgaria joined the Schengen Area on January 1, 2025, ending land border checks with other Schengen countries — but it means one rule has to now be followed by Brits
Romania And Bulgaria Fully Join Europe’s Borderless Schengen Zone
Romania and Bulgaria scrapped land border controls to become full members of the European Union's Schengen free-travel area. | One of India's leading Digital News Agency offering Breaking News round the clock.
Romania, Bulgaria drop EU border checks, join Schengen
Two EU nations, Romania and Bulgaria, are eliminating land border controls to the rest of the bloc after Austria dropped its veto last month. All EU countries except Cyprus and Ireland are now in the Schengen zone.
Romania & Bulgaria get full Schengen accession
Romania and Bulgaria became part of the Schengen Zone by air and sea on March 31, 2024, but not also through land borders. In spite of meeting the technical criteria since 2012, Austria continuously opposed the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen Area citing irregular migration concerns.
Bulgaria’s Schengen Membership Brings Relief to Drivers and Carriers
Bulgaria's entry into the Schengen area has already begun to positively impact transport operations, according to the latest reports. Traffic has been flowing smoothly without significant delays or congestion,
Romania and Bulgaria become full members of EU's Schengen zone
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 whose residents can travel without passport checks.
Romania, Bulgaria fully join EU's borderless Schengen zone
Romania and Bulgaria scrap land border controls to fully join the EU’s Schengen free-travel area:: Ruse border crossing, Bulgaria:: January 1, 2025:: December 31, 2024The countries' interior ministers welcomed the first drivers to pass over the Friendship Bridge over the Danube River close to the Bulgarian border town of Ruse.
Romania, Bulgaria join borderless Schengen zone
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 countries.Romania and Bulgaria,
Romania and Bulgaria celebrate full Schengen membership with border ceremonies
The Bulgarian border
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Bulgaria and Romania fully join schengen
Bulgaria and Romania welcomed the New Year with full accession to the European Union’s passport-free Schengen Zone, a move ...
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Have a Schengen visa? You can now visit two new countries from the UAE
Fancy a new adventure this year?. Have a Schengen visa? You can now visit two new countries from the UAE. . Travel.
Dog becomes first to freely cross Romania into Hungary under Schengen agreement
A dog has become the first being to cross the Romania-Hungary border since Romania joined the border-free Schengen Area on New Year's Day 2025.