Bulgaria will probably hold its eighth election in four years. But will this calm the political turbulence, or will rising ...

Amid celebrations, Romania and Bulgaria have become full members of the European Union's free-travel Schengen area scrapping land border controls.

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

Fireworks lit the sky at a crossing close to the Bulgarian border town of Ruse just after the stroke of midnight as the ...

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The news means there will no longer be land boarder controls between Bulgaria and Romania, Romania and Hungary and Bulgaria and Greece. The countires joined the Schengen area in March after years ...

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Bulgaria and Romania, both members of the European Union since 2007, were partially integrated into the Schengen in March, opening up travel by air and sea without border checks. Austria's ...

The European Union on Thursday approved the full membership of Bulgaria and Romania in the Schengen Area, effective from 1 January 2025. The Hungarian Presidency of the EU Council hailed the ...

Romania and Bulgaria's shared journey to join the passport-free Schengen Area came to an end on Thursday morning as interior ministers from the European Union gave their final blessing to their ...

Photo: EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET. After years of frustrated attempts, Bulgaria and Romania will become full members of the EU’s passport-free Schengen Zone from January 1, 2025. The decision came ...