Romania and Bulgaria scrap land border controls to fully join the EU’s Schengen free-travel area:: Ruse border crossing, ...

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 ...

Lorries wait at a border crossing between Bulgaria and Greece, where controls will end as Romania and Bulgaria join the ...

Bulgaria and Romania are holding ceremonies to mark their full membership in Europe’s Schengen area, the culmination of years ...

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 fully joined the European Union's Schengen zoneon Wednesday, eliminating land border controls to other member states. The Schengen zone allows residents to travel between ...

Bulgaria's and Romania's full membership in the Schengen Area was celebrated on Wednesday, concluding years of negotiations for the Eastern European countries to join the ID-check-free travel zone.

Romania and Bulgaria had met the Schengen zone's technical requirements for membership since 2011. But "member states objected every time" they tried to join, analyst Valentin Naumescu told AFP.

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 ...