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(Reuters) -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 ...
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 ...
(Reuters) - Romania and Bulgaria will become full members of Europe'sSchengen free-travel area from next month, swelling the number of nations to 29, the EU said on Thursday.
Before Bulgaria and Romania’s admission, it was comprised of 23 of the 27 EU member countries, along with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Around 3.5 million people cross an internal border each day. Austria vetoed Romania and Bulgaria’s admission into the Schengen zone at the end of 2022 but allowed Croatia full accession ...
The Schengen rules do not require any other procedures; thus, the Schengen states are free to regulate further details on the content of the registration forms, and identity documents which are to be produced, and may also require the persons exempted from registration by Schengen laws to be registered. Enforcement of these rules varies by country.
On 22 February, the 2005 European Commission delivered a favourable opinion on the accession to the European Union of Bulgaria and Romania. [2] As a result, on 13 April 2005 the European Parliament gave assent to the applications of Bulgaria [3] and Romania [4] to become members of the European Union.
In 2021 six USAF F-16s operated from Bulgaria's Graf Ignatievo Air Base. [13] On 18 March 18 Bulgaria and Romania amended their 2011 Agreement on cross-border air policing. [25] In March 2021 six Bulgarians were charged with espionage and several Russian diplomats were expelled.
After years of negotiations to join the Schengen area, there is now free access for travelers arriving by air or sea from both countries. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed the ...