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The Schengen area now covers 25 of the 27 EU member states, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Ireland and Cyprus are not members of the Schengen zone.
No. Ireland is not in the Schengen Area, and the Common Travel Area – incorporating the UK, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands – transcends European Union rules.
The Schengen Area has a population of more than 450 million people and an area of about 4,595,000 km 2 (1,774,000 sq mi). [6] About 1.7 million people commute to work across an internal European border each day, and in some regions these international commuters constitute up to a third of the workforce.
Romania and Bulgaria have reached an agreement with Austria to join Europe's open-borders Schengen area by air and sea from March 2024, with talks set to continue next year about land borders, the ...
The Schengen Area consists of 25 EU member states and four non-EU countries that are members of EFTA: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Cyprus, while an EU member state, is not yet part of the Schengen Area but, nonetheless, has a visa policy that is partially based on the Schengen acquis. [2]
Bulgaria and Romania complete the process of joining the Schengen Area, lifting land border controls. [3] 8 January–2 February – The 2025 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia, Denmark and Norway. [4]
The European Council has decided to enlarge the Schengen area to include Bulgaria and Romania, the council’s Spanish presidency said Saturday.
The Andorran government imposes no visa requirements on its visitors, and requires only a passport or European Union national identity card for entrance. [1] However, since the country is accessible only via the Schengen countries of Spain or France, entrance is not possible without entering the Schengen area first, and the Schengen visa rules can therefore be regarded as applying de facto.