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The decision by the European Council to remove the U.S. from a safe list of countries for nonessential travel reverses advice that it gave in June, when the bloc recommended lifting restrictions ...
The European Council is updating its recommendations on the temporary restriction of nonessential travel into the EU, citing “the evolution of the pandemic, the increasing vaccination uptake and ...
The Trump Administration suspends travel for European visitors, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. President Trump says he has been tested for the virus, and he addressed conflicts with the ...
The European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) is a planned electronic authorisation system for visa-exempt visitors to travel to the Schengen Area and to other EU member states, [179] except Ireland, which remains in the Common Travel Area with the United Kingdom and other British Islands. [180]
The European Council agreed on 17 March 2020 to ban incoming travel other than citizens from countries in the European Union, European Economic Area, Switzerland and United Kingdom, long-term residents and people with long-term visa or residence permits, family members of EU and EEA citizens, medical personnel and people responsible for ...
Italy was the first European country to experience a major outbreak in early 2020, becoming the first country worldwide to introduce a national lockdown. [4] By 13 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Europe the epicentre of the pandemic [5] [6] and it remained so until the WHO announced it was overtaken by South America on ...
The EU claims the entry/exit system will save time, saying: “The EES replaces passport stamping and automates border control procedures, making travelling to European countries using the EES ...
ETIAS is required for entry by land, air and sea to 30 European countries, including the 29 member states of the Schengen Area, as well as Cyprus. Ireland, which is part of the Common Travel Area, is the only member state of the European Union that continues to have its own visa policy and does not plan to join the Schengen Area or to require ETIAS.