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Romania and Bulgaria to join Schengen free-travel area from Jan. 1. December 12, 2024 at 5:54 AM (Reuters) - Romania and Bulgaria will become full members of Europe'sSchengen free-travel area from ...
Romania and Bulgaria have become full members of the European Union’s border-free Schengen area after scrapping land border controls in the bloc.
Bulgaria Croatia Czech ... which joined the EU on 1 May 2004, is legally bound to join the Schengen Area, implementation has been delayed because of the Cyprus dispute.
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.
Bulgaria and Romania became members on 1 January 2007, but the application of certain policy areas of the European Union to Bulgaria and Romania was deferred to a later date. These were: Schengen Area (see enlargement of the Schengen Area): partial application from March 31, 2024, full application from January 1, 2025
1 January – Bulgaria and Romania join the Schengen Area. [1]16 January – The National Assembly approves a coalition government between GERB, the BSP and the ITN led by Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov of GERB.
The European Council has decided to enlarge the Schengen area to include Bulgaria and Romania, the council’s Spanish presidency said Saturday. Bulgaria and Romania join Schengen area for ...
On 12 December 2024, the Council decided to lift the remaining border checks at land crossing effective 1 January 2025, making Bulgaria and Romania full members of the Schengen Area. A dog was the first thing to cross the Hungary-Romania border after Romania joined.