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(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.
The area is named after the 1985 Schengen Agreement and the 1990 Schengen Convention, both signed in Schengen, Luxembourg. Of the 27 EU member states , 25 are members of the Schengen Area. Bulgaria and Romania , the newest members, have had their air and maritime borders open since March 2024, with land border controls due to be lifted on 1 ...
The Schengen Agreement (English: / ˈ ʃ ɛ ŋ ə n / SHENG-ən, Luxembourgish: [ˈʃæŋən] ⓘ) is a treaty which led to the creation of Europe's Schengen Area, in which internal border checks have largely been abolished.
Romania remains committed to a strong and secure Schengen area.” Romanian President Klaus Iohannis echoed his foreign minister’s comments, saying on X, it “is a an important step for the ...
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 Treaty of Accession 2005 is an agreement between the member states of European Union and Bulgaria and Romania. It entered into force on 1 January 2007. The Treaty arranged accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU and amended earlier Treaties of the European Union. As such it is an integral part of the constitutional basis of the European ...
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 two eastern European nations made a breakthrough in their bid to join the Area in late 2023