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The European Travel Information and Authorisation System ( ETIAS) is a planned electronic authorisation system of the European Union for visa-exempt visitors travelling to the Schengen Area (including EFTA countries), as well as Cyprus. [ 1] ETIAS is planned to be implemented sometime in late 2024. [ 2][ 3][ 4][ 5]
Five nations contest, with counter-claims, the UK's sovereignty in the following overseas territories: British Antarctic Territory – territory overlaps Antarctic claims made by Chile and Argentina. British Indian Ocean Territory – claimed by Mauritius. Falkland Islands – claimed by Argentina.
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 ( SI 2020 /568) is a statutory instrument (SI) made on 2 June 2020 by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The regulations aimed to reduce the possibility of infection spreading from travellers ...
A growing number of nations have banned flights from the UK in a bid to stop a mutant strain of coronavirus crossing their borders. – Which European countries have banned flights from the UK ...
Currently, Portugal is off the “air bridge” list and is one of the countries not exempted from quarantine rules. Portugal remains off travel list for UK holidaymakers Skip to main content
The United Kingdom is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe.With a total area of approximately 244,376 square kilometres (94,354 sq mi), [a] [1] the UK occupies the major part of the British Isles archipelago and includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern one-sixth of the island of Ireland and many smaller surrounding islands. [3]
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom(UK) or Britain,[m]is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. [21][22]It comprises England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
In terms of shape, Europe is a collection of connected peninsulas and nearby islands. The two largest peninsulas are Europe itself and Scandinavia to the north, divided from each other by the Baltic Sea. Three smaller peninsulas— Iberia, Italy, and the Balkans —emerge from the southern margin of the mainland.