Romania, Bulgaria and Schengen area

Ceremonies mark full membership of Bulgaria and Romania in Europe’s Schengen travel zone
Bulgaria and Romania are holding ceremonies to mark their full membership in Europe’s Schengen area, the culmination of years of negotiations by the Eastern European countries to join the ID check-free travel zone.
Romania and Bulgaria become full members of EU's Schengen zone
Romania and Bulgaria scrapped land border controls to become full members of the European Union's Schengen free-travel area on Wednesday, joining an expanded bloc of countries whose residents can travel without passport checks.
Impact for Brits as Romania and Bulgaria join the EU's Schengen Zone
Romania and Bulgaria joined the Schengen Area on January 1, 2025, ending land border checks with other Schengen countries — but it means one rule has to now be followed by Brits
Romania, Bulgaria join the Schengen area, expanding opportunities for skilled workers in 2025
Romania and Bulgaria have officially joined the Schengen Area as of January 1st, 2025, offering new opportunities for skilled workers
Romania, Bulgaria fully join EU's borderless Schengen zone
Romania and Bulgaria scrapped land border controls to become full members of the European Union's Schengen free-travel area on Wednesday, joining an expanded bloc of countries whose residents can travel without passport checks.
Romania and Bulgaria Join Schengen Zone: A New Era for European Travel
Bulgaria and Romania have become full members of the Schengen Area on January 1, 2025, marking a significant expansion of the world's largest borderless travel zone.
Romania & Bulgaria get full Schengen accession
Romania and Bulgaria became part of the Schengen Zone by air and sea on March 31, 2024, but not also through land borders. In spite of meeting the technical criteria since 2012, Austria continuously opposed the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen Area citing irregular migration concerns.
Romania and Bulgaria join Schengen zone
Romania and Bulgaria have joined the Schengen zone on January 1, a space that now consists of 29 European countries that have abolished border controls between
Romania, Bulgaria join borderless Schengen zone
Romania and Bulgaria became full members of the Schengen zone on Wednesday, expanding the borderless area to 29 members and ending a 13-year wait for the two eastern European countries.Romania and Bulgaria,
Romania and Bulgaria celebrate full Schengen membership with border ceremonies
The Bulgarian border
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Bulgaria and Romania fully join schengen
Bulgaria and Romania welcomed the New Year with full accession to the European Union’s passport-free Schengen Zone, a move ...
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Have a Schengen visa? You can now visit two new countries from the UAE
Fancy a new adventure this year?. Have a Schengen visa? You can now visit two new countries from the UAE. . Travel.
The Schengen area expands: two new countries to join in 2025
This is one of the things that changed on January 1, 2025: two new countries, Romania and Bulgaria, joined the Schengen area.
Dog becomes first to freely cross Romania into Hungary under Schengen agreement
A dog has become the first being to cross the Romania-Hungary border since Romania joined the border-free Schengen Area on New Year's Day 2025.