On 1 January 2025, border controls on the land borders with Bulgaria and Romania were lifted. Both countries have been ...

In a touching and surprising moment, a stray dog became the first “traveler” to cross the newly opened border between Hungary and Romania, after Romania joined the Schengen Area. According to ...

Romania, Bulgaria drop EU border checks, join Schengen 01/01/2025 January 1, 2025 Two EU nations, Romania and Bulgaria, are eliminating land border controls to the rest of the bloc after Austria ...

Romania and Bulgaria, both members of the European Union since 2007, were partially included in the Schengen zone in March, eliminating border checks at ports and airports. But Austria had ...

Romania and Bulgaria have become full members of the European Union’s border-free Schengen area after scrapping land border controls in the bloc. The expansion was officially introduced at ...

Seventeen years after Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union, they have been given the green light to become members of its border-free Schengen travel zone. The decision by fellow EU ...

At midnight on 1 January, the interior ministers of Bulgaria and Romania met at the Ruse-Giurgiu border crossing between the two countries to mark the opening of the frontier. Another short ...