The Schengen zone is the largest area of free movement in the world, according to the commission. The scheme has occasionally caused friction among its member states, including over flashpoint ...

This is a great success for both countries. And a historic moment for the Schengen area - the largest area of free movement in the world,” Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European ...

Bulgaria and Romania are now full members of the Schengen area, enhancing free movement, travel, trade, and security ...

European Union ministers have agreed to let Bulgaria and Romania join Europe’s ID-check free travel zone ... and traveling within the Schengen area. Freedom of movement is central to European ...

The Schengen free movement zone now encompasses all EU countries except Cyprus and Ireland. It also includes Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

Only a few days left until the borders between Romania and Bulgaria close as the countries join the Schengen Area — a border-free region that guarantees the free movement of millions of EU citizens.

Many ways exist which could alleviate undesired restrictive effects of the Schengen regime on the movement of honest citizens ... neighbouring states for visa-free status, with help from the ...

Slovenia, Croatia and Italy signed a memorandum on trilateral police patrols to be dispatched to the external Schengen border ...

The team will intensify its efforts to speed up the procedure of the implementation of decision as a prelude to the final announcement to allow UAE citizens visa free travel to Schengen Area.

Romania and Bulgaria had met the Schengen zone's technical requirements for membership since 2011. But "member states objected every time" they tried to join, analyst Valentin Naumescu told AFP ...

Bulgaria and Romania have officially been welcomed into Europe’s border-free zone, becoming full members of the Schengen Area this ... the world’s largest free movement area.