Bulgaria and Romania enter Schengen

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.
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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 drop EU border checks, join Schengen
All EU countries except Cyprus and Ireland are now in the Schengen zone.Romania and Bulgaria fully joined the European Union's Schengen zoneon Wednesday, eliminating land border controls to other member states. The Schengen zone allows residents to travel ...
Romania, Bulgaria fully join EU's borderless Schengen zone
Romania and Bulgaria scrap land border controls to fully join the EU’s Schengen free-travel area:: Ruse border crossing, Bulgaria:: January 1, 2025:: December 31, 2024The countries' interior ministers welcomed the first drivers to pass over the Friendship Bridge over the Danube River close to the Bulgarian border town of Ruse.
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 and Bulgaria celebrate full Schengen membership with border ceremonies
The Bulgarian border
Bulgaria and Romania enter Schengen: Borders now open
On 1 January 2025, border controls on the land borders with Bulgaria and Romania were lifted. Both countries have been striving to join the full Schengen Area since they joined the EU in 2007. Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU and adopted some of the Schengen regulations,
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Romania and Bulgaria fully join Europe’s borderless travel zone
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 ...
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.
The laws set to come into force in 2025
New rates of statutory maternity pay, statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay, statutory shared parental pay and ...