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Bulgaria and Romania join the Schengen area | 29 members join the Schengen area

Bulgaria and Romania have partially joined the extended European Schengen free movement area, opening up air and sea travel without border controls after 13 years of waiting. However, Austria’s veto means the new regime will not apply to land routes after Vienna expressed concerns about a possible influx of asylum seekers. With the arrival of […]

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Coronavirus: European Commission invites Member States to prolong restriction on non-essential travel to the EU until 15 May

Τhe European Commission invited Schengen Member States and Schengen Associated States to prolong the temporary restriction on non-essential travel to the EU until 15 May. The experience of Member States and other countries exposed to the pandemic shows the measures applied to fight the spread of the virus require more than 30 days to be effective. The […]

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