The full membership for Romania and Bulgaria will expand the Schengen Area to 29 states, including 25 EU member states.

Austria has long stood in the way of Romania and Bulgaria's full membership in the EU's prized zone of free movement. That ...

This development comes after years of partial inclusion for the two Balkan nations, which joined the European Union in 2007 ...

European Union interior ministers will vote on Dec 12 regarding a Hungarian proposal to allow Romania and Bulgaria to join ...

Austria has dropped its long-standing veto to Bulgaria and Romania joining the passport free Schengen zone, opening the door ...

Vienna praises Sofia and Bucharest for cracking down on illegal migration – but final decision will be taken in December.

The agreement, if ratified, will abolish checks at land borders with Romania and Bulgaria.

Bulgaria and Romania may become full members of the Schengen travel zone by 2025 after a meeting of interior ministers. Austria lifted its opposition to their entry. The final decision is anticipated ...

Bulgaria and Romania could become full members of Europe's Schengen travel zone starting at the beginning of 2025, Hungarian ...

Romania and Bulgaria are poised to become full members of the EU's Schengen zone by January 2025, pending approval from EU interior ministers next month. Having initially joined Schengen partially in ...

Romania and Bulgaria secured a deal that paves the way for full access to the European Union’s vast passport-free travel ...

Romania and Bulgaria may become full members of Europe's borderless Schengen travel zone in January 2025, Hungary said on ...