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Romania and Bulgaria fully join EU's Schengen zone for travel and border checks

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The Schengen area has expanded to include Bulgaria and Romania. This expansion occurred after years of negotiation and provides for free access to travelers arriving by air or sea in both countries. However, land border checks remained in place due to concerns over migration.

  1. EU Parliament
    1. As of today, there will be no more checks when travelling across land borders between Bulgaria or Romania and any Schengen member country.
  2. BG
    Atanas Ilkov
    1. This is a well-deserved result of all our efforts over the past years, efforts made by all employees of the ministry of internal affairs.
    2. These efforts included physical security at the Bulgarian-Turkish border, using all available resources.
  3. RO
    Klaus Iohannis
    1. Romania assures that we will continue to act fully responsible for protecting and strengthening the EU's external borders.
  4. RO
    Radu Dinescu
    Romanian Road-Haulers' Association
    1. I don't want to underestimate the value of our land borders joining Schengen, but there is still some work to be done.
    2. The main beneficiaries from 1 January will be the cars and private persons.
    3. Our drivers lose at least 12 hours at each border crossing.

Schengen Area

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sources

  1. 1.The Times of India
  2. 2.BBC
  3. 3.Le Monde
  4. 4.CNN
  5. 5.France 24
  6. 6.Agence France-Presse
  7. 7.Associated Press
  8. 8.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen
  2. 2.Multilateralism
  3. 3.Enlargement of the European Union
  4. 4.Schengen Area

countries

  1. 1.AustriaAT
  2. 2.BelgiumBE
  3. 3.BulgariaBG
  4. 4.SwitzerlandCH
  5. 5.CyprusCY
  6. 6.GermanyDE
  7. 7.SpainES
  8. 8.FranceFR
  9. 9.GreeceGR
  10. 10.HungaryHU
  11. 11.IrelandIE
  12. 12.IcelandIS

organizations

  1. 1.European Union
  2. 2.European Commission
  3. 3.BMW
  4. 4.Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  5. 5.Cramele Recas
  6. 6.EU Parliament
  7. 7.Renault

persons

  1. 1.Beniamin Lucescu
  2. 2.Calin GeorgescuRO
  3. 3.Ivailo Kirkov
  4. 4.Klaus IohannisRO
  5. 5.Radu DinescuRO
  6. 6.Valentin Naumescu
  7. 7.Atanas IlkovBG
  8. 8.Catalin PredoiuRO
  9. 9.Gergely GulyasHU
  10. 10.Gueorgui Grantcharov
  11. 11.Leon Gloden
  12. 12.Marcel CiolacuRO

technicals

  1. 1.Schengen Area
  2. 2.Danube River
  3. 3.Danube Bridge
  4. 4.Friendship Bridge
Romania and Bulgaria fully join EU's Schengen zone for travel and border checks