Schengen digital visa a step closer
EU member states’ ambassadors agreed on March 29 on the Council of the EU’s negotiating mandate for a proposal to
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EC: Renewed Schengen Information System enters into operation
The upgraded Schengen Information System (SIS) enters into operation on March 7, the European Commission (EC) said. SIS is the largest information
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Croatia joins euro zone, Schengen
As of January 1 2023, Croatia has become the 20th country to introduce the euro and the 27th to become
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Vetoes by Netherlands and Austria bar Bulgaria, Romania from joining Schengen
Bulgaria and Romania will continue to remain outside the Schengen visa zone after failing to win unanimous support at a
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Dutch, Austrian leaders on Bulgaria and Schengen: ‘Not yet’
Two days before European Union home affairs ministers are due to decide on whether to admit Bulgaria to the Schengen
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Bulgaria threatens ‘countermeasures’ if Netherlands, Austria block it from Schengen
Bulgaria’s caretaker government is ready with “relevant decisions, including considering possible countermeasures” if the Netherlands and Austria veto its joining
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Dutch opposition to Bulgaria joining Schengen irks country’s leaders
Bulgarian government officials and political leaders have been irked by reported comments by Wopke Hoekstra, that it is “still to
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EC: Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia are fully ready for Schengen
The European Commission (EC) called on November 16 on EU leaders, due to meet in December, to take the necessary
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MEPs back Croatia’s Schengen accession
In a vote on November 10, members of the European Parliament endorsed lifting internal border controls between the Schengen free-movement
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