The breakthrough was hailed by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen who simply said in a post on X superimposed onto the Romanian and Bulgarian national flags: "Fully in Schengen ...

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 midnight on ...

Romanian and Bulgarian border police work at the Giurgiu-Ruse border crossing between the two countries on Wednesday. DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP BUCHAREST — Romania and Bulgaria became full members ...

Romania and Bulgaria officially joined the EU's visa-free Schengen zone on January 1 despite having been European Union members since 2007. Their delayed accession to the now 29-nation zone had been ...

Bucharest, Jan 17 /Agerpres/ - Ambassador of Romania in Sofia Brandusa Predescu presented on Thursday former Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha with the Grand Cross of the National ...

Romania and Bulgaria became full members of the Schengen zone on Wednesday, expanding the borderless area to 29 members and ending a 13-year wait for the two eastern European countries. The expansion, ...