Cyprus are in the final stages of their agreement to become a Schengen member state, president Nikos Christodoulides ...

Federal Department of Justice and Police. Bern, 30.01.2025 - Federal Councillor Beat Jans attended a meeting of EU justice and home affairs ministers in Warsaw on 30 January. Disc ...

The Schengen area now covers 25 of the 27 EU member states, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Ireland and Cyprus are not members of the Schengen zone. Sign up here.

The Schengen area was created in 1995, after five states (France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) signed the Schengen Agreement in 1985, followed by the Schengen Convention in 1990.

EU states on Thursday cleared Bulgaria and Romania to become full members of the borderless Schengen zone from the start of next year, officials said. "It is a historic moment to finally welcome ...

Visiting Hungary as a teenager, opera singer Katalin Benedekffy used to have to wait up to a whole day at the border at her ...

The Schengen zone is the largest area of free movement in the world, according to the commission. The scheme has occasionally caused friction among its member states, including over flashpoint ...

The Czech proposal to limit the movement of Russian diplomats within the Schengen area is gaining traction and could be included in the EU’s 16th sanctions package against Russia, according to Jitka ...

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EU states on Thursday cleared Bulgaria and Romania to become full members of the borderless Schengen zone from the start of next year, officials said, following a 13-year wait for the two eastern ...