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 ...

Jan 1 (Reuters) - Romania and Bulgaria scrapped land border controls to become full members of the European Union's Schengen free-travel area on Wednesday, joining an expanded bloc of countries ...

The two Balkan countries partially joined the Schengen Area in March ... this year reinstated some land border checks over concerns ranging from migration to security. Some EU officials warned ...

Poland took over the rotating EU Council presidency on January 1with the motto ‘Security, Europe!’. The work programme of the Polish presidency, which will lead the EU Council’s activities over the ...