What will the EU’s new entry-exit system mean for British travellers? - Under the entry-exit system, British travellers to the Schengen Area can expect to be fingerprinted and provide a facial biometr ...

European visa waiver: when must I apply for an Etias and how will travel from the UK work? - Extra red tape due to Brexit will not be mandatory for travel from the UK to the Schengen Area before 2027 ...

The decision to abolish internal border controls reflected a collective desire to overcome the divisions of the Cold War and ...

The Schengen Agreement : a milestone in European integration On 14 June 1985, five European countries – France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg – signed the Schengen Agreement, ...

Today, the Schengen area is made up of 29 countries: 25 EU members plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Ireland and Cyprus are the only two EU members not signed up.

Before Bulgaria and Romania’s partial admission, Schengen was comprised of 23 of the 27 EU member countries, along with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

The European Commission—the European Union’s executive organ—is slated to present proposals Wednesday responding to the Franco-Italian demand for revision of the 1985 Schengen accords.

Anyaegbu’s was among the 50,376 short-stay Schengen visa applications rejected in Nigeria last year, nearly half of all submissions, according to newly released data from the European Commission.

Starting this week, Schengen will have a Germany-shaped hole at its heart. On September 16th Europe’s most populous country opted out of passport-free travel by reintroducing controls at all its ...

Romania and Bulgaria have become full members of the European Union’s border-free Schengen area after scrapping land border controls in the bloc.