Bulgaria and Romania welcomed the New Year with full accession to the European Union’s passport-free Schengen Zone, a move that will provide a new impetus for their economies, according to ...

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

But Bulgaria and Romania's bids to join the area have been denied, due to opposition from Austria and the Netherlands, amid concerns about illegal immigration and security.

We were surpassed by all the new EU members except Bulgaria It ... goal of catching up to Romania. It may sound blasphemous, but that is our reality now," Lovrincevic says. Still, the data published ...

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 ...