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VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria is dropping its veto on Romania and Bulgaria becoming full members of Europe's Schengen free-travel area, its interior ministry said on Monday, paving the way for European ...

BUCHAREST/SOFIA -- Romania and Bulgaria have reached an agreement with Austria to join Europe's open-borders Schengen Area by air and sea from March 2024, with talks set to continue next year about ...

More than 90,000 illegal migrants arriving via the Balkans had been apprehended in Austria since the start of this year alone. European Union’s Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson has ...

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen said on December 9 that he regrets a government decision to block Romania and Bulgaria from joining Europe's open-borders Schengen Area. Croatia, which was ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgaria and Romania have received permission to join Europe’s passport- and visa-free Schengen Area, starting in March, the governments of the two countries said. The move initially ...

Romanian MEPs say Austria is feeling the heat for vetoing Romania's and Bulgaria's accession to the passport-free zone after the European Parliament passed a resolution criticising Vienna's ...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania and Bulgaria have reached an agreement with Austria to join Europe's open-borders Schengen area by air and sea from March 2024, with talks set to continue next year about ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria, which has led opposition within the European Union to Romania and Bulgaria joining the Schengen open-travel area, said on Monday it was willing to relent but only on plane ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria and Romania have received permission to join Europe’s passport- and visa-free Schengen Area, starting in March, the governments of the two countries said. The move ...