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The decision of the Council of the European Union of December 30, 2023 regarding the partial accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen Area was published in the Official Journal of the EU. According to the document, starting from…

President Klaus Iohannis says that Austria's arguments for blocking the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen Area do not stand, since it has accepted the accession of Croatia. On the other hand, Iohannis says that the Schengen…

Austria continues to block Romania and Bulgaria from entering the Schengen area, despite the call of the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to include the two countries, Euractiv reports. Austria rejected the…

Russia will secure "victory" and is ready to go to the "borders of Poland", former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said a year after the invasion, according to AFP and Reuters. Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's Security…

In 2022, on grounds of extensive efforts to stop illegal activities at the country borders, Romanian authorities seized more than 110 million contraband cigarettes.  The black-market value of illegal cigarettes seized by the Romanian…

"I'm angry too", Austria's Minister of the Interior, Gerhard Karner, answered, when asked about the Romanians' anger that he blocked their access to the Schengen area. The Austrian official claimed that "the legal documents were put on the…

Austria will not agree to an expansion of the Schengen area, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner announced on Friday, quoted by Kurier and Der Standard publications, G4Media reported. "The system is dysfunctional. The situation in Europe shows…

Arad local authorities will set up temporary anti-COVID vaccination centres at the border with Hungary at Nădlac I and Nădlac II border customs, after they had seen that more and more Romanians who work abroad are coming to Romania just to…

Greece will reopen borders for tourism as of April 16, Romanian minister of Economy and Tourism, Claudiu Nasui announced on Monday, after a discussion he had with the the Greek ambassador to Romania. "Greece will re-open border for…

Finland has announced the re-opening of its border for citizens from 17 countries that have seen a low rate of infection with the novel coronavirus. The list does though not include Romania, nor other states like France, Spain or…