The first week of 2020 is set to be a busy one for Croatia. On January 1, the country assumes the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, while on January 5 Croatians head for the polls in the second round of a presidential...
Tag - Schengen
News last month that Bulgaria had met the European Commission’s criteria for the lifting of the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) and – implicitly...
Croatia is ready to join the Schengen area, the European Commission has confirmed. Based on the results of the country’s Schengen evaluation process initiated in...
The Czech Republic received the highest number of Schengen visa applications of any emerging Europe country in 2018, new data from Schengen Visa Info has revealed...
The European parliament has voted by an overwhelming majority to admit Bulgaria and Romania to the passport-free Schengen travel area. Specifically, MEPs voted to adopt...
Manfred Weber, the European People’s Party presidential candidate for the European Commission, has claimed that Bulgaria will partially enter the Schengen Area in 2019...
The case of activist Lyudmyla Kozlovska, president of the Polish-based human rights NGO Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF), who was expelled from the EU by the Polish...
With almost 1.6 million applications in 2017, the twelve countries of emerging Europe whose citizens needed visas to visit the 26 Schengen countries in 2017 accounted...
In January 2018, eleven years after joining the European Union (EU), Bulgaria assumed the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the EU — an institution...
Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine may soon join the European customs union and Schengen area, gaining increased access to the single market. The European Parliament passed a...
Despite its natural beauty spots and historical sites, Belarus isn’t a top tourist destination. As a matter of fact, it has been one of the least visited countries in...
