Schengen Area

EU double standards: Embracing Croatia, blocking Romania and Bulgaria

The bloc, however, allowed Croatia to join the borderless zone as it sped up efforts to integrate the Western Balkans in view of changing geopolitical realities following Russia’s attack on Ukraine.

Germany to lift Covid-19 travel warnings 'in two stages'

Berlin prepares to remove global travel warnings starting first with 26 EU member states and then for other countries, Foreign Ministry officials tell TRT World.

With doors slammed shut, is a visa-free Europe still viable?

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought back borders as different countries put their own interests first.

Does ‘Fortress Europe’ only apply to the poor?

While anti-immigration sentiment has taken hold in the EU in reaction to the continuing wave of asylum seekers, it seems this does not apply to the ‘rich’.

Denying Turkey EU membership against bloc's interests – Cavusoglu

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says each political obstacle set by the economic bloc against Ankara prevents political stability of European Union, at a joint press conference with top EU officials.

Khashoggi killing: 18 Saudi suspects banned from 26 Schengen nations

Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas says Berlin issued ban on Saudi nationals for Europe's border-free Schengen zone in close coordination with France, part of Schengen area, and Britain, which is not.

EU leaders press ahead with tough new Africa migrant plan

A dispute over how Europe should manage migration has deepened since an anti-EU government with a strong anti-migrant streak assumed power in Italy this month.