03.29.2024

The Traian Vuia international airport in Timisoara, western Romania, has inaugurated on Friday (March 29) a terminal destined exclusively for passengers who will be traveling in the Schengen space, more

01.28.2022

Altex, leader of Romania’s electro-IT market, a business controlled by businessman Dan Ostahie, is readying to take its first steps outside Romania. more

09.28.2017

The European Commission said on Wednesday it is “high time” that Bulgaria and Romania become full members of the Schengen area and urged the Council of the EU to take the necessary actions. more

10.08.2013

Romania has met technical requirements to join the border-free Schengen Area, UK Ambassador to Bucharest Martin Harris said Tuesday, adding that Great Britain has not changed its standpoint and more

10.01.2013

While Romanian-French relations are heading towards a dead end, Romania remains a source of wealth and profit for France which has businesses in Romania in the banking, gas, auto, cement and telecom more

03.12.2013

President Traian Basescu on Tuesday called for a "partnership" between the Parliament and the Government in view of Romania’s accession to the border-free Schengen area, arguing it is an "obligation more

03.07.2013

EU ministers assembled Thursday at the EU Council on Justice and Home Affairs have put off a decision on whether to allow Romania and Bulgaria into the passport-free Schengen area, people close to the more

03.05.2013

Romania will not demand a vote on its Schengen entry and will no longer set deadlines for joining the border-free area, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Tuesday after discussions with the head of more

03.04.2013

Germany forgets that it does EUR9B worth of business in Romania and rejects Romania’s Schengen entry in a political statement. The costs of the postponement amount to hundreds of millions of euros more

02.03.2013

Romania’s President Traian Basescu said Sunday he will unreservedly argue for keeping the country’s Schengen entry on the agenda of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council in March. more

01.30.2013

Romania meets specific requirements to join the border-free Schengen Area, Mark Gray, the spokesman of the European Commission, said Wednesday after presenting the main points in the CE’s report on more

12.14.2012

Romania and Bulgaria’s Schengen entry will be discusses again at the meeting of the European Union's Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council in March 2013, Romanian President Traian Basescu said more

12.04.2012

The European Commission will discuss Wednesday, December 5, whether the decision regarding Romania and Bulgaria’s accession to border-free Schengen Area will be delayed until March 2013, Romanian more

09.11.2012

The September 19-20 meeting of the EU’s Justice and Home Affairs Council, where Romania and Bulgaria’s Schengen area entry were to be discussed, has been canceled, official sources told Mediafax more

09.04.2012

President Traian Basescu on Tuesday said Romania’s allies and friends have no reason to oppose the country’s accession to the border-free Schengen area, because state institutions did their job more

09.01.2012

The European Commission is keeping a close eye on the political situation in Romania after the country’s “parliamentary putch”, Commission vice-president Viviane Reding said in an interview, more

07.26.2012

Romania’s Foreign Affairs Minister Andrei Marga said the calendar for Romania and Bulgaria’s accession to the visa-free Schengen Area hasn’t changed following the European Commission’s report more

07.17.2012

Romania’s acting President Crin Antonescu said Tuesday on public radio that a decision on Romania’s accession to the border-free Schengen Area is likely to be postponed again, in the context of more

06.26.2012

Romania has invested over EUR1 billion to secure the European Union’s external borders and meets all conditions for accession to the Schengen Area, Interior Minister Ioan Rus said Tuesday at the more

04.25.2012

European Council president Herman Van Rompuy has praised Romania for some of its initiatives regarding border control and police cooperation meant to boost confidence into being allowed to join the more

04.24.2012

Romania and Bulgaria's bids to join the Schengen Agreement are not likely to receive a green light from the Netherlands ahead of the country's early elections in the fall, according to a Dutch expert more

03.08.2012

Romanian Interior Minister Gabriel Berca said he received positive signals that a decision allowing Romania to join the visa-free Schengen area will be made in September. more

03.02.2012

The European Union will delay until September a decision on letting Romania and Bulgaria into the bloc's visa-free Schengen zone, according to a draft statement on Thursday, AFP reported. more

01.19.2012

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday Romania is surprised a decision allowing the country to join the border-free Schengen Area has not yet been taken, considering the country has met all more

12.13.2011

The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) will discuss Romania and Bulgaria’s accession to border-free Schengen Area Wednesday, but the matter will not be put to the vote, people close to the more