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Russian soldiers should be banned from Schengen ‘for life’, Estonian PM tells Euronews

Most of the Russian soldiers are "criminals" and should be kept out of the Schengen area for good, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal told Euronews. "Do you want these guys near your home? No, you don't."

Euronews

EU entry-exit system: ‘Just run that past me again …’

The Man Who Pays His Way: There seems to be no end to the questions and confusion about Europe’s digital borders scheme

The Independent UK

I am travelling to the EU. What has changed with the entry-exit system?

All you need to know about handling the Schengen area entry-exit system

The Independent UK

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UK visitors to southern Europe ‘should allocate four hours for border checks’

The Entry Exit System involves people from third-party countries having their fingerprints registered and photograph taken to enter the Schengen area.

Evening Standard

Europe’s new biometric border checks: what do non-EU travellers need to know?

Visitors arriving in any of the Schengen area’s 29 countries will have their faces and fingerprints scanned under the new entry/exit system

The Guardian - AU

I am travelling to the EU on or after 12 October. What is changing?

All you need to know about handling the Schengen area entry-exit system

The Independent UK

Eurostar passengers to face new border questions on hotels, cash and medical insurance

The requirement goes beyond the standard demands for travellers entering the Schengen area

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Simon Calder answers your questions on the EU’s new entry-exit system

ASK ME ANYTHING: Travel expert Simon Calder answered readers’ questions on the EU’s new entry-exit system – from how passports will be stamped and biometrics collected to what British travellers need to know about e-gates, Etias, and Schengen rules

The Independent UK

Hungary sanctions Ukrainian drone commander for bombing oil pipeline in Russia

Robert Brovdi is a key commander of Ukraine's Armed Forces. Hungary's sanctions will see him face difficulties entering the Schengen Zone, including NATO institutions.

Euronews

Poland begins controls on borders with Germany and Lithuania

Move after far-right protests is latest example of measures within EU that are straining passport-free Schengen zone

The Guardian - UK

Faro Airport opens e-gates to British travellers in time for summer – minister

UK nationals have been unable to use e-gates in most Schengen area countries since Brexit.

Evening Standard

Millions of UK tourists visiting Portugal can use e-gates this summer

Portuguese passport control is about to get speedier in time for summer holidays

The Independent UK

EU approves full Schengen membership for Bulgaria, Romania

Approval comes after Austria lifted its veto, claiming its demands on tackling illegal immigration had been met.

Al Jazeera

Schengen: Two more countries added to ID-check free travel area

The countires officially joined the Schengen area in March after years of negotiations

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Bulgaria and Romania 'one step closer' to full membership in Schengen zone, Hungary says

Hungarian officials say Bulgaria and Romania could become full members of Europe’s Schengen travel zone starting at the beginning of 2025

The Guardian - UK

Anti-immigration mood sweeping EU threatens its new asylum strategy

The bloc’s migration pact, finally agreed after a decade of talks, is already in peril as states outdo each other in efforts to get tough

The Guardian - UK

‘The end of Schengen’: Germany’s new border controls put EU unity at risk

Critics say tightened land border checks a ‘transparent’ bid to appease far right that breaches free movement rights

The Guardian - UK

UK citizens travelling to EU next summer will have to pay €7 visa-waiver charge

Scheme will mirror US Esta and apply to travel to Schengen area, with under-18s and over-70s exempt

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Evening Standard

Most Britons unaware of new EU biometric border controls set to be enforced from October

Travellers from the UK must have their fingerprints scanned and a photograph taken before entering EU and Schengen Area countries

The Guardian - UK

Gaza war surgeon feels ‘criminalised’ after being denied entry to France

Prof Ghassan Abu-Sitta says Schengen-wide ban imposed by Germany appears to be attempt to silence witness testimony

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Romania And Bulgaria Partially Join Schengen Travel Zone

Romania and Bulgaria take steps towards Schengen integration, facing border checks. Croatia granted full accession. Efforts to address challenges for smoot...

France 24

Bulgaria, Romania partially join EU's visa-free Schengen zone

Bulgaria and Romania joined Europe's vast Schengen area of free movement on Sunday, opening up travel by air and sea without border checks after a 13-year wait.

Radio France Internationale

‘Air Schengen’: Austria to relax air, sea borders with Romania and Bulgaria

Romania and Bulgaria have reached an agreement with Austria to join the European Schengen area of free movement by sea and air in March 2024, the Romanian government has said.

Chronicle Live

Holiday boost for Brits as new visa fee for travelling in EU is delayed

When the scheme launches, people from outside EU countries and wider Schengen area will have to register online and pay for a three-year permit

Wales Online

Britons could be fingerprinted at EU borders as passport stamps are phased out

The new procedures are designed to keep track of non-EU travellers who overstay their limited time in the Schengen Area

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