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Romania's citizens can now travel more easily to other EU member states. But until it is a Schengen member, they will still have to spend time and money on crossing borders....

Removing visas for Russians at this point would undermine the EU's Eastern Partnership and the rule of law. The political momentum behind visa-free travel between Russia and...

‘Visa dialogue' is less about visas than about finding the best way to secure legitimate interests. The debate on visa liberalisation for the EU's neighbours is highly...

Macedonians, Montenegrins and Serbs will be able to travel freely across the Schengen zone. Citizens of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia will be able to travel throughout...

Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina lagging behind in efforts to meet EU requirements. The European Commission is to propose next Tuesday (14 July) that EU member states...

Age limit for the collection of children's fingerprints proves key point of contention in debate over pan-EU rules. Biometric data and digital facial scans will soon...

Though still waiting to be recognised as a state by most countries, Kosovo's passport is expected to be accepted. EU border guards are now having to familiarise...

The European Commission is pressing ahead with proposals to require the fingerprinting of children as young as six, despite high-level concerns about the efficacy and ethics...

MEPs have criticised European Commission proposals under which fingerprints would be taken from children as young as six for a new database of people wanting to enter the...

The UK and Ireland are to put pressure on other member states to allow them access to Schengen zone biometric databases. During their first meeting this week (16 July) UK...

From 26 October the US will tighten up its visa-waiver scheme, which allows visa-free travel for travellers from most European countries. Travellers will only be allowed to...

A plan for requiring foreigners in the EU to have their fingerprints attached to their residence permits has been withdrawn by the European Commission. The Commission...

Moldova, one of Europe's hot spots for organised crime, is to begin to transfer information to EU police agency Europol. The country could begin transferring technical and...

LUXEMBOURG'S EU presidency has urged that a possible exemption from having fingerprints stored on the passports of children should be considered. After the 11 March train...

EU citizens who do not need a visa to travel to the US will only be eligible for the visa-waiver programme from 26 October if they have passports containing digital...

EU member states are unlikely to reach agreement on lifting the arms embargo on China before the end of June, Luxembourg's deputy foreign minister said this week. Nicolas...

THE Luxembourg presidency is trying to salvage an EU plan to create the world's largest fingerprints database after a key suggestion for the scheme was deemed unworkable....

EU JUSTICE ministers are next week set to back plans to introduce biometric identification for their citizens' passports, possibly from as early as 2006. Interior ministers...

ASA Hutchinson is under-secretary for border & transportation security at the United States' department of homeland security. We asked him: What will change for European...