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‘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...

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...

Italy responds to selective fingerprinting of Roma by pushing for the right to fingerprint the country's entire population. Italy has moved to defuse criticism over...

EU wants to check non-EU citizens' passports when they leave the Union in a scheme that parallels US plans. At their summit on 20 June, EU heads of state and government...

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...

The EU is struggling to keep pace with methods of collecting and safeguarding personal data, writes Judith Crosbie. Data protection has become one of the most controversial...

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...

With modern-day threats to security increasing, it seems obvious that they require a modern-day response. Sometimes technological invention does respond to security threats...

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...

EU member states have begun debating whether to ban liquids and laptops on board airlines, increase screening of passengers and introduce a system of profiling passengers...

The decision to raise the price of a Schengen visa from €35 to €60 came under attack this week, as analysts said the new fees would further isolate the zone's...

A plan for requiring foreigners in the EU to have their fingerprints attached to their residence permits has been withdrawn by the European Commission.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

EU ambassadors are set to approve a plan for exchanging DNA between the police and judicial authorities of the Union's member states. A Council of Ministers paper, to be...

In each of the last two years, commuters going about their daily business have fallen victim to terrorist atrocities on EU soil: first in Madrid, then in London. The general...

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...

The UK's wish-list for the EU's justice and home affairs agenda over the coming six months appears so closely linked to the fight against terrorism that it could have been...

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...