Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Schengen Area" produced 199 items.
| 1. Tensions at the border if the Scots vote ‘Yes'? | February 9, 2012 |
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What happens about Schengen if Scotland leaves the UK? Colin Kidd's article on Scotland's bid for independence carried a picture of the Scottish border (“Britain's... | |
| 2. Bulgaria and Romania edge towards Schengen | February 8, 2012 |
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Dutch government still to drop its veto against the two countries joining the Schengen area. Bulgaria and Romania have made progress in fighting corruption and organised... | |
| 3. EU starts visa talks with Kosovo | January 19, 2012 |
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Malmström visits Pristina, launches talks expected to take years. Cecilia Malmström, the European commissioner for home affairs, has launched talks that could lead... |
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| 4. Danes put Schengen under renewed pressure | January 19, 2012 |
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Malmström says Denmark's interpretation of common visa rules is an “unfortunate and difficult situation”. Cecilia Malmström, the European commissioner for home... |
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| 5. News in brief | December 15, 2011 |
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Border security
The European Commission on Monday (12 December) proposed a new European Border Surveillance System (EuroSur) to prevent or detect serious cross-border crime... | |
| 6. Roadblocks to progress | December 15, 2011 |
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The Danes are likely to have a frustrating six months dealing with justice and home affairs. Justice and home affairs was to have been a priority area for Denmark during its... |
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| 7. Council postpones Serbia's candidate status | December 9, 2011 |
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Germany had led opposition to Serbia's candidacy because of violent clashes at border with Kosovo. EU leaders have postponed a decision on granting Serbia the status of a... | |
| 8. Split over Commission's border-control proposal | December 8, 2011 |
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Ministers to discuss Schengen rules amid concerns over loss of control in member states. Controversial migration and asylum issues dominate next week's meeting of the... | |
| 9. Plan to modernise EU border controls | October 30, 2011 |
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Commission outlines plan for entry/exit system and a registered travellers' programme. The European Commission is to propose measures to keep track of travellers entering or... |
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| 10. UN to assess prospects for peace in Cyprus | October 29, 2011 |
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Ban Ki-moon to meet the leaders of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities. Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general of the United Nations, is to meet the leaders of the Greek... |
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| 11. Poland steps up efforts to allow Bulgaria and Romania into Schengen | September 22, 2011 |
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Finland and the Netherlands oppose gradual admission of the two countries. Polish diplomats are seeking a last-minute compromise that would allow national interior ministers... | |
| 12. Member states divided over Schengen enlargement | September 22, 2011 |
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Poland's interior minister accuses Netherlands and Finland of breaking EU promises to Bulgaria, Romania. Poland's interior minister has accused the Finnish and Dutch... |
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| 13. Commission unveils Schengen plans | September 16, 2011 |
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Member states opposed to Commission proposal to have greater say over emergency border checks. The European Commission today (16 September) adopted a proposal that... |
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| 14. Commission's Schengen plan under attack | September 15, 2011 |
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Member states attack Commission's Schengen proposal before it is presented. A bid by the European Commission to control the suspension of countries from the EU's Schengen... | |
| 15. Commission in bid to limit emergency border checks | September 8, 2011 |
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Malmström wants EU to have last say on controls, but proposal will be opposed by several member states. The European Commission will next week defy France, Germany and... | |
| 16. Waiting for the borders to fall | July 28, 2011 |
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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.... |
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| 17. Schengen at a glance | July 28, 2011 |
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How the system works. | |
| 18. The EU's eastern frontier | July 28, 2011 |
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Schengen requirements have led to a drop in visa applications from the country's eastern neighbours and changed travel patterns. In the months after Poland joined the... |
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| 19. Malmström approves French, Italian Schengen measures | July 25, 2011 |
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Commissioner warns that measures not in line with “spirit” of Schengen area. Cecilia Malmström, the European commissioner for home affairs, has said that measures... |
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| 20. A Union punctured by internal and external border hot-spots | July 20, 2011 |
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Europe's borders, and those of the European Union, are the product of awkward geography, as in the case of Lampedusa, or of historical accident, with Kaliningrad and Ceuta... |
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