Romania and Bulgaria join EU’s Schengen area Romania and Bulgaria are expected to become full members of the borderless Schengen area starting next year. The decision comes after Austria, the main opponent, lifted its veto last month at a meeting in Hungarian capital Budapest. The two eastern countries will join Schengen on January 1, 2025 closing a chapter that began in 2011. Although border checks were lifted on air and sea travel for the two countries last March, it was only last month when

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