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Europe’s Travel Sector Welcomes Romania and Bulgaria to Schengen

EU travelers to Romania and Bulgaria will no longer need to go through passport checks after the two countries joined the Schengen open travel zone.
Posted On 01 Apr 2024
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Finnair Starts Weighing Passengers and Carry-ons at the Gate

Finnair is weighing volunteering customers and their carry-on baggage at the departure gate of Helsinki Airport to collect data for flight balance calculations.
Posted On 09 Feb 2024
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EU: Bulgaria and Romania to Join Schengen Area Starting with Air and Sea Borders

Bulgaria and Romania are to join the Schengen area, starting with lifting controls at air and sea borders as of March 2024.
Posted On 30 Dec 2023
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Photo source: European Commission
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European Commission Names New Schengen Visa Application Platform

The European Commission announced the name of the EU’s new online Schengen visa application platform.
Posted On 11 Dec 2023
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EU Wants Member States to Step Up Schengen Cooperation, Reduce Extended Border Checks

The European Commission aims to reduce extended border checks in the Schengen area by suggesting new measures.
Posted On 28 Nov 2023
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Photo source: European Commission, Migration and Home Affairs
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EU to Digitalize Schengen Visa Application Procedures

The EU Council adopted new rules to allow people who plan to travel to the Schengen area to apply online for a visa.
Posted On 14 Nov 2023
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EU to Delay Launch of ETIAS Border Entry System Again

The European Commission is set to push back the implementation ETIAS, a new EU-wide border entry system.
Posted On 26 Sep 2023
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Experts Warn EU’s New ETIAS Border System May Cause Problems

Travel and aviation experts are warning that the ETIAS EU-border entry system to take effect in 2024 may lead to problems.
Posted On 01 Sep 2023
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Travelers to Europe Will Need to Pay a 7-euro Charge to Enter EU

Travelers from the US and other countries, currently allowed visa-free access to Europe, will as of 2024 have to pay a 7-euro fee to enter.
Posted On 07 Aug 2023
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EP Calls for Bulgaria, Romania to Join Schengen Free-Travel Area by End-2023

MEPs have once again called on the Council of the EU to approve Romania and Bulgaria’s accession to the Schengen free-travel area.
Posted On 13 Jul 2023
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EU’s EES Entry-Exit Biometric Border Controls Delayed

The launch of the EU’s EES travel authorization system has been pushed back to the end of the year.
Posted On 23 Jan 2023
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EU Aims to Make Schengen ‘Largest Free Travel Area in the World’

The European Commission has tabled a strategy aimed at establishing the Schengen zone into the largest free travel area in the world.
Posted On 03 Jun 2021
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Upgraded Boarding Card control points.
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EU Lawmakers Adopt ‘ETIAS’ Travel Authorization System

The European Parliament approved the establishment of ETIAS, an EU regulation that will include advanced checks to visa-exempt third-country nationals traveling to the Schengen area.
Posted On 06 Jul 2018
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ETIAS: Advanced Checks and Travel Authorization Fee for non-EU Visitors to Schengen Area

ETIAS, a new EU regulation that will include advanced checks, is on a path to apply to visa-free third country nationals wanting to travel in the Schengen area.
Posted On 25 Apr 2018
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Athens Airport Revamps Schengen / Non-Schengen Areas

Athens International Airport (AIA) has totally transformed its Schengen and non-Schengen areas, aiming to enhance the experience of travelers.
Posted On 02 Jun 2017
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EU Nationals Subject to Stricter Security Checks Across Union’s Borders

Following terrorist attacks in Paris, Germany and Brussels, authorities will be carrying out identity checks on all inbound or outgoing travelers across EU borders.
Posted On 07 Apr 2017
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Turkey Moves Closer to Visa-free EU Travel

Turkey's progress towards meeting the conditions for Turkish citizens to travel in the Schengen area without a visa was noted in a report released on Friday by the European Commission.
Posted On 04 Mar 2016
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WTM 2015: Visa Facilitation Could Benefit Europe’s Economy by €114 bn, ETC says

The European Travel Commission (ETC) called at the World Travel Market (WTM) in London for reform of the way visas are granted to leisure and business travellers.
Posted On 06 Nov 2015
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Europe’s Tourism Stakeholders Call for Smarter EU Visa Policy

CLIA Europe and ECTAA have called on the EU to bring more flexibility to the EU Visa Code in order to facilitate the entry of legitimate tourists and travellers from third countries into Europe whilst maintaining the current high level of security.
Posted On 17 Sep 2015
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During the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies’ annual general assembly last month the president of the outgoing Board of Directors, Yiorgos Telonis, said that extended opening hours of Greece’s archaeological sites are necessary, as well as facilitation to tourists that want to enter Greece. “If tourists from countries outside the Schengen area can not travel to Greece, why should we bother to make more efforts?” he wondered.
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HATTA’s General Assembly Brings Good News

The president of the outgoing Board of Directors of the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA), Yiorgos Telonis, opened the association’s annual general assembly last month with good news for the staff of travel agencies and tour buses.
Posted On 01 May 2011
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