That promise was embodied in the Schengen zone, an area of open borders formed in the twilight of the Cold War — by a treaty among France, West Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands ...

This is different from a European treaty that exists independently of the EU: the Schengen agreement. Signed in 1992, Schengen sought to get rid of border checks within Europe. All but two EU ...

The Spanish inspector caused chaos in recent months when he imposed extra passport checks at the Spain-Gibraltar border ...

Though the Schengen treaty allows for "temporarily reintroducing border control … in the event of a serious threat to public policy or internal security," the decision to do so must be taken "as ...

Visiting Hungary as a teenager, opera singer Katalin Benedekffy used to have to wait up to a whole day at the border with her ...

Another is paid by non-EU citizens, or, as the Schengen Convention calls them, 'aliens'. With 8 thousand kilometres of coastline and a record of indulgence towards migrants, Italy has been seen as ...

followed by the Schengen Convention in 1990. The Schengen area is an area of free movement of people, which also guarantees its member states enhanced protection at external borders. The majority ...

Holders of Schengen visas (text on the visa reads “valid for Schengen states” in the language of the issuing country) may spend up to 90 days in a given 180 days period in the Schengen area ...

The European Council has approved Switzerland's participation in the EU's Military Mobility project, which facilitates the ...

A middling riverboat chugging tourists across the Danube that was once the stage for European dignitaries signing the Schengen treaty will return to Luxembourg to live out the rest of its days as a ...