NATO members are continuing their largest combat exercises of 2025 as worries grow in the 32-nation alliance over its most ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has demanded that allies dramatically ramp up military spending and said U.S. security priorities lie elsewhere.

Romania and Bulgaria have become full members of the European Union’s border-free Schengen area after scrapping land border controls in the bloc. The expansion was officially introduced at midnight on ...

STORY: :: Romania and Bulgaria scrap land border controls to fully join the EU’s Schengen free-travel area :: Ruse border crossing, Bulgaria :: January 1, 2025 :: December 31, 2024 The countries' ...

Romanian and Bulgarian border police work at the Giurgiu-Ruse border crossing between the two countries on Wednesday. DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP BUCHAREST — Romania and Bulgaria became full members ...

The expansion, made possible when Austria and other members dropped their objections to the former communist countries joining, officially took place at midnight (2200 GMT) on January 1, marked by ...

It was long influenced by Byzantine culture then was part of the Ottoman Empire for 500 years before gaining ... 26-nation, border-free Schengen zone, but reject Romania and Bulgaria amid concerns ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Bulgaria and Romania are holding ceremonies to ... integrated into the borderless zone until March, when border checks were lifted from maritime and air travel.

EU states on Thursday cleared Bulgaria and Romania to become full members of ... opening up travel by air and sea without border checks. But Austria held up their full entry over migration ...

However, Hungary announced on Monday that it would reinstate border controls with Romania starting Wednesday, citing threats to public order and internal security. Bulgaria and Romania ...