EU Schengen area: In total 26 countries are members of the Schengen agreement (Image: GETTY) Non EU-members Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein are also within it.

The European Union's new electronic travel permit system is set to come into place and British holidaymakers will be affected ...

The fee will be required when the new European Travel Information and Authorisation System kicks in - here are more details ...

About 1.7 million people commute across European borders each day for work, in some places they make up a third of the workforce. The Schengen area enables 1.3 billion border crossings each year ...

THE Schengen Area is the term given to the 26 European states which allow passport-free travel through their borders. US President Donald Trump has suspended travel from the Schengen Area to the US… ...

In December of last year, the interior ministries of both Romania and Bulgaria announced that the countries would be joining the European Union’s Schengen Area. This border-free zone facilitates ...