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- Romania and Bulgaria officially became members of the European Union’s border-free Schengen area.
- After scrapping land border controls, Romania and Bulgaria have become full members of the Schengen area.
- The Bulgarian and Romanian interior ministers symbolically removed a barrier on the Danube Bridge.
- Schengen area has now 25 of the 27 EU member states, excluding Cyprus and Ireland.
- It enables the free movement of more than 425 million EU citizens.
- The Schengen zone is the largest area of free movement in the world.
- Both countries have partially joined the Schengen Area in March 2024, but open travel was restricted to those arriving only by air or sea.
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