European Union ministers agreed to let Bulgaria and Romania fully integrate into Europe’s ID-check free travel zone, known as the Schengen area, by lifting land border controls from next year, the EU’s Hungarian presidency has said. “Interior ministers have just adopted a decision to lift internal land border controls with and between Bulgaria and Romania,” the Hungarian presidency posted on X on Thursday. “A great victory for Bulgaria, Romania, and all of Europe!” Land border checks will end from Jan. 1.
