Schengen
Slovakian, Estonian, German and French press on: Denmark's Schengen exit
A conflict over border controls in the Schengen area has broken out in the run-up to today's meeting of EU interior ministers. Denmark passed new controls on 11 May for fear of illegal immigrants from eastern Europe, while France and Italy are apprehensive about migrants from North Africa. The press defends freedom of movement and warns against short-sighted parochialism
Visa liberalisation: cripes! Are Bosnians going to swamp EU?
The news comes mid-afternoon on 8 November: the EU’s given the green light for Bosnia and Albania to travel in the 25 countries of the Schengen zone without a visa from mid-December! It has brought a smile back on a number of Bosnian faces who have tired of queuing in front of the embassies
schengen, visa, balkans, albania, bosnia and herzegovina, freedom of movement, society
Finding a missing Finnish hitchhiker, 20, in Schengen Europe
For young Europeans, travelling around the continent is as natural as nipping round to the pub around the corner for a pint. But is a Europe without borders as carefree in practice as it is in theory? Excerpts from an article by a Polish journalist which recount the story of Emil Petrov, who went missing during his European escapade
'La frontière intérieure' documentary: French architects take on Iron Curtain
One stretch of border, one place, one person. The French documentary film 'La frontière intérieure' ('The Interior Border') is to have 40 public viewings throughout this summer along the former Iron Curtain. Seven portraits aim to highlight the obstacles, both physical and mental, preventing the people of Europe from understanding each other. Interview
schengen, video, video gallery, iron curtain, documentaire, culture calendar, journalism
What communism means to three central and eastern European women
Twenty years since the fall of the Berlin wall, what does communism mean to Cecilia, 22, from Bulgaria, Katharina, 20, from Slovakia and Anna, 28, from the Czech Republic?
schengen, students, feminism, cold war, iron curtain, past enlargements, communism
Blue Card, Green Card: Czech Republic shows its true colours
Since 1 February 2009, the EU’s first Green Card came into existence in the Czech Republic. This has pre-empted the European Union’s plans for a Blue Card
schengen, green card, immigration, eudebate2009, blue card, prague, immigration
No skilled labour in Austria? In Hungary, Csorna hangs in there
A Vienna-based company was looking for skilled workers. Since it failed to find any in Austria, it moved to a small town in Hungary. Here, locals are hoping to find new prosperity
schengen, fidesz, labour, labour market, csorna, hungary, austria
Smuggling cigarettes in Schengen Poland
With the admission of Poland into the Schengen zone on 1 January 2008, smuggling is on the way out - perspective
schengen, contrabando, legislación, schengen zone, eu frontiers, poland
German nudists off Poland's Baltic beaches!
The nudists have always been there, but until Poland entered into the Schengen agreement on 1 January 2008, Usedom beach, which lies between the German and Polish towns of Ahlbeck and Swinoujscie, was divided by a wire-mesh fence
schengen, feature, vacation, swinoujscie, baltic sea, usedom island, nudismo
Brussels: commissioners play musical chairs
Frattini and Kyprianou to jump ship? Internal stories of fraud, external stories of fraud and far too few children born in Europe - it's the latest news from the EU capital
schengen, ageing society, franco frattini, liechtenstein, euweek, tax, markos kyprianou
Hungary-Slovakia: 'Schengen won’t make my life better'
As we celebrate on 21 December 2007, for residents along the Hungarian border, Schengen is a historical event with bittersweet results
schengen, treaty of trianon, slovakia, society, european union, culture, hungary
Poland's 10, 000 border guards
Since 21 December 2007 there have been no border controls between Poland and Portugal. In Germany there have been fears that the Polish authorities aren’t ready to take on the security of the entire EU
schengen, belarus, world affairs, interview, freedom of movement, central and eastern europe, european union
Opium, the green gold of Afghanistan
Despite the efforts of the United Nations and the government, the production of opium continues to grow, inundating Europe with tonnes of heroin.
schengen, addiction, united nations, netherlands, berlin wall, exports, union of soviet socialist republic
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