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RSSToday, the EU-Belarus visa facilitation and readmission agreements enter into force. These agreements represent an important step in strengthening the...
The 2019 operational results of EMPACT, the EU’s operational mechanism to fight organised international crime, were presented on June 5th to the Home...
On the occasion of the annual International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, also known as 'World Drug Day', the European Commission...
Over the last few years, there has been a staggering increase in the cases of child sexual abuse and exploitation, which are growing at an...
Today the Commission issued a press release to recommending to Schengen Member States and Schengen Associated States to lift internal border controls...
The Commission adopted today the report “Asset recovery and confiscation: ensuring that crime does not pay” (PDF). Profits of organised crime groups...
The Covid-19 crisis brought with it unprecedented travel restrictions. It also impacted the functioning of national authorities issuing visa and...
On 13 May 2020, the Commission presented a package of guidelines and recommendations to help Member States gradually lift travel restrictions and...
On Friday 8 May, the Commission invited Schengen Member States and Schengen Associated States to extend the temporary restriction on non-essential...
Figures published by the European Commission show that the consulates of the Schengen States received almost 17 million applications for short-stay...