Despite assurances, Schengen accession doubts remain
Cyprus has charted a course full-steam ahead to joining the Schengen area, with the government insisting it can get to its destination by sometime next year. But amid the apparently ...
EPP offers support for Cyprus’ Schengen accession
The European People’s Party on Thursday offered its support to Cyprus’ efforts to join Europe’s Schengen zone.
In its resolutions at the end of its summit, which brought ...
‘Europe cannot remain an awkward spectator amid Middle East conflict’
Europe “cannot remain an awkward spectator” amid “dangerous events” ongoing in the Middle East, House president Annita Demetriou said on Thursday.
In a video uploaded to her social media channels ...
Cyprus and the Schengen zone
Many of us here in Cyprus are often annoyed at the inconvenience we face when travelling from Larnaca to somewhere in Europe. Apart from the limited direct flights to European ...
Joining Schengen will be good for Cyprus’ security, says president
Cyprus’ proposed accession to the Schengen area will first and foremost enhance the country’s security, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday.
Allaying Turkish Cypriot and some Greek Cypriot concerns ...
Turkish Cypriots ‘must be involved’ in Cyprus’ Schengen accession process
It is “extremely important” for the Turkish Cypriot side to be involved in Cyprus’ accession to the Schengen zone, Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on ...
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Kombos discusses Schengen with EU’s Brunner
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Monday spoke to European commissioner for internal affairs Magnus Brunner about the matter of Cyprus’ planned accession to the Schengen zone.
“We discussed Cyprus’ progress ...
Cyprus’ path to Schengen zone membership outlined
The requirements which Cyprus must fulfil to be admitted to the Schengen zone have been outlined, with the island said to be five steps away from being able to join.
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Cyprus made ‘significant progress’ towards joining Schengen zone in last two years
Cyprus has made “significant progress” towards joining the Schengen zone in the two years since the current government came to power, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Wednesday.
He also ...
Romania, Bulgaria fully join EU’s borderless Schengen zone
Romania and Bulgaria scrapped land border controls to become full members of the European Union’s Schengen free-travel area on Wednesday, joining an expanded bloc of countries whose residents can ...
Schengen: Europe's borders
Greek PM says response to migration cannot be scrapping the Schengen
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday that increased migration flows cannot be addressed by unilaterally scrapping the Schengen zone.
Germany this week announced plans to impose tighter checks ...
‘Positive’ first week of Cyprus Schengen access
Forty eight ‘positive searches’ of the Schengen Information System (SIS) database were conducted in its first week of access to the system, the justice ministry said on Friday.
Cyprus was ...
Human traffickers wrongly claiming Cyprus is full member of Schengen
Cyprus is a step closer to joining the Schengen Area, but it has not done so yet – meaning that full checks still apply to all who enter and leave, the ...
Cyprus gains extra layer of access to Schengen, but not full membership
Authorities in Cyprus are poised to gain access on Tuesday to the files of 90 million people through the Schengen Information System (SIS).
As a result the state’s national security ...
Discussion on Schengen system descends into political quagmire
A discussion about Cyprus adopting the Schengen Information System (SIS) at the House legal committee on Wednesday turned into a political issue over the issue of borders.
MPs were discussing ...
Cyprus approved access to Schengen information on people entering the country
In a non-legislative enactment, the European Parliament on Tuesday endorsed a recommendation for applying provisions of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in Cyprus – a matter separate to Cyprus’ accession to ...
Yiolitis urges EU counterparts to speed up Schengen evaluations
Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis called on her EU counterparts on Tuesday to expedite and intensify the accession evaluation process for Schengen candidate countries, such as Cyprus, while intensifying police cooperation ...