Sánchez celebrates fall of ‘last wall in continental Europe’ as Gibraltar frontier opens
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hailed the removal of border controls between Spain and Gibraltar as the closing of ‘an open wound’, describing the...
Schengen area
Gibraltar enters new era as landmark treaty removes historic border barrier
Thousands of people who cross daily between Spain and Gibraltar are set to experience a dramatic change from Wednesday as the long-contested frontier enters a...
Spanish Supreme Court refuses to halt migrant amnesty or refer case to EU court — for now
Spain’s Supreme Court has declined, for the time being, to refer the government’s controversial migrant regularisation programme to the Court of Justice of the European...
EU chief concedes ‘technical problems’ persist as EES border system causes airport chaos
Europe’s new digital border control system is still suffering from ‘technical problems’ and requires ‘quite a lot of work’ before those issues are fully resolved,...
EU’s new EES border system catches 7,000 Schengen overstayers in six months
Almost 7,000 travellers have been denied entry to Europe’s passport-free Schengen zone for overstaying their permitted time limits during the first six months of the...
Post-Brexit Gibraltar agreement gives Spain new role in border and residency decisions
Spain will gain the authority to block British travellers from entering Gibraltar and to deny residency permits on security-related grounds under a post-Brexit treaty that...
Airports & airlines urge EU to rethink EES rollout amid fears of ‘4-hour queues’ and summer travel chaos
Airlines and airport authorities across Europe have urged EU leaders to urgently reconsider the rollout schedule of the Entry/Exit System (EES), warning that the new...
The EU launches Entry/Exit System (EES) biometric border checks
Starting Sunday 12 October, non-EU travellers entering Europe’s Schengen zone will begin to have their fingerprints and photographs taken at border checkpoints, as the European...
Gibraltar-Spain border could vanish in early 2026 under post-Brexit deal
Border checks on people and goods between Gibraltar and Spain are slated to disappear at the beginning of 2026, according to a new report of...
EU sets launch date for Entry/Exit System (EES) to ‘help identify overstayers’
The European Union confirmed on Wednesday that its long-postponed new border control system for non-EU nationals, which will eliminate the need for passport stamps, is...
