Schengen space Information and news about Schengen countries

Since December 21st 2007, Ukraine is a direct Schengen neighbor, via the Hungarian and Polish borders.

Some reporters from Deutsche Welle reported that improved control at the border caused huge lines of trucks formed many kilometers of queue where the waiting time exceeded sometime over thirty hours. This is partly due to the cancellation of controls inside the European Union country: trucks reached Ukrainian much faster and that caused a queue.

At least, the state of Hungary provided hot tea and portable toilets for the frozen drivers.

The last remnants of the Iron curtain are history. From now on Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia have joined the border less Schengen Space.

The preparation took two years, but now traveling overland from Tallinn to Lisbon without showing up a passport is a reality. 400 million Europeans can now travel by road, train or ship in the expanded zone.

In next march, the airports will also abolish passport controls.

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