The Schengen visa process can be a bureaucratic headache, but savvy travellers know the secret: some countries are far more ...

The Schengen project dates back to 1985 when five European countries - France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg - aimed to allow the free movement of people across their borders. Over ...

That promise was embodied in the Schengen zone, an area of open borders formed in the twilight of the Cold War — by a treaty among France, West Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands ...