{"id":3173,"date":"2024-12-27T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T09:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=3173"},"modified":"2024-12-27T09:00:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T09:00:17","slug":"romania-to-close-over-30-border-crossing-points-following-full-schengen-accession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=3173","title":{"rendered":"Romania to close over 30 border crossing points following full Schengen accession"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romania is set to close more than 30 border crossing points starting January 1, 2025, following its full accession to the Schengen Area, which entails the removal of internal border checks. The decision was announced in a government decision project published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and quoted by Libertatea.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The measure follows the decision of the Council of the EU adopted on December 12, 2024<\/a>, which stipulates that starting January 1, 2025, internal land border checks for individuals between Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania will be eliminated, the document reads.<\/p>\n

However, Libertatea.ro noted, Romania and Bulgaria have agreed to continue random checks for another six months.<\/p>\n

According to the official document<\/a>, starting from January 1, 2025, the following border crossing points of Romania will be permanently closed:<\/p>\n

I. On the Romanian-Hungarian border:<\/p>\n

\tPetea, Satu Mare County – road;
\n\tCarei, Satu Mare County – railway;
\n\tUrziceni, Satu Mare County – road;
\n\tValea lui Mihai, Bihor County – railway and road;
\n\tS\u0103cuieni, Bihor County – road;
\n\tEpiscopia Bihor, Bihor County – railway;
\n\tBor\u015f, Bihor County – road;
\n\tSalonta, Bihor County – road and railway;
\n\tV\u0103r\u015fand, Arad County – road;
\n\tCurtici, Arad County – railway;
\n\tTudor Vladimirescu, Arad County – road RO-LA;
\n\tTurnu, Arad County – road;
\n\tN\u0103dlac, Arad County – road;
\n\tN\u0103dlac II, Arad County – road;
\n\tCenad, Timi\u015f County – road;
\n\tBor\u015f II, Bihor County – road;
\n\tBeba Veche, Timi\u015f County – road<\/p>\n

II. On the Romanian-Bulgarian border:<\/p>\n

\tCalafat, Dolj County – road, railway;
\n\tBechet, Dolj County – road (ferry) and port;
\n\tCorabia, Olt County – port;
\n\tTurnu M\u0103gurele, Teleorman County – road (ferry) and port;
\n\tZimnicea, Teleorman County – road (ferry) and port;
\n\tGiurgiu, Giurgiu County – road, railway, and port;
\n\tOlteni\u0163a, C\u0103l\u0103ra\u015fi County – port;
\n\tC\u0103l\u0103ra\u015fi (Chiciu), C\u0103l\u0103ra\u015fi County – road (ferry) and port;
\n\tOstrov, Constan\u0163a County – road;
\n\tLipni\u0163a, Constan\u0163a County – road;
\n\tDobromir, Constan\u0163a County – road;
\n\tNegru Vod\u0103, Constan\u0163a County – road and railway;
\n\tVama Veche, Constan\u0163a County – road;
\n\tGiurgiu II, Giurgiu County – road (ferry).<\/p>\n

III. Border crossing points located on the Black Sea and the Danube River:<\/p>\n

\tBr\u0103ila, Br\u0103ila County – port;
\n\tCernavod\u0103, Constan\u0163a County – port.<\/p>\n

editor@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n

(Photo source: Cateyeperspective\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Romania is set to close more than 30 border crossing points starting January 1, 2025, following its full accession to the Schengen Area, which entails the removal of internal border checks. The decision was announced in a government decision project published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and quoted by Libertatea.ro. The measure follows the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}