Some travellers spent hours in lines at airport, with kiosks not working, little seating and few staff on hand to help ...

The new EU border control, EES, is now operational. Here's what you need to know if you're traveling to Europe soon.

The entry/exit system (EES) is a new EU-wide digital border management system that records the entry and exit of non-EU nationals crossing the Schengen area’s external borders for short stays. It ...

Independent readers have shared mixed experiences of the EU entry–exit system (EES) as disruption and confusion continue to plague the long-delayed rollout of the digital border scheme. Some ...

Airlines warn of further disruption due to the introduction of a new EU digital border control system.

(Bloomberg) -- The European Union plans to roll out a new digital border control system from Sunday, changing how most of its member states handle the arrival of hundreds of millions of people every ...

The EU's new digital border system, which requires fingerprints and photos alongside a passport scan, became fully operational on 10 April. The Entry/Exit System or EES will eventually be active at ...

The EU’s Entry/Exit system (EES) went fully live on April 10, 2026 and the first days saw long queues at airports, with some travelers missing flights.

Airline passengers have been warned of long queues at border control ...

A travel expert says it 'seems certain' that Italy and Portugal will follow Greece in suspending the EES this summer.

In the latest Travel Insider newsletter, Simon Calder asks whether the shambolic roll-out of the EU entry-exit system could cause problems when Etias is introduced?

Greece is taking a flexible approach to introducing the European Union's biometric Entry/Exit System (EES), after some ...