If you can choose between Charles de Gaulle and Orly for a trip to Paris, the smaller southern airport often wins on simplicity and transport links. Here is how they compare, and the new EU entry rules worth knowing before you fly.
The European Commission has confirmed that the ETIAS application fee will be EUR 20, up from the EUR 7 originally planned. Here is what is behind the change and what it means for visa-free travellers.
The EU has set 12 October 2025 as the start of a phased rollout for the Entry/Exit System (EES), with full operation expected by 10 April 2026. ETIAS is due to follow in late 2026, and its fee is rising from €7 to €20.
Visitors travelling to the United States on a non-immigrant visa face a new $250 "visa integrity fee" introduced under President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Visa-waiver travellers are exempt, but the separate ESTA charge is also rising.
The much-delayed Entry/Exit System will start applying to UK travellers on 12 October 2025, the EU has confirmed. The first six months will mix biometric and analogue checks before full operation on 10 April 2026, with the new ETIAS fee set to almost treble to €20.
On 18 July 2025 the European Union adopted its 18th package of sanctions against Russia after Slovakia dropped its opposition. On the same busy day in Brussels, the Commission proposed tripling the planned ETIAS travel-authorisation fee to €20.
The European Union formally adopted its 18th package of sanctions against Russia on 18 July 2025, after Slovakia dropped its objections in return for gas-supply guarantees. On the very same day, the Commission proposed almost tripling the ETIAS travel-authorisation fee to €20.
Eurostar is now letting passengers take their seats up to 30 minutes before departure at London St Pancras, a move designed to relieve overcrowding as demand soars and the station readies itself for the EU's Entry/Exit System.
Every summer, some British travellers are turned away from their flights over post-Brexit passport rules. With renewals running at about two weeks, a quick check now can save a ruined holiday later.
A new UK-EU agreement promises a 'fluid border' between Gibraltar and Spain, while keeping Gibraltar out of the Schengen area. Here is what it means for people crossing by land and arriving by air.