Starting in October 2025, the Entry Exit System (EES) is a biometric border check for travelers to the 29-country Schengen Area that will ease travel for non-Europeans to European countries.

His Excellency Rune Skinnebach officially began his duties as the new Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Ghana today. He assumed his new role after presenting his Letters of Credence to the President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, at the Jubilee House, Accra

The five-year mandate of Ambassador Petros Mavromichalis in Bern is ending on 31 August. He will take up a new role as Ambassador of the European Union to Uruguay. His successor, Ambassador Andreas Künne, will arrive in Bern on 1 September and present his letters of credence to the Swiss and Liechtenstein authorities in the coming weeks.