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Europe's Border Set to Move Farther East

Passport-free zone adds 9 nations—and some new worries

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 19, 2007 2:51 PM CST

(Newser) – The Iron Curtain moves east Friday as nine countries in Eastern Europe join the no-passport-needed Schengen travel zone, allowing citizens to travel from Estonia to Portugal. As many of the new EU member states join the zone, the Times of London travels to the Slovenia-Croatia... Read full story »

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