Croatia gears up to join eurozone, borderless Europe club

Historic new year for Croatia as it joins euro, Schengen area

BREGANA BORDER CROSSING -- Croatia rang in two historic changes with the new year, as the European Union's youngest member joined both the EU's border-free Schengen zone and the euro common currency, fulfilling longstanding ambitions of close integration with Europe.

Historic new year for Croatia as it joins euro, Schengen area

BREGANA BORDER CROSSING, Croatia: Croatia rang in two historic changes with the new year, as the European Union's youngest member joined both the EU's border-free Schengen zone and the euro common currency

Croatia adopts the euro and joins the Schengen area

Croatia bid farewell to its currency, the kuna, as the euro zone’s twentieth member on Saturday at midnight (2300 GMT). At the same time, it became the 27th state to join the Schengen area, a vast area where more than 400 million people can travel freely without internal border controls. The government daily Vecernji lists these two events as “Croatia’s crowning achievement of EU membership”. “It’s time for new beginnings, more so in Croatia tha…

Historic new year for Croatia as it joins euro, Schengen area

BREGANA BORDER CROSSING, Croatia (Reuters) - Croatia rang in two historic changes with the new year, as the European Union's youngest member joined both the EU's border-free Schengen zone and the euro common currency, fulfilling longstanding ambitions of close integration with Europe. Read full story

Historic new year for Croatia as it joins euro, Schengen area

Croatia - Croatia rang in two historic changes with the new year, as the European Union's youngest member joined both the EU's border-free Schengen zone and the euro common currency, fulfilling longstanding ambitions of close integration with Europe.

Historic new year for Croatia as it joins euro, Schengen area

BREGANA BORDER CROSSING, Croatia (Reuters) - Croatia rang in two historic changes with the new year, as the European Union's youngest member joined both the EU's border-free Schengen zone and the euro common currency, fulfilling longstanding ambitions of close integration with Europe. At the Bregana border crossing with neighbouring Slovenia, police took down signs at midnight and a barrier was lifted up for the last time, before a placard r…