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Croatia is now in the euro and in the Schengen area. Tourism, prices, migrants: what changes

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Croatia on Sunday joined the Schengen area of visa free movement and switched its currency to the euro. At midnight that brought in the new year, barricades were lifted at Croatia's 73 border crossings with Slovenia and Hungary. Croatian Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic: "We opened our doors to borderless Europe"

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Zeit Online

European Union: Croatia is now part of the Schengen area and the Eurozone

Anyone traveling to Croatia can now pay in euros. The EU Commission President speaks of a “time of new beginnings” for the country, which is part of the Schengen area.

1 year ago·Germany

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Corriere Della Sera

Croatia is now in the euro and in the Schengen area. Tourism, prices, migrants: what changes

Joining the European Union in 2013, it is the twentieth country to adopt the euro since the introduction of the single currency and the 27th to become part of...

1 year ago·Italy

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El Pais

Croatia celebrates its entry into the Schengen area and the Eurozone

Croatia adopted the euro this Sunday and joined the Schengen area of free movement, two milestones for this Balkan country that became independent from Yugoslavia in 1991 and joined the European Union in July 2013. At 00.00 (same time in mainland Spain) controls were removed at 73 crossings on the borders between Croatia and Slovenia and Hungary, which have already been converted into internal Schengen borders, and all Croatian businesses began …

1 year ago·Spain

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ORF.at News

Open borders and the euro: What is changing for Croatia holidaymakers

Things will be easier for holidaymakers in Croatia in the coming year. With the introduction of the euro on January 1, travelers from the Eurozone will no longer be able to change money in the future. As a result of Schengen accession and the resulting open borders, the mile-long traffic jams at the border are likely to be a thing of the past. The EU vote on this has made huge political waves.

1 year ago·Vienna, Austria

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Jornal de Negócios

Von der Leyen celebrates Croatia's entry into the Eurozone and the Schengen area

The country's dual adherence to the single currency and to the free movement space. Croatia thus abandoned its national currency, the kuna, and the conversion rate was set at 7.5345 kunas per euro.

1 year ago·Porto, Portugal

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E24

Croatia introduces euro and joins Schengen

Croatia introduced on 1 January the euro as its currency and was simultaneously included in Europe's passport-free Schengen zone, ten years after the country became a member of the European Union.

1 year ago·Oslo, Norway

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