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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Shaun Walker Central and eastern Europe correspondent

Croatia takes final steps into EU with open border and euro switch

People in Ban Jelačić Square, Zagreb, celebrate the new year
People in Ban Jelačić Square, Zagreb, celebrate the new year. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Croatia has adopted the euro and joined the European Union’s borderless Schengen zone, two steps that its prime minister said represented a historic moment.

“Nothing is the same after this,” said Andrej Plenković, promising that joining the euro would better protect Croatians from financial crises, and joining the Schengen zone would make travelling easier and boost tourism.

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