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Talking Europe hosts the Croatian prime minister, who steered his country into the eurozone and the Schengen free travel area at the start of this year. Andrej Plenkovic talks about the symbolic and practical aspects of these two moves, and discusses his government's plans to continue helping Ukraine – despite…

Croatia switched to the shared European currency and removed dozens of border checkpoints to join world's largest passport-free travel area

Croatia switched to the Euro and entered the passport-free Schengen area on 1 January, two major milestones for the country after joining the EU nearly a decade ago.

Croatia will be part of the Schengen area from January and the country's currency will be the euro - here are more details about the rules

Croatia, known for its stunning Adriatic Sea coastline and resort islands, is on a roll: As of Jan. 1 the Balkan country is adopting the EU’s common currency, the euro, and joining the so-called Schengen zone — the 27-nation bloc’s borderless free-travel area — which has prompted officials to say…

Passport rules have changed for anyone visiting Croatia

European Union countries agreed Thursday to allow Croatia to fully open its borders and participate in Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone, but Bulgaria and Romania were told that they must wait longer to be allowed in.

Croatia got the green light on Thursday to join Europe's open travel zone, but Bulgaria and Romania were kept out because of opposition led by Austria over concerns about unauthorised immigration.

The European Commission called on Wednesday for Romanian, Bulgarian and Croatian citizens to be able to travel freely without passports across Europe, which would expand the so-called Schengen area with no border checks to 29 countries.