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Croatia becomes Schengen area
Zagreb
Croatia entered the eurozone and the EU border-free Schengen area on New Year's Day.
This was the first time a European country joined both the eurozone and the Schengen area on the same day, an important milestone for Croatia, an EU member since 2013, Xinhua news agency reported.
On January 1, Croatia became the 20th member of the eurozone and the euro becomes its official currency.
On the same date, it also becam...