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Croatian national border
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The way for Croatia to join the Schengen area without passport controls is clear.
The responsible ministers of the 26 Schengen countries agreed on this at a meeting in Brussels.
The controls at the land borders of the country are to be abolished at the beginning of next year.
In the case of Bulgaria and Romania, which also wanted to be admitted, the ministers did not agree.
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