Slovenia Hails Schengen Zone Expansion as Great Achievement

Brussels, 8 November - EU justice and home ministers on Thursday endorsed the expansion of the Schengen passport-free zone to nine new member states on 21 December, a landmark decision that was greeted by Slovenian Interior Minister Dragutin Mate as a "new value in travel within Europe's no-border zone."

Brussels Interior Minister Dragutin Mate (left) and his Czech colleague Ivan Langer at an EU ministerial meeting. Photo: Thierry Monasse/ST

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Interior Minister Dragutin Mate (left) and his Czech colleague Ivan Langer at an EU ministerial meeting.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/ST

Brussels Interior Minister Dragutin Mate (left) and his Czech colleague Ivan Langer at an EU ministerial meeting. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels
Interior Minister Dragutin Mate (left) and his Czech colleague Ivan Langer at an EU ministerial meeting.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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