Slovenian, Austrian Officials Celebrate Schengen Expansion

Klagenfurt/Gornja Radgona/Ljubljana, 21 December - As celebrations marking the scrapping of borders with Slovenia's Schengen zone entry continued on Friday, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel and his Austrian counterpart Ursula Plassnik got together at the Austrian end of the Karavanke border tunnel to hail the landmark event.

Karavanke Foreign Ministers Dimitrij Rupel (right) and Ursula Plassnik celebrate the elimination of borders. Photo: Bojan Wakounig/STA

Karavanke
Foreign Ministers Dimitrij Rupel (right) and Ursula Plassnik celebrate the elimination of borders.
Photo: Bojan Wakounig/STA

Karavanke Foreign Ministers Dimitrij Rupel (right) and Ursula Plassnik celebrate the elimination of borders. Photo: Bojan Wakounig/STA

Karavanke
Foreign Ministers Dimitrij Rupel (right) and Ursula Plassnik celebrate the elimination of borders.
Photo: Bojan Wakounig/STA

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