New Year's Day was a big day for Croatia. It officially joined both the Eurozone and Schengen.
When the country joined the EU back in 2013, it had to commit to eventually replacing its currency, the kuna, with the Euro. But then again, Czechland joined the EU in 2004 and still hasn't switched.
Croatia is now the 20th member of the Eurozone and the first country to join since Lithuania back in 2015.
Here are a couple of short YouTube videos out there about Croatia adopting the Euro.
©EuroNews
©The EU Made Simple
Croatia also joined Schengen becoming a member of the world's largest visa free zone. The thing about joining Schengen, or the EU, or NATO, is that every single member has to agree. Heck, it's hard enough trying to get four friends to agree on a particular restaurant. Much less trying to get 26 different countries to agree on something. Yet, back in December, every member country agreed to let Croatia join.
©France24
With Croatia in the Schengen club, there are now 27 members. So whenever it comes time for Bulgaria and Romania to try again, they will also need Croatia to agree as well.
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