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Ani SANDU with Vessela SERGUEVA in Sofia

BIZARRE: Bulgaria romania take first steps into europe s vast visa free zone - You Need To See This

A Romanian worker changes the signs for passengers at Henri Coanda International Airport ahead of Romania and Bulgaria taking a first step into the Schengen visa free travel area on Sunday (Credit: AFP)

After 13 years of waiting, Bulgaria and Romania are to partially join the Europe's vast Schengen area of free movement on Sunday, opening up travel by air and sea without border checks.

But land border controls will remain in place due to Austria's opposition to the eastern European countries becoming full members of the Schengen zone for fear of an influx of asylum seekers.

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