Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU's border-free travel zone, easing travel for ethnic Hungarians.

Romania and Bulgaria joined Europe's border-free travel area on January 1, allowing easier travel for ethnic Hungarians. Opera singer Katalin Benedekffy, who has relatives in Romania, is among those celebrating the change, which ends years of border checks. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban praised this as an "important step for national unity." About one million ethnic Hungarians live in Romania, and many see this as a symbolic removal of barriers between families.

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