Croatia begins new euro and Schengen zone era

Croatia is embarking on a historic year as it joins the border-free Schengen zone and ditches its own currency, the kuna, adopting the euro.

The country committed to joining the eurozone when it became the EU’s newest member in 2013.

Nationalist parties wanted to keep the kuna, but were overruled by the constitutional court.

It is the twenty-seventh country in the Schengen area, which allows 400 million to move freely between countries.