Moving Borders
Moving Borders

Summary/Abstract: Moving Borders was in every century a characteristic of politics. Moving borders in the 20th century happened from the time of the downfall of great empires like Austria-Hungary, Czarist Russia and Ottoman Empires connected with creating a multitude of new borders, which happened again after the Second World War and even moreso in Europe since 1989. After the changes in former Yugoslavia and in the Soviet Union we have laso whitnessed a development in that most borders are losing importance, partly due to the process of European integration. The most visible sign is the Schengen area. You are not anymore waiting at border stations, because within this zone they ceased to exist. So far we have even tougher borders to enter the Schengen zone and it has created a lot of changes especially for the countries of former Yugoslavia; before 1991 its citizens could easily relocate to Austria and to other European countries, but now they had a lot of difficulties due to visa regulations. Only Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina are left. Visa-regime is a tough issue in the relations EU-Russia.

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