About 6 hours ago, midnight Central European time on Friday, Dec 12th, 2008 Switzerland officially joined the Schengen zone, the borders were opened. From now on there're no more border controls between Italy, France, Germany, Austria on the one and Switzerland on the other side. The white spot on the Schengen-European map has disappeared. However, Switzerland still is not part of the EU which affects im- and export of large quantities of goods and services for resale. Again, welcome Switzerland - at last!
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