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Europe welcomes 10 new members to enlarged union
Thousands celebrate EU expansion as eight former communist states join the bloc along with Cyprus and Malta. Crowds in Prague Warsaw and Dublin cheer a 450 million strong Europe while concerns over identity costs and migration shape the mood. Border tensions and protests accompany the historic enlargement.
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Prague
Czech Republic
European Union
United States
Europe
Soviet Bloc
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Cyprus
Malta
Ireland
Dublin
Lenka Sladka
Eliza Malek
Warsaw
U.S
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Iraq
Pavel Hrusovsky
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Germany
Johannes Rau
Zittau
Neisse
Berlin