Border Town Laments New Eu 'Curtain' ; Soviet Split Still There
The Washington Times › May 03, 2004
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The shadow of the old Iron Curtain grew darker for residents along the Ukraine-Slovakia border yesterday, even as millions of people elsewhere celebrated the European Union's enlargement with 10 new nations.
Since the time of Stalin, a barbed-wire divide has run through main street in the small village of Szelmenc, trapping friends and family members on opposite sides.See the full content of this document
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Border Town Laments New Eu 'Curtain' ; Soviet Split Still There
But a 60-year quest by villagers to have a border crossing in the town became a lot more complicated at midnight (6 p.m. EDT yesterday) when Slovakia and nine other countries became members of the European Union.
Szelmenc exemplifies ...See the full content of this document
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