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Brussels to press for US visa free entry to EU newcomers

The EU is mounting pressure on the US to introduce a visa free regime towards the bloc's "new" member states.

While American citizens can travel throughout the EU with no visa, the countries that joined the EU in May 2004 - minus Slovenia - have still not been accepted to the US visa-free regime for tourists staying in the country for up to 90 days.

Of the 15 "old" member states, Greece is also not a part of that regime.

The European Commission is expected to file a fresh re...

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