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Türkiye Today (29 January 2026)

Truck drivers from several Balkan countries staged coordinated protests at border crossings on Wednesday, voicing opposition to the European Union’s new Entry-Exit System (EES) rules applied to the Schengen Area.

At border crossings between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, drivers parked their vehicles and halted freight traffic, while police worked to manage congestion. Hundreds of truck and lorry drivers switched off their engines at crossings linking Croatia with Bosnia and Herzegovina as authorities sought to regulate vehicle flow.

Similar protests took place at border crossings in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia, where drivers said they were dissatisfied with the EU’s electronic EES, which was recently put into effect.

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