ZGORZELEC, Poland — In this corner of central Europe, you can cross from Germany to Poland and then into the Czech Republic in a matter of minutes. It is called the ‘three-country triangle’ and until now, waiting at border checks could make life quite complicated. Take the basketball fans from the Polish town of Zgorzelec, who regularly go to the Czech Republic for European league matches because the sports hall back home is too small. From now on, they have one more reason to cheer. From Friday, the Schengen agreement, which allows passport-free travel across participating European states, now embraces 24 nations in an arc from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic. ‘It’s going to be much easier for the players and the fans,’ says team manager Arkadiusz Krygier. ‘I feel European. I have no border in my head. So I really like it that we can have so many people from different countries in our team and in the audience.’ Local journalist Alexander Pitura also feels happy. Every day he crosses the border five or six times for his work. ‘I don’t need to wait any more so it makes a […]