03/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - Speaking on behalf of the Portuguese presidency of the EU, Rui Pereira, the country's minister for the interior confirmed on Monday 1 October that border controls would be lifted for nine out of ten countries that joined the EU in 2004. This will enable citizens from these countries to travel without having to show their passports (EUROPE 9506). Commissioner Franco Frattini indicated that Cyprus had requested a one year deadline before it joined the Schengen...