Macedonian citizens can now travel without visas in the European Union countries. Around 100 Macedonian citizens travelled to Paris on a one-day excursion, in order to symbolically mark the EU visa free regime. On 19 December President Gjorge Ivanov symbolically passed the Bulgarian border crossing without a visa. He was met by his Bulgarian counterpart Georgi Prvanov. Prior to this, late Friday, 10 000 citizens celebrated the visa liberalization on the center square.