Austrians shudder, Hungarians cheer as frontiers fall | csmonitor.com: "Manfred Kolly, mayor of Deutschkreuz, which borders Sopron, Hungary, hired guards to patrol his village's streets at night. Burgenland Province governor Hans Niessl boycotted celebrations to mark the end of border controls and, this May, successfully lobbied against plans to discontinue Austrian military patrols.
Some 800 soldiers are deployed along the Hungarian frontier 'to prevent illegal border crossings and to increase the feeling of security within the population,' says Martin Jaidl, a spokesman for the Austrian military's provincial headquarters. The deployment will continue at least through 2009, he said, adding that the threat was 'on a low level,' with 'no major crime to report.'"
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