The Czech passport is the most powerful of those issued by the 23 countries of emerging Europe. According to the most recent Passport Index, it is ranked eighth globally and allows its holders to travel visa-free to 152 countries around the world. The Hungarian passport is the second most powerful in the region, the only difference to the Czech equivalent being its failure to offer visa-free travel to Lesotho.
The two leaders are followed by Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, whose nationals can travel visa-free to 149 countries. The remaining CEE-EU11 member states — Estonia, Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria are …read more
Source: Emerging Europe