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EU Parliament ratifies visa regime simplification with Ukraine
The European Parliament has approved a recommendation to the EU Council sign an agreement on amendments to the visa facilitation agreement between Ukraine and the … Read more...
Moldovans with biometric passports will be issued with short-stay visas for EU free
Moldovan citizens holding biometric service passports will be exempted from the visa requirement for short stays and will be allowed to enter, leave and transit through … Read more...
Selling Schengen Visas To Belarusians
On 12 April, Filip Kaczmarek, the chairman of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with Belarus, stated that the EU can make Schengen visas more available … Read more...
EU Advisory Group in Armenia releases Annual Report for 2012
On 15 April 2013, the EU Advisory Group convened its twelfth Advisory Board Meeting co-chaired by Artur Baghdasaryan, Secretary of the National Security Council and … Read more...
Belarus hopes for rapprochement with Europe during Lithuania’s EU presidency, Lukashenka says
Belarus and Lithuania share a common history, culture, values and traditions and have “nothing to divide,” the Belarusian leader said, according to the … Read more...
Politicians Call on EU to Open Door to Belarusians
The leaders of three Belarusian opposition organizations on April 8 issued a petition, "More Europe for Belarus," calling on the EU not to "play by the rules of the … Read more...
Russian Federation Council Speaker says Europe not ready for visa-free travel with Russia
Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko said that certain Western European countries are not … Read more...
Saakashvili Wants Improvement in Relations with Russia
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said on Tuesday he was not against mending diplomatic relations with Russia that were severed several years ago. “I am one of … Read more...
Civil Society Forum relevant in Eastern Partnership Migration and Asylum Panel discussion
The voice of civil society was heard at a recent meeting of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) Panel on Migration and Asylum, which focused on the issues of readmission, … Read more...
Have you obtained a short-stay ‘Schengen’ visa over the past three years?
The Commission is reviewing the procedures for issuing these visas and would like to hear your views on your experience. The idea is to modernise the policy and your … Read more...