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Activists urge to sign a petition to expedite the implementation of the Agreement on local border traffic with Poland
Planned and announced introduction of local border traffic provides for the citizens of Belarus and Poland, living thirty kilometers from the border, to cross it on a … Read more...
“Speed of visa negotiations with EU depends on Azerbaijan’s political will”
The negotiations on easing visa regime with the EU and talks on readmission depend on the political will of the partner country. The statement came from head of the EU … Read more...
CESD Recommendation on E-Visa System Approved
Government of Azerbaijan approved applying e-visa system based on recommendations submitted by CESD- Center for Economic and Social Development. “Azerbaijan will … Read more...
Kyiv to complete first part of EU visa liberalization Action Plan by end of October
Ukraine should complete the adoption of all necessary acts as part of the first phase of the Action Plan on visa liberalization with the EU by the end of October, … Read more...
Armenia to unilaterally lift visa requirements for Schengen countries’ citizens
As of January 10, 2013, the citizens of 27 EU-member countries and four non-member but Schengen Acquis countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) can … Read more...
Ukraine to implement European biometric ID standards
The Ukrainian parliament has passed the first reading of a bill to introduce biometric IDs to the country. The bill also would enable the creation of a unified state … Read more...
Polish visa issuance to Ukrainians doubles
According to the results of year 2012, Poland plans to issue up to 1 million visas to Ukrainians, Consul General of Poland in Kyiv Rafal Wolski said during the round … Read more...
EC may use sanctions against states not complying with visa facilitation agreement with Ukraine
The European Commission may resort to sanctions, including legal actions, against the EU member-states that are not complying with the visa facilitation agreement with … Read more...
Russia and EU to exchange missions of experts on visa issue
European Union experts will visit Russia for the first time in late September to assess the progress Moscow has made in its preparations for the talks on scrapping … Read more...
Parliament amends Ukrainian law on powers of central executive migration bodies
The Ukrainian parliament has agreed with the president's proposals, and introduced amendments to Ukrainian laws on the powers of the central executive body carrying out … Read more...