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The European Parliament is ready to work on the simplification of the visa regime for Ukraine, Chair of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee Elmar Brok has said.

The EU and Armenia signed on Monday a visa facilitation agreement at a ceremony that took place in Brussels.

The European Union has reaffirmed its intention to establish a visa-free regime with Ukraine.

Ukraine has substantially progressed in the direction of fulfillment of the first (legislative - Author) phase of the Action Plan on liberalization of the visa regime with the European Union.

Ukrainians and in the future will be able to enter the EU member-countries on the basis of a valid travel passport.

Ukrainian citizens will travel to EU member states on the basis of valid foreign passports (without the requirement that they be biometric) until the visa-free regime between the EU and Ukraine is introduced.

The Polish Embassy in Ukraine is planning to open visa centers in Chernivtsi and Uzhgorod by the end of the year, Poland's Consul General in Lviv Jaroslaw Drozd has said.

Is the EU edging closer to making a fundamental and strategic mistake by restoring the visa requirement for citizens of the Western Balkans?

EU interior ministers are set to discuss strengthening the visa regulations they loosened a few years ago. But following an influx of asylum seekers, many fear those entering the EU might have come to stay long-term.

Acting State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Georgia Tornike Gordadze met with the Director General for Internal Affairs of the European Commission, Stefano Manservis.