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Concerns about allegedly illegal border checks being carried out in the Schengen visa-free area resurfaced on 4 July, when MEPs raised the issue of mobile controls along Dutch borders and German authorities checking Czech buses in a debate with the Commission and the Council.

The European Commission has proposed amending the bloc's visa regime with Ukraine to allow more categories of people to get multiple-entry visas into the European Union.

President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy said progress is felt in Armenia-EU relations.

The European Commission invites all interested partiesto take part in the consultations on the future rules on the entry and residence of non-EU national researchers, students, school pupils, unremunerated trainees and volunteers in the EU.

Chairman of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee Elmar Brok has called on the European Commission not to sign the agreement on the relaxation of visa requirements for Ukrainians before the upcoming elections to the Verkhovna Rada.

In what appears to be a further toughening of Germany's position on Ukraine, a leading MEP close to Chancellor Angela Merkel has opposed the Commission’s move towards a visa facilitation agreement.

The European Union has officially recognized the Ukraine backlog from Moldova in the visa-free dialogue, announcing that Chisinau has move to the second phase of fulfilling the action plan regarding visa liberalization.

The European Commission (EC) has decided to advance Moldova to the second phase of the dialogue on visa free regime, Prime Minister Vlad Filat said at a meeting with EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom in Brussels today, according to the government's communication and press relations department.

Head of the European Parliament delegation for relations with Ukraine Pawel Kowal has urged the EU Council and the European Commission to take the necessary steps to sign supplements to the visa facilitation agreement with Ukraine without delay.

According to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS), 4 million people have crossed the state border of Ukraine since the start of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship.