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05-03-2013

Germany is Ready to Veto Shengen for Romania and Bulgaria The German government is going to veto Romania and Bulgaria's bid to join the Schengen Area.

27-02-2013

EU presents Action Plan on Visa Liberalisation with Georgia The EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmstr?m presented the Action Plan on Visa Liberalisation with Georgia.

22-01-2013

Ukrainians required to provide fingerprints to get long-term German visas, says Foreign Ministry Germany is to request biometric data from Ukrainian applicants for long-term visas, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s press service reported.

10-01-2013

EU citizens may visit Armenia without visas from now on European Commissioner Stefan Fule expressed his gratitude toward the decision of the Armenian government according to which citizens of the EU member countries will be able to visit Armenia without visas.

09-01-2013

Will the EU reimpose visas for travellers from Balkan countries? “FAKE asylum seekers”, warns a poster in Belgrade airport, “risk everything.” It is three years since Serbs, Macedonians and Montenegrins got the freedom to travel without a visa to Europe’s 26-member Schengen zone.

03-01-2013

Biometric passport start issued after series of preparations Issuance of biometric documents in Ukraine will begin after the completion of preparations, the State Migration Service of Ukraine press service informs.

25-12-2012

Ukrainians can stay without visa in Beijing for three days China has decided to provide the Ukrainian citizens with a 72-hour visa-free transit in Beijing (China) from January 1, 2013, spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Oleksandr Dikusarov told a briefing.

21-12-2012

Visa requirements negative for Russia-EU economic ties - Putin The existing visa requirements for Russian and EU citizens are holding back the development of economic relations between Russia and the European Union, President Vladimir Putin said.

20-12-2012

Brok: European Parliament ready to work on visa facilitation for Ukrainians 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.

17-12-2012

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

10-12-2012

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

10-12-2012

Ukraine substantially progressed toward liberalization of visa regime with EU - expert 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.

10-12-2012

Ukraine substantially progressed toward liberalization of visa regime with EU - expert 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.

04-12-2012

The EU will not prohibit the entry of Ukrainians with old passports, - foreign Ministry Ukrainians and in the future will be able to enter the EU member-countries on the basis of a valid travel passport.

04-12-2012

Foreign Ministry: Ukrainians to travel to EU without biometric passports 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.

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06-09-2010

Visa-Free Europe for the Eastern Partnership: a Way to Achieve

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The publication is another contribution made by “Europe without Barriers” to strengthen independent expertise of the EU visa and migration policies.

This time experts focused their attention on the potential value and perspectives of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) initiative for the sake of visa liberalisation.

Launch of EaP is expected to add regional dimension into the “visa dialogue” between Ukraine and the European Union. The dialogue started in 2008 with the aim to elaborate criteria and tasks to be implemented by Ukraine on the way to visa regime removal on behalf of the EU. We believe that effective use of EaP will not only facilitate people to people contacts, but bring the participating countries closer to the norms and standards of the European Union.

We believe that professional capacities of international partners involved into this project may significantly strengthen the level of professional expertise as well as improve lobbying of necessary changes.

In order to achieve synergy, “Europe without Barriers” started institutional cooperation with two think tanks from the Western Europe, namely European Policy Centre (ĹĐŃ) and European Stability Initiative (ESI). EPC works in direct contact with EU institutions and it is highly respected by independent experts. ESI is well known for its high-quality expertise and lobbying visa free regime for the Western Balkans.

Authors of the research discover the mechanisms and impact on relevant decisions in the European Union’s institutions as well as outline major stereotypes and reasons that affect important positions concerning visa free perspectives for Ukraine. Amanda Paul, EPC expert, contributes to this issue in her writing.
Positive international experience in fighting for freedom of movement in the countries previously having visa regime with EU is an important component of visa free movement. Public campaigns for visa free regimes, lobbying of necessary internal reforms in the most sensitive sectors which are generally aimed at improvement in the spheres of security, border management and fundamental human rights — there subjects are covered by Alexandra Stiglmayer’s contribution. She works as ESI Schengen White List project director.

The target audience of this publication is wide range of experts, politicians, public activists and everyone interested in professional recommendations regarding political, technical and legal tasks aimed at achieving the criteria for visa free regime with the EU.

We offer also exclusive material developed by “Europe without Barriers”, presenting expert evaluation of official visa issuance statistics of the European Union for 2009.
The publication was developed in terms of the project “Public support for Ukraine-EU visa dialogue in the context of “Eastern Partnership” supported by European Programme of the International Renaissance Foundation in the frames of grant competition “Strengthening cooperation between Ukrainian and West-European think-tanks”.

On behalf of international public initiative
“Europe without barriers”
Iryna Sushko