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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.