About: visa facilitation
Azerbaijan ‘discourages’ human traffickers
Azerbaijan is unlikely to become a transit country for illegal migration because the authorities have “discouraged” international human trafficking rings from taking this route, Vusal Huseynov, the chief of the State Migration Service of Azerbaijan, told EURACTIV.
EU visa facilitation for Kazakhstan will be a win-win story
There is nothing to be feared from putting in place visa facilitation for Kazakh citizens. VideoPromoted content
Commission condemns Russian travel bans on EU officials
The European Commission condemned on Tuesday (3 March) Russia's refusal to allow senior officials from Poland and Latvia, including an MEP, to enter the country to attend the funeral of murdered opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.
EU defies Russia by granting visa-free travel to Moldovans
Moldovan citizens will no longer require visas to travel to most of the European Union from Monday (28 April), as the bloc presses ahead with deeper ties with east European nations in defiance of Russia.
Ukrainian journalists denounce EU visa troubles
A number of Ukrainian journalists invited to attend a Brussels conference were issued with visas valid for only two days, a decision that shows the "bad will attitude" of the EU towards Ukrainian media, they told EURACTIV. VideoPromoted content
Ukrainian journalists denounce EU visa scandal
Twenty Ukrainian journalists invited for a 2-day Brussels conference have been issued Schengen visas valid for two days only. Mykhaylo Kukhar spoke to EURACTIV about freedom of travel of the media from their country in the EU.