Turkey, EU Commission move forward on visa liberalization
There are only six criteria left to be fulfilled by Ankara
Dimitris Avramopoulos
EU offers to pay countries €6,000 per person to take in migrants rescued from Mediterranean
Proposal to break deadlock over migration policy will be considered today
EU prepares measures to protect from U.S. sanctions on Iran
The European Union is prepared to institute a so-called blocking statute to protect European companies if the Trump administration re-imposes sanctions following the U.S.’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, EU Home Affairs Commissioner …
Turkey, EU likely to find middle ground to move forward with visa liberalization
Visa-free regime for Turkish nationals traveling to Schengen area was one of key conditions in Turkey-EU refugee deal
EU Council eases visa rules for Ukraine
The EU Council has approved the decision to liberalize visa rules for Ukrainian citizens, European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said. "I am pleased to see that we are reaching the end of the …
European commissioner names one of EU main problems
The internal radicalization of the inhabitants of the European Union is one of the most complex problems of unification, which arises in the fight against terrorism, the European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship …
Turkey delivering on its promise to resettle refugees
It steps up efforts to provide larger lists of resettlement candidates
Ankara: no deal on migrants without visa-free travel
Turkey will not apply a readmission agreement with the European Union meant to stem the flow of illegal migrants if it does not get the visa-free travel to Europe it has been promised, its EU affairs minister Omer Celik said on …
EU Parliament to vote against Turkey visa-free regime
European lawmakers will vote in September against providing visa-free travel to Turkey in response to Ankara’s crackdown following a failed coup, a source in the European Parliament said. Earlier the European Parliament foreign …
EU to be allowed to suspend visa-free regime with Turkey and Ukraine
The European Union wants to strengthen procedures allowing it to suspend its visa waiver program for citizens of Ukraine, Turkey, Georgia and Kosovo and other countries, the European Commissioner for Migration, Interior Affairs and Citizenship, …
Turkey refuses to change anti-terrorism legislation
Turkey has fulfilled the required 72 criteria to meet a visa deal with the European Union, the Turkish Minister for EU Affairs Volkan Bozkir said today in Strasbourg, TRT TV channel reports. He noted that it is impossible to change the …
European Commission proposes visa-free travel for citizens of Ukraine
The European Commission proposed to the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament to lift visa requirements for the citizens of Ukraine by transferring Ukraine to the list of countries whose citizens can travel without a visa to …
Team on relations with secret services and law enforcement agencies to appear in EU
The European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos has said that the European Union will create an expert team to ensure communication among national …
Europe has become closer to Georgia
The European Commissioner for Migration Policy Dimitris Avramopoulos announced today that the European Commission has sent a legislative initiative to the European Parliament in order to liberalize the visa regime for Georgian …
Kvirikashvili: European Commission supports Georgia
The Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili described his visit to Brussels as a timely. "The European Union and the European Commission support Georgia," Georgia Online cited him as saying. …
EU prepares to lift visas for Georgia in summer
The EU may lift visa requirements for Georgian citizens by the summer of this year, the European Commissioner for Migration, Interior Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said at a joint briefing with the Georgian …
Georgian citizens still need visa to work in Europe
The Georgian citizens intending to work in Europe yet will need a visa, the European Commissioner for Migration, Interior and citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said. …
