Erdogan hints Turkey will not revise law for visa deal
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's statement on Friday came a day after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who had negotiated the deal, stepped down over a rift with the president. Addressing European …
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One of European Parliament factions to vote against visa-free regime with Turkey
Representatives of one of the European Parliament factions - Europe of Nations and Freedom - will vote against granting Turkey a visa-free regime with the EU countries, the co-chairman of this political group Janice Atkinson …
Franz Klintsevich proposed to introduce visas for Central Asia
Today, the deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, Franz Klintsevich, made a proposal on the introduction of visa regime with Central Asian countries. "Everything has its …
Visa deal or no migrant deal, Turkey warns EU
Turkey stood its ground over the contentious issue of visa-free travel for its citizens on Saturday, warning German Chancellor Angela Merkel and top EU officials it would stop taking back migrants from Europe if the bloc failed …
Twelve European countries call for cancelling visas for Georgia and Ukraine
The foreign ministers of countries of Northern Europe, the Baltic States and the Visegrad Group, comprising the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, ended in the Baltic Sea resort town of Jurmala, Latvia, on Friday, TASS reports. …
Russia introduces visa regime for Turkish diplomats
Turkish diplomats will have to obtain visas for visiting Russia from April 18th, the Anadolu agency reports. Russia unilaterally suspended the visa-free regime …
Tourists to be able to receive electronic visas to Iran in late 2016
Iran will start issuing electronic visas for foreign tourists by the end of 2016, Iran’s vice-president, the head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, Masoud Soltanifar, said. …
Burjanadze: visa liberalization becomes problem for Georgia
The former Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, leader of the opposition party 'Democratic Movement', Nino Burjanadze, said that the authorities are creating false expectations in connection with visa liberalization with …
Turkish Airlines fined for transporting passenger to Sochi without visa
The Turkish Airlines has been fined for transporting a Turkish citizen to Russia without the necessary visa, the press service of the border department of the FSB of Russia in the Krasnodar Territory …
Schultz: Turkey should not expect easing of measures during visa liberalization
The European Parliament (EP) is not intending to simplify the process of abolishing visas for Turkey, the head of the European Parliament Martin Schulz said at the opening of the EU summit in Brussels. …
Karasin: abolition of visas for Georgians not possible now
The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin told Georgian journalists that the Russian side has simplified the issuance of visas for Georgian citizens, but the abolition of the visa regime is not possible at the …
United Kingdom doubts imminent accession of Turkey to EU
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) of the UK, George Osborne has expressed doubts about the possibility of the imminent accession of Turkey to the European Union in an interview to the BBC. …
Georgian media review for March 4-10
The threat of a split the Georgian Dream, the decision of the European Commission on visa liberalization, the hypothetical possibility of a meeting of the heads of the Russian Federation and Georgia
Georgia and Russia may cancel visa regime in 2016
The Georgian prime minister’s special representative for relations with Russia, Zurab Abashidze, said that the visa regime between the two countries may be cancelled in 2016. He noted that further simplification of …
UK retains visas for Turkish citizens
The UK won't cancel short-term visas for citizens of Turkey if this decision is taken by the European Union (EU), Minister of State for Europe David Lidington said today, speaking at the House of Commons. "We …
Flow of refugees to Turkey decreases
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated about huge decrease in the number refugees, coming into the country, after the decision of Ankara to revise the visa regime. "Turkey carries out its task in the …
Azerbaijan hastens issue of visas
Today President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree, according to which the law "On amendments to the Migration Code of Azerbaijan", dopted on February 1st 2016, comes into force. According to Trend, …
Kvirikashvili in Munich asks the European Union to evaluate the success of Georgia
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, speaking at a meeting in the framework of the 52nd Munich Security Conference on the theme of 'Future directions for European integration', urged the EU to give an adequate …
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 …
Kvirikashvili meets Tusk
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili held a meeting with the chairman of the European Council Donald Tusk in Brussels. This meeting was the first event in the framework of the visit of the Georgian Prime …
