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Schengen Expansion Postponed

The accession of Eastern European EU member states and Switzerland to the Schengen Area is postponed until June 2008. The European Commission explains the delay by technical reasons.

Main news of the issue (Foreign №352)

British Visas Now Only Available Online

Starting November 1, the British Embassy in Ukraine will begin accepting visa applications exclusively online. This was announced by the British Ambassador to Ukraine, Timothy Barrow. He reported…

Non-citizens of Germany to be assigned numbers

The Federal Government of Germany intends to introduce a new document – a 'residence card' – which foreigners will be obliged to carry at all times. The electronic chip, storing information about the…

Main news of the issue (abroad №351)

European Union Temporarily Unavailable

The European Commission has approved the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the EU – with their joining, the Union's enlargement will be suspended. Both countries are accepted into the European…

Top news of the issue (Abroad No. 350)

No Room for Liquids in Europe's Skies

New rules for carrying hand luggage on board passenger aircraft will be introduced in Europe in November. Based on the experience of the massive terrorist plot foiled by security services at London's…

Decline of Eastern Europe

Rioting crowds on the streets of Budapest only confirm that the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe have entered a phase of the first serious, comprehensive crisis. That…

Main news of the issue (abroad, No. 349)

Main news of the issue (abroad No. 348)

New Home – the European Union

It has been two and a half years since ten new countries simultaneously joined the European Union. In about the same amount of time, Austria, Finland and Sweden – states now considered 'old-timers'…