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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13011

1 September 2022
Russian invasion of Ukraine / Home affairs
EU27 to tighten Schengen short-stay visa requirements for all Russian citizens, with exceptions for anti-war activists
Brussels/Prague, 31/08/2022 (Agence Europe)

EU foreign ministers, meeting informally in Prague on Wednesday 31 August, reached a “political agreement” on the “full suspension of the short-stay visa facilitation agreement” for Russian citizens, announced Josep Borrell, the EU’s High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. This political agreement will be followed by a formal proposal from the European Commission.

In addition, the ministers decided, while suspending the 2007 agreement entirely, to...

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