European Parliament approves of nine new EU members in Schengen
The European Parliament has allowed nine out of the ten countries that became EU members in May 2004 to join the Schengen Agreement. Czechia, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined the Schengen information system on September 1.
All the nine countries have installed equipment necessary to use the central Schengen data base containing information for the police and frontier authorities. Only Cyprus has not managed to fulfill the demands of the European Commission yet, reports RIA “Novosti”.
It is planned that Belarusians will have to buy Schengen visas for 60 euro while Ukrainians will be able to buy them for 35 euro. According to European politicians, unlike Ukraine, the Belarusian authorities have done nothing to lower the price of visas.
Nevertheless, Belarusians and Ukrainians will be able to get national visas of Lithuania, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. The decision was taken by these countries in September but it has not come into power yet.
All the nine countries have installed equipment necessary to use the central Schengen data base containing information for the police and frontier authorities. Only Cyprus has not managed to fulfill the demands of the European Commission yet, reports RIA “Novosti”.
It is planned that Belarusians will have to buy Schengen visas for 60 euro while Ukrainians will be able to buy them for 35 euro. According to European politicians, unlike Ukraine, the Belarusian authorities have done nothing to lower the price of visas.
Nevertheless, Belarusians and Ukrainians will be able to get national visas of Lithuania, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. The decision was taken by these countries in September but it has not come into power yet.
