"We hope that the agreement between the European Union and Azerbaijan on visa facilitation and readmission agreements will enter into force in the summer of this year," the head of the EU Delegation in Baku, Malena Mard, said at the press conference today.
The cost of visa fees will be reduced from 60 to 35 euros. In a lite mode visas will be received by a number of categories of the population: students, participants of scientific exchange, businessmen, journalists, members of official delegations, etc.
The number of documents to obtain visas will be also reduced.
In addition, the Commission proposes to facilitate the general rules for the issuance of Schengen visas. "This project was approved yesterday by the European Commission and submitted for approval to the Member States," she said.
Now the holders of visas issued for 90 days may stay in the Schengen area within six months. According to the same innovation, according to the length of stay, the visas have been increased to 1 year.
The procedure for issuing multiple-entry visas for business and a number of other categories has been also simplified. If during the year a person has received two short-term visas and did not commit any violations, he can get multiple-entry visas for a period of three years or more.
The EU believes the new rules will attract additional 7 million tourists a year to the Schengen zone. -06C-
Politics
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On January 31, the trial of opposition politician Tofig Yagublu continued at the Baku Serious Crimes Court, where the examination of documents resumed. Yagublu pointed out the falsification of the search protocols related to the search at his home. He drew attention to the fact that the protocol stated that on December 14, 2023, at 16:00, the investigator completed the questioning of the "victim" and decided to conduct a search.
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Elvin Zeynalov, a religious activist living in the village of Mashtaga, was detained on January 31 around noon by individuals in plain clothes outside a store near his home. According to his relatives, later in the evening, Zeynalov was brought back home by people in black clothing, who conducted a search. They took Zeynalov's pants from the wardrobe, put marijuana in the pocket, then "seized" the drugs, filmed the video, and then took the activist away again.
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During the winter session of PACE at the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg, a "parallel event" was held on January 30 dedicated to the "alarming human rights crisis in Azerbaijan." The hearings were organized by the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and PACE member, co-chair of the Group of Unified European Left (Group of the Unified European), Spanish parliamentarian Laura Castel Fort.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that negotiations to end the war in Ukraine were underway, emphasizing his commitment to resolving the conflict but acknowledging the challenges in doing so.
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