Sources: Reuters
The European Union approves of Romania and Bulgaria to join the Schengen Area in 2025. 2024-12-12
The European Union formally launches accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. 2024-06-25
European Union member states agree to begin negotiations on the accession of Moldova and Ukraine to the EU next week. 2024-06-21
Russia restricts diplomats, journalists, and politicians from the European Union, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein from obtaining a visa by a simplified procedure. 2022-04-4
The European Union's visa-free regime for Ukraine officially enters into force. 2017-06-11
Georgia's visa-free regime, which allows travel to most member states of the European Union, with the exception of Ireland and the United Kingdom, enters into force. 2017-03-28
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Kiev, Ukraine, where he is expected to discuss ways of ending the conflict in the east of the country. The visit, along with his visit to Georgia yesterday, comes ahead of the NATO summit in Warsaw that will take place tomorrow. 2016-07-7
Greece faces suspension or expulsion from the European Union's Schengen Area if it can not prevent waves of migrants from crossing over the country into Macedonia. 2016-01-25
Russia's Gazprom halts gas supplies to Ukraine until the Ukrainian government pays in advance for future supplies to replenish the current supplies of gas that it has used up; Ukraine says it has stopped buying from Gazprom because it can get cheaper gas from Europe. Roughly 15% of the gas used in Europe travels through Ukraine, and a previous cut-off of gas supplies in 2009 caused serious disruptions in shipments to EU countries at the height of winter. 2015-11-25
Lawmakers from Ukraine ratify a landmark agreement with the European Union in tandem with a meeting of the European Parliament. 2014-09-16