Sources: Reuters
Ahali party leader Nika Gvaramia is arrested in a police raid on his office in Tbilisi, Georgia. The arrest comes as the government continues to crack down on the opposition in response to protests against delaying negotiations to join the European Union. More than 100 demonstrators are also injured during clashes with riot police in Tbilisi. 2024-12-4
Hungary opens its borders to Russian and Belarusian guest workers without requiring work visas or cultural knowledge testing requirements, thereby allowing these workers to obtain "National Cards" and travel freely within the European Union's Schengen Area. 2024-07-9
The European Union agrees to provide an additional €5 billion to their Ukrainian military aid fund. 2024-03-13
The European Union accepts Croatia's accession to the Schengen Area, effective January 1. 2022-12-8
Spain and the United Kingdom reach an agreement to keep Gibraltar in the European Union's Schengen Area as freedom of movement between the EU and UK is due to end. 2020-12-31
The European Aviation Safety Agency revokes its authorisation of Ukraine Air Alliance, effectively banning the airline from all airspace in the European Union. The move results from yesterday's crash of an Antonov An-12 owned by the airline, after it ran out of fuel near Lviv, Ukraine. 2019-10-5
The European Union's visa-free regime for Ukraine officially enters into force. 2017-06-11
The European Union formally grants Georgian citizens visa-free travel to its member states, with the exception of Ireland and the United Kingdom. The signed documents will be published on March 8, and officially enter into force on March 28. 2017-03-1
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