EC reluctant to penalise Canada, US over visa requirements for Bulgarians and Romanians

The European Commission said on July 13 that it would continue to “work toward” getting Canada and the United States to remove visa requirements for citizens of EU member states Bulgaria and Romania – but again hinted that it was reluctant to penalise Washington and Ottawa over the lack of visa reciprocity.

EU 'to grant Turkey visa-free travel'. The EU fears that without a visa deal, Turkey will not control migration

The European Commission will grant Turkey conditional approval for visa-free travel within the EU's Schengen area, sources have told the BBC.

Putin orders to create interdepartmental commission for countering terrorism financing

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree "on the interdepartmental commission for countering terrorism financing," the Kremlin press service reported on Wednesday.