4 hours agoIf liberalisation occurs, these are countries where Kosovars can travel without visas
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)On Wednesday in the Kosovo Assembly, MPs have ratified the agreement for demarcation of the border between Kosovo and Montenegro, fulfilling one of the key conditions set by the European Union in exchange for visa liberalisation for Kosovo citizens. December may be the month when even Kosovars can finally move freely in [...]
On Wednesday in the Kosovo Assembly, MPs have ratified the agreement for demarcation of the border between Kosovo and Montenegro, fulfilling one of the key conditions set by the European Union in exchange for visa liberalisation for Kosovo citizens.
December could be the month when even Kosovars can finally move freely into the Schengen area, according to Kosovo Assembly Chairman Kadri Wessel.
“at the end of this year, by mid-December, we think that the issue of the free travel of Kosovars without visas” will end, Vessel has been expressed in T7.
He said he has received this promise from EU representatives.
But who makes up the Schengen zone? In which countries can Kosovars freely move after the removal of visas?
The Schengen zone now covers 26 European countries, 22 of which are EU members and 4 non-members: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland.
The United Kingdom and Ireland have declined to accept the complete removal of border controls at the entrance of their countries, and thus have finally given up on implementing the agreement. The four new members -- Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus and Croatia -- are currently not part of the Schengen zone, but are obliged to join the Schengen zone in the future.
That means Kosovars will be able to move visa-free to these countries: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, France, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Holland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
But it remains unclear whether Kosovars will be able to travel to countries like Spain, which not only have not recognised Kosovo as a state, but have neither accepted the Kosovo passport.
