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The Movement for Freedom and the Office for a Democratic Belarus Launched a Campaign for the Reduction of Schengen Visa Costs for Belarusian Citizens. The Movement for Freedom and the Office for a Democratic Belarus (Brussels) today sent out letters to all governments of the countries -- signatories to the Schengen Agreement with an appeal to re-examine their policies regarding fees and procedures of issuing Schengen visas for Belarusian citizens. Addressing Ministers of Foreign and Internal Affairs, as well as several Heads of States, chairman of the Movement for Freedom Aliaksandr Milinkevich and director of the ODB Olga Stuzhinskaya describe difficulties experienced by Belarusians in obtaining EU visas after the expansion of the Schengen zone. The increased fee and the intensifying complexities of application procedures result into drastic decrease of the number of visas issued to citizens of Belarus, authors of the text say. The current situation fosters a sense of isolation of Belarusians and consolidates a negative image of the EU among them.

• Месца выхаду: Brussels
• Дата выхаду: 2008-11-28
• Выдавец: Office for a Democratic Belarus
• Кнігазбор: Kamunikat.org