Article: Russia, EU agree on protocol over Kaliningrad transit

Article: LITHUANIA EASES KALININGRAD TRANSIT RULES
Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  February 3, 2003 ;     369 words ... ... identification cards be recognized as a valid travel document (see Russia items above). Identification cards were not mentioned in the EU-Russian agreement on Kaliningrad transit, and Lithuania will allow their use only if the EU confirms the ...

Article: LITHUANIA: LITHUANIA EASES KALININGRAD TRANSIT ...
IPR Strategic Business Information Database;  February 3, 2003 ;     619 words ... ... identification cards be recognized as a valid travel document (see Russia items above). Identification cards were not mentioned in the EU-Russian agreement on Kaliningrad transit, and Lithuania will allow their use only if the EU confirms the ...

Article: EU/LITHUANIA/RUSSIA: KALININGRAD TRANSIT ...
European Report;  April 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... the FRTD before it is issued, whereas Russia wants to ensure that its citizens only ... talked of a "half-step" forward. While Russia would ostensibly have more to lose from ... ceremony. Funds for SMEs in North-West Russia. Meanwhile, the European Commission ...

Article: EU/RUSSIA: COMMISSION ISSUES PROPOSALS FOR ...
European Report;  February 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... facilitated" passenger transit between Russia and its Kaliningrad enclave from July ... practical follow-up to the November EU-Russia Summit, which finally solved at political ... vexed question of how to avoid subjecting Russia to a fully-fledged visa regime as Lithuania ...

Article: Russia, Lithuania end differences over Kaliningrad ...
AP Worldstream;  June 20, 2003 ;     360 words ... ... a sensitive topic in relations between Russia and the EU. The EU fears a flood of immigrants from Russia, while Moscow had worried that EU border ... documents so they can go back and forth to Russia through Lithuanian territory. The documents ...

Article: EU/RUSSIA: COMMISSION REVEALS PLAN TO END ...
European Report;  September 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... resolve the diplomatic impasse between Russia and the European Union over the travel ... allowing Kaliningraders to travel to mainland Russia via Lithuania on secured, non-stop ... Ministers a sneak preview to sound them out. Russia initially came up with the idea of direct ...

Article: EU promises flexibility on Kaliningrad transit ...
AP Worldstream;  July 24, 2002 ;     494 words ... ... obtain visas to travel to the rest of Russia overland when neighboring Poland and Lithuania ... join the EU, officials said Wednesday. Russia has strongly resisted EU plans for a visa ... World War II. The visa issue has clouded Russia's otherwise improving relations with ...