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EU grants visa-free travel to 50 million Ukrainians and Georgians

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The EU has granted visa-free travel to 50 million Ukrainians and Georgians. Officials said the deal had been struck to end an internal EU dispute that had been holding up the promised measures. Late-night talks involving EU member states and the European Parliament had reached a compromise on the terms of a mechanism which can be used to suspend the visa-free schemes in emergencies. The two former Soviet republics are seeking to move further away from their former master Moscow and closer to the West. More on the source website