The European Union strengthened its support for Ukraine yesterday, allocating millions of euros for an anti-corruption programme in the former Soviet republic and inching closer to enabling Ukrainians to travel to the EU without a visa.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told a press conference at the bilateral summit in Brussels that a potential visa liberalisation deal appeared likely but was being held up by a technicality.“We are very close to a compromise,” Poroshenko said.European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, standing next to Poroshenko, said that such a deal could be ready by the end of this year.The European Commission, the EU’s executive …read more
Source: Gulf times
