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Interior Minister says biometric travel passports no longer issued in Ukraine with delays Ukraine's Interior Minister Arsen Avakov says new biometric foreign passports are now issued without any delay. 6 762 126 Society 
Border guards show biometric border-control procedure in trains. VIDEO Ukrainian border guards demonstrated passengers crossing the Ukraine-Russia border by train passing the biometric border-control. 13 234 42 Incidents 
Ukraine's border guards start testing biometric control at Russian border The biometric border-control system was launched in test mode with the use of mobile passport readers at main border checkpoints to check the Ukrainian border guards' readiness ahead of the large-scale launch scheduled for Jan. 1, 2018. 8 381 87 Incidents 
Ukraine’s FM Klimkin: We actually have no diplomatic ties with Russia In fact, Ukraine has no diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation. Kyiv diplomats communicate with Moscow only on the release of political prisoners and during meetings in the Normandy format. 15 509 83 Ukrainian Politics 
Border Service to collect fingerprints of Russian citizens and create own database In 2016, more than 1.5 million Russians entered Ukraine, while this year the number has already reached 1.4 million. 22 766 58 Ukrainian Politics 
Poroshenko enacts NSDC decision on biometric control at state border crossing points President Petro Poroshenko has signed the Decree No. 256/2017, which enacts the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine of July 10, 2017 "On strengthening control over entry into Ukraine, departure from Ukraine of foreigners and stateless persons, compliance with the rules of staying on the territory Ukraine." 81 188 130 Ukrainian Politics 
Excessive demand for biometric passports persists in Ukraine, - State Migration Service Ukrainians continue to rush to obtain biometric passports for traveling abroad. 29 662 55 Previously in trend: Visa-free travel for Ukraine 
Ukraine to introduce biometric control for foreign citizens crossing its state border, - Poroshenko at NSDC meeting Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council chaired by President Petro Poroshenko considered yesterday the issue of enhanced control over Ukraine state border crossing. 44 503 161 Ukrainian Politics 
Ukraine must check those who arrive from occupied territories to apply for biometric passport, - Turchynov The number of Ukrainian citizens from Crimea and occupied areas of the Donbas who want to receive Ukrainian biometric passports has increased since visa-free travel for Ukrainians to EU came into force on June 11. 31 605 108 Ukrainian Politics 
More than 21,000 Ukrainian citizens entered EU without visas, - State Border Service As of June 19, 2017, more than half a million Ukrainian citizens entered EU countries since the visa-free travel was implemented on June 11. 10 373 85 Previously in trend: Visa-free travel for Ukraine 
Russian citizens could enter Ukraine with biometric foreign passports, - Hrytsak Head of Ukraine's Security Service suggested a solution for Russian citizens to travel to Ukraine without visas. 30 093 95 Ukrainian Politics 
Three travel passport services renewed operating in Kyiv, offices in other cities to follow by end of week, - Dokument SE Offices of the Dokument State Enterprise in regional centers of Ukraine are planned to be reopened by the end of the week. 25 618 38 Kyiv News 
ID cards instead of passports from 2016, - Yatseniuk Prime Minister of Ukraine Arsenii Yatseniuk announced transition from internal Soviet era passports to ID cards starting next year. 38 201 195 Ukrainian Politics 
Biometric passports to be issued in Ukraine from January 12 - Yatseniuk Prime Minister Yatseniuk expects the biometric passports issuing to be launched from Jan. 12. 36 381 418 Ukrainian Politics 
"They Cannot Rest While Ukrainians Survice Even on Minimum Wage," Says Liapina Ukraine in 2013 will flounder, and people will live as if in a concentration camp. 26 424 206 Economics 
Law on Biometric Passports does not Meet International Standards, UN UNHCR notes that the law came into force on 6 December, although the authorities are not ready to start issuing the new document. In general, the organization believes that the document does not fully meet international standards. 7 673 56 Ukrainian Politics 
EDAPS Con Artists Explain How Much They Will Take from Each Ukrainian for New Passport Biometric passport for traveling abroad will cost Ukrainians about 350 hryvnia (45 USD). 18 820 70 Previously in trend: EDAPS Corruption 
Parliament Agenda - 15% Tax on Currency Exchange and Biometric Passports Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Lytvyn opened the session. 4 934 23 Ukrainian Politics 
Yanukovych May Instigate the Emergence of Personal Data Black Market EDAPS (ID making corporation) management is one step away from gaining total control over strictly accountable document production in Ukraine for a long time as well as issuing documents to tens of millions of Ukrainians. 5 044 21 Previously in trend: EDAPS Corruption 
