{"id":32667,"date":"2022-03-09T13:33:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T12:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=32667"},"modified":"2022-03-09T13:33:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T12:33:13","slug":"kosovo-lifts-visa-requirements-for-ukrainian-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo-lifts-visa-requirements-for-ukrainian-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Kosovo lifts visa requirements for Ukrainian nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian citizens will now be able to enter Kosovo and stay without getting accepted for a visa.<\/p>\n<p>This new move comes at a time when Kosovo has decided to temporarily lift the visa regime for Ukrainian citizens due to the ongoing conflict with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was voted and adopted by Parliament this Tuesday, March 8.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal was first made by Kosovo\u2019s foreign minister, Donika Gervalla, who two days ago, said that Kosovo was planning to lift the transit visa regime for all Ukrainian citizens and that it would prepare to shelter family members of soldiers currently fighting in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Around 40 Ukrainian soldiers are currently serving in Kosovo through NATO\u2019s KFOR peacekeeping mission, whereas Kosovo is expected to take in around 5.000 Ukrainian refugees.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this decision, Ukrainian citizens who wished to enter Kosovo had to apply for a visa, but this has been temporarily lifted due to Russia\u2019s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine \u2013 which has resulted in at least 1.000 civilian casualties, according to the UN.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/03\/09\/how-is-the-oil-crisis-manifesting-itself-in-kosovo\/\">How is the oil crisis manifesting itself in Kosovo?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/09\/drivers-of-intercity-routes-warn-of-higher-ticket-prices\/\">Drivers of intercity routes warn of higher ticket prices<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/08\/prices-expected-to-rise-from-30-all-the-way-to-50-says-head-of-kash\/\">Prices expected to rise from 30% all the way to 50%, says head of KASH<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu32663\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian citizens will now be able to enter Kosovo and stay without getting accepted for a visa. This new move comes at a time when Kosovo has decided to temporarily lift the visa regime for Ukrainian citizens due to the ongoing conflict with Russia. The decision was voted and adopted by Parliament this Tuesday, March [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":32668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[300,151,820,821,284,285,283,637],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kosovo lifts visa requirements for Ukrainian nationals - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo-lifts-visa-requirements-for-ukrainian-nationals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kosovo lifts visa requirements for Ukrainian nationals - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ukrainian citizens will now be able to enter Kosovo and stay without getting accepted for a visa. 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