In September, "train to four capitals" starts from Kiev

The passenger train to the four capitals on the Kiev-Minsk-Vilnius-Riga route will be launched on 28 September this year. According to the press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Minister Volodymyr Omelyan said on July 17 in Lviv, according to the results of the meeting of the Ukrainian-Lithuanian Intergovernmental Commission for Trade, Economic and Scientific and Technical Cooperation [19659002]. between Ukraine and the European Union has become a new impetus for the intensification of bilateral Ukrainian-Lithuanian trade cooperation.

"The agenda of last year, which was agreed in Lithuania, gave the result of this year.We have the train of four capitals (Riga – Vilnius – Minsk – Kiev) , which begins on September 28 in Kiev. "We will have a direct air link between Vilnius and Lviv and other promising projects," said Omelian

.This month, in Ukrzaliznytsya, twice as much Passengers were transported to the European Union countries compared to the same period last year. "The company added that, in particular, trains to Warsaw and Przemysl were charging about 90%

Earlier, border guards said an increase in the number of visa-free trips to EU countries.As reported by the press service of the State Border Service, "free" use from 9 to 12,000 Ukrainians a day.From the beginning of the "non-visa" and at the At the end of June 2018, more than 21 million EU border crossings were registered by Ukrainian citizens, added to the border guard service.

See also: On 11 June 2017, the liberalization of the visa regime for Ukrainians making short trips to EU countries and the "Schengen" (up to 90 days for 180 days without right to work) entered into force. The visa-free regime applies to all Member States of the European Union, with the exception of Great Britain and Ireland, as well as the United Kingdom. to "Schengen zone" countries not belonging to the EU. To benefit from the visa-free regime with the EU, Ukrainians should have a biometric passport and, if the border guards asked for it, prove their purpose and their conditions of travel.