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Ukrainian citizens will be exempted from EU short-stay visa requirements, after Parliament endorsed an informal deal with the Council on Thursday. Under the new law, Ukrainians who hold a biometric passport will be able to enter the EU without a visa for 90 days in any 180-day period, for tourism, to visit relatives or friends, or for business purposes, but not to work. The exemption applies to all EU countries, except Ireland and the UK, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. “Ukraine has achieved all the benchmarks, so the visa requirement should be lifted”, noted rapporteur for the proposal  Mariya Gabriel (EPP, BG) , adding that the visa waiver will be “another very strong message that Ukraine is a key partner for the European Union in the Eastern Partnership”. The legislation, approved by 521 votes to 75 with 36 abstentions, still needs to be formally adopted by the Council of Ministers. It is likely to enter into force in June, 20 days after it...

In the Ukrainian capital Kiev, a prominent journalist has been killed in a bomb attack .The bomb exploded in a car in which Pavel Sheremet was seated. However details remain sketchy. His partner was Alyona Pritula, the founder and chief editor of the title. The car was hers, but she was not in the vehicle at the time. A spokesman for the Ukrainian general prosecutor said: 'Investigators preliminarily qualify this event as murder. A pre-trial investigation has been launched.' The car exploded on the corner of Bogdana Khmelnitskogo and Ivana Franko streets, opposite McDonald's. MP Anton Gerashchenko, an aide to the Interior Minister, said: 'This is a cynical and well-planned murder. One of the most well known journalists of Ukraine, Pavel Sheremet, died from the explosion of an explosive device located in the car died he was driving.  "According to preliminary data, there was a bomb. Whether it was an improvised explosive device  or not ,...