{"id":118122,"date":"2024-12-13T13:58:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T10:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118122\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lukasenka-extends-visa-waiver-for-europeans-until-2026","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118122\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka extends visa waiver for Europeans until 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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December 13, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has approved an extension of a visa waiver for European nationals until December 31, 2025, the State Border Committee said, citing the popularity of the visa-free entry program among foreigners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 1 million Europeans, including nationals of Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Germany, Estonia, Italy, France and the United Kingdom, have visited Belarus since its launch on July 19, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visa waiver covers trips of up to 30 days via all checkpoints. It applies to the 35 countries most of which are labelled \u201cunfriendly\u201d by Minsk. The list includes Andorra, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Portugal, Romania, San-Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, the UK and the Vatican.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minsk launched the program following Latvia\u2019s and Lithuania\u2019s decisions to ban the entry of vehicles with Belarusian license plates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A separate visa-free program for citizens of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland announced in 2022, remains in force until the end of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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