Defeated in Presidential Election, Flavio Bolsonaro Arrives in Miami

Flavio Bolsonaro, who lost Brazil’s presidential election, has arrived in Miami with his family after fleeing the country, O Globo newspaper reported, citing sources.

Media outlets reported that Bolsonaro and his family fled to the U.S. following his election defeat

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, whose side lost in Brazil’s presidential election, has fled the country with his family. This was reported on October 27 by the television channel CNN Brasil, citing sources close to the politician.

Russia’s fast-tracking of passports for Ukrainians is ‘propaganda’: Germany

Germany has dismissed as “propaganda” a Russian decree that simplifies rules for Ukrainians to obtain Russian passports.

Greece is working on agreements with ten countries on vaccine passports

 

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Russian FM announces truce accord from Monday in eastern Ukraine

A truce between pro-Russian rebels and the Ukrainian army will come into force on Monday in eastern Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, hours after Moscow controversially announced it would begin recognizing passports issued by rebel authorities in separatist regions.

Turkey to open the Hatay border with Syria

Turkey said it will open the Hatay border with Syria during the Muslim festival of Eid ul-Fitr for Syrians in Turkey to return home, the media said on Wednesday.

'Urgent' need to tighten borders - French PM

France's prime minister has said there is an "urgent" need to tighten controls on the European Union's borders after bombings in Brussels that left around 30 dead were claimed by the so-called Islamic State group.

German police mobilise 'hundreds' for border controls

Hundreds of German police officers have been mobilised to carry out border checks, a spokesman for the federal force told AFP on Sunday, after Berlin reinstated passport controls with its neighbouring countries.

Carpathian Ruthenians demand recognition of them as separate nationality, autonomy

Ruthenians of the Trans Carpathian region in Ukraine demand to recognise them as a separate nationality and to be granted a status of autonomy through a dialogue with Kiev, Ruthenians’ leader Pyotr Getsko told TASS on Saturday.

Porochenko brandit des passeports de soldats russes / Poroshenko shows passports of “lost” Russian soldiers (video)

(Belga) Le président ukrainien Petro Porochenko a brandi samedi à Munich des passeports de soldats russes entrés en Ukraine pour prouver "l'agression et la présence de troupes russes" combattant aux côtés des rebelles dans l'est du pays...

Ukraine imposes passport controls around rebel area. (De facto internal borders)

Ukraine announced Thursday that anyone crossing in or out of areas controlled by pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country will have to show a passport.

The rule, announced by the country's border guard service, was aimed at sealing off the separatist region, creating what will become a de facto internal border in the seven-month conflict.

Ukrainian citizens will be allowed to travel in and out of the area "on condition of showing passports," the border guard service said in a statement. Foreigners will "be sent to filtration points to determine the purpose of their visit" and will have "to show a passport or the required visa," the statement said.

Hungary's Orban urges western Ukraine autonomy. - Orban has granted dual citizenship to hundreds of thousands of ethnic Hungarians

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday renewed a controversial call for autonomy for his ethnic kin in western Ukraine, less than a week after sparking a diplomatic row with both Kiev and Warsaw.

"The full weight of the Hungarian state is behind the autonomy demands of the Transcarpathian Hungarians," Orban said in an interview on the M1 public television channel late Friday. Around 200,000 ethnic Hungarians live in Ukraine, almost all in the Transcarpathia region which belonged to Hungary before World War I.

Russia Hurries to Issue Passports for Ukraine’s Former Riot Police

MOSCOW, February 28 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday it has ordered its consulate in Crimea to speed up the issuance of passports and citizenship to members of Ukraine’s elite Berkut riot police.
“The Russian consulate in Simferopol has been instructed to take all necessary measures to start issuing Russian passports to officers of the Berkut unit,” the ministry said in its Facebook blog.
The new authorities in Kiev have disbanded the Berkut following last week’s deadly clashes between riot police and anti-government protestors that left 88 people dead and injured hundreds before Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych fled the capital.

La polémique sur les passeports maltais enfle au Parlement européen

La polémique sur la vente de passeports aux étrangers fortunés par Malte est appelée à prendre de l'ampleur cette semaine à Strasbourg, où le Parlement européen est réuni en plénière. Le groupe conservateur (PPE) veut faire voter une résolution condamnant cette mesure adoptée par le gouvernement du travailliste Joseph Muscat.

 

La petite île de Malte a décidé récemment de permettre l'acquisition de la nationalité en échange d'un paiement de 650 000 euros. Quelques autres conditions doivent être respectées.

DFAT updates travel advice for Greek Australians

Australia: 9 Oct 2012 (neoskosmos)

Problems entering Greece from FYROM flagged 

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Michael Sweet

New advice on entry and exit conditions for dual nationals travelling between Australia and Greece has been issued by DFAT.
The advice - published on September 27 on the DFAT Smarttraveller website - contains updated information on visa requirements, limitations on carrying cash into the EU, and warns of potential problems in relation to travel documents. DFAT has taken the opportunity to warn Australian citizens born in Greece that they may encounter problems entering Greece on travel documents that use place names (for example, place of birth) that are not officially recognised by the Greek authorities.