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European Parliament President Martin Schulz has welcomed the adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of all the laws necessary for the liberalization of the visa regime with the EU.

“Good news from the VerkhovnaRada on passing the necessary laws for visa liberalization. Hopefully Ukraine will overcome the remaining hurdles in time,” Shulz tweeted.

As reported, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine added the “anti-discrimination” provision to the Labor Code of Ukraine on Nov. 12, 2015.

Earlier, on Nov. 10, the Ukrainian parliament passed five laws as part of the implementation of the action plan on the liberalization of visa regime by the EU for Ukraine.