Vicenová: Czechs to travel to the US without visas by end of 2008

Czechs should be travelling to the United States without visas by the end of this year at the latest, the Czech ambassador to the EU Milena Vicenová has said, adding that the Czech-US agreement is to be announced on November 17. So far, only citizens of 15 older EU member states, with the exception of Greece, do not need a visa when travelling to the US. Among the member states that joined the EU in 2004 or later, Slovenia is the only country included in the visa-waiver programme.