Diane Dodds of the DUP welcomed the decision but criticised an EU description of Gibraltar as a “colony” EPAProposals to give British citizens short-stay, visa-free access to the EU after Brexit are a step closer to being agreed. EU ambassadors have said that people from the UK coming to the Schengen area for stays of up to 90 days in any 180-day period should be granted visa-free travel, even in the event of a no-deal scenario. The Schengen agreement between most European Union countries allows people and goods to pass freely across borders. Ireland and the UK are not in the agreement but operate a common travel area with each other. The British government has said that it does not intend to require visas from EU citizens travelling to the UK…

Source: The Times February 02, 2019 00:02 UTC