EU Members Back Tougher Visa Rules for Russian Tourists.

During Wednesday's talks, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky urged his counterparts in the room to stop issuing tourists visas and also ban tourists that are already holding an EU visa, according to a person familiar with the matter. Keywords: ALLTOP; BUSINESS; CONS; CONSD; COS; EUROPE; GEN; GENTOP; GER; GOV; INDUSTRIES; LAW; LIFESTYLE; POL; RUSSIA; TOP; TRAVEL; WORLD; WWTOP; WWTOPAM; WWTOPEU EN ALLTOP BUSINESS CONS CONSD COS EUROPE GEN GENTOP GER GOV INDUSTRIES LAW LIFESTYLE POL RUSSIA TOP TRAVEL WORLD WWTOP WWTOPAM WWTOPEU European Union member states agreed to make it costlier and more difficult for Russian tourists to travel to the bloc, but stopped short of a full visa ban. RHHG13DWX2PU (Bloomberg) -- European Union member states agreed to make it costlier and more difficult for Russian tourists to travel to the bloc, but stopped short of a full visa ban. [Extracted from the article]