EU Urges Ukraine to Ban Discrimination for Visa-Free Travel
The European Commission on Wednesday said it wants Ukraine to press ahead with antidiscrimination legislation after lawmakers there failed to pass a bill that would pave the way for visa-free travel for Ukrainians to the European Union.
The law’s backers Tuesday rallied only 207 of the 226 votes necessary to pass a bill that would extend existing labor laws to include a ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation. Two parties…