Penza, 3 December 2015. PenzaNews. Pavel Polosin, editor-in-chief of PenzaNews agency, is currently taking part in the seminar for media representatives on current issues of EU-Russia cooperation that started in Luxembourg on Thursday, December 3.

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The agenda for the event’s opening ceremony includes an introduction speech by Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg.

The seminar will feature several working sessions on key issues of Russian-European relations, meeting with politicians, discussions with EU journalists, and visits to the Luxembourg Parliament and City Hall.

On Saturday, December 5, the seminar will cap off with a visit to the town of Schengen, which became famous after the signing of the Schengen Agreement: on 14 June 1985, representatives of Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, France and West Germany met on the river-boat Princess Marie-Astrid on the Moselle river to sign the document to abolish common border controls.