November 30, 2010
Kyiv Post. Independence. Community. Trust - Ukraine - At key time, French resist NATO membership for Ukraine, Georgia
Kyiv Post. Independence. Community. Trust - Ukraine - At key time, French resist NATO membership for Ukraine, Georgia
November 20, 2010
Ukraine's topless group widens political role | Reuters
Ukraine's topless group widens political role | Reuters
Ukraine's topless group widens political role
KIEV |
(Reuters) - Brazenly provocative, the bare-breasted young women of Femen are becoming an eye-catching -- if unsolicited -- fixture on Ukraine's political scene.
AFP: Ukraine president criticises Russian gas pipeline
AFP: Ukraine president criticises Russian gas pipeline
Ukraine president criticises Russian gas pipeline
KIEV — Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Friday issued a rare rebuke to the Kremlin by describing as unfriendly a Russian plan to build an ambitious new gas pipeline that would bypass Ukraine's territory.
Yanukovych has worked hard to improve relations between Moscow and Kiev since defeating the leaders of the pro-Western Orange Revolution in presidential elections this year.
November 15, 2010
Порядок денний асоціації (ПДА) між Україною і ЄС: громадський експертний моніторинг: Experts highlight “very slow” progress in Ukraine’s EU reforms
Порядок денний асоціації (ПДА) між Україною і ЄС: громадський експертний моніторинг: Experts highlight “very slow” progress in Ukraine’s EU reforms
Experts highlight “very slow” progress in Ukraine’s EU reforms
Press-release, Kyiv, November 15th, 2010
Ukraine has implemented only 4 out of over 60 analyzed reform priorities, identified in the EU-Ukraine Association Agenda (AA), the key document regulating EU-Ukraine relations. Trends during the reporting period (July-October, 2010) were marked with both positive measures taken by the public administration to implement AA’s priorities, and stagnation of changes in the “political dialogue” segment, primarily linked to worsening symptoms in the field of respect for human rights and democratic procedures.
November 11, 2010
November 10, 2010
Yanukovych and Oligarchs: a Short or Long-Term Relationship? - The Jamestown Foundation
Yanukovych and Oligarchs: a Short or Long-Term Relationship? - The Jamestown Foundation
Yanukovych and Oligarchs: a Short or Long-Term Relationship?
Ukraine’s October 31 local elections deepened Viktor Yanukovych’s and the Party of Regions grip on power. With parliamentary elections scheduled for September 2012 Yanukovych is on the way to a rapid monopolization of power that has profound consequences for Ukrainian democracy.
November 2, 2010
EUobserver / EU monitors give mixed report on Ukraine vote
EUobserver / EU monitors give mixed report on Ukraine vote
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Voting in Ukrainian local elections on Sunday (31 October) looked fair to the two MEPs who went out to monitor the event. But EU institutions are unhappy about irregularities in the run-up to the poll.
"I have seen a lot of elections in the past as an observer for the OSCE and I saw no serious flaws. But elections are not just about election day. It's about the whole picture," Polish MEP Pawel Kowal from the right-wing Law and Justice party told EUobserver by phone from Kiev on Monday.
EU monitors give mixed report on Ukraine vote
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EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Voting in Ukrainian local elections on Sunday (31 October) looked fair to the two MEPs who went out to monitor the event. But EU institutions are unhappy about irregularities in the run-up to the poll. "I have seen a lot of elections in the past as an observer for the OSCE and I saw no serious flaws. But elections are not just about election day. It's about the whole picture," Polish MEP Pawel Kowal from the right-wing Law and Justice party told EUobserver by phone from Kiev on Monday.
Lviv in western Ukraine - Ms Tymoshenko won 86% of the vote in the region in this year's presidential vote. But her party was struck off the list for the regional poll (Photo: EUobserver.com)
November 1, 2010
Putin to Ukraine: No merger, no gas talks - New Europe
Putin to Ukraine: No merger, no gas talks - New Europe
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin did not discuss gas issues with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov during his visit to Kiev on 27 October. “Actually, our prime minister (Azarov) made some attempt to raise this (gas) issue, but it was not a success because the idea of Putin is widely known: He wants the merger of (Russian gas monopoly) Gazprom and (Ukraine's energy company) Naftogaz,” a government source in Kiev told New Europe on 28 October on the condition of anonymity. Azarov was quoted as saying by the press on 25 October that he would, during his meeting with Putin, seek a reduction in the price of Russian natural gas sold to Ukraine. Ukrainian energy officials have also called in recent weeks for increases to the transit fee paid by Russia.
Putin mentioned that Russia already made huge concessions to Ukraine regarding the issue of price, the source told New Europe, adding that Russia has clearly stated its conditions. “We tried to persuade them, let’s make a deal, let’s revise the contract conditions, but unfortunately Putin was very firm,” the source added.
Putin to Ukraine: No merger, no gas talks
Putin mentioned that Russia already made huge concessions to Ukraine regarding the issue of price, the source told New Europe, adding that Russia has clearly stated its conditions. “We tried to persuade them, let’s make a deal, let’s revise the contract conditions, but unfortunately Putin was very firm,” the source added.
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