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- President meets British Minister of State for Europe
Press office of President Victor Yushchenko President Victor Yushchenko met today with British Minister of State for Europe Caroline Flint. At the meeting sides discussed bilateral cooperation between Ukraine and Great Britain. President Yushchenko
- Ukraine, Georgia's NATO bid suffers setback
Ukraine and Georgia's hopes of joining NATO have suffered a setback, with the military alliance saying both countries still are not where they need to be. But NATO has not closed the door on the two former Soviet states. At the end of a two-day meeting,
- Hryvnia Fall Hurts Ukraine Gas Debt
KIEV -- A fall in the value of the hryvnia currency has cost Ukraine an additional $83 million in meeting the cost of gas shipments and disrupted attempts to pay arrears, the state oil and gas company Naftogaz said Wednesday. Naftogaz is holding talks in
- EU Offers Closer Ties to Kiev, Tbilisi
BRUSSELS -- The European Union proposed boosting its ties with Ukraine, Georgia and four other former Soviet republics on Wednesday in a move likely to irk Russia. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the plan, which offers financial
- Ukraine says troop redeployment no threat to Russia
KIEV, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian Defense Minister Yuri Yekhanurov said on Wednesday that the planned redeployment of troops closer to the country's borders did not threaten Russia. Delo, a Russian-language business newspaper published in Ukraine, said
- Will NATO survive without Ukraine and Georgia?
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Dmitry Kosyrev) - Neither Ukraine nor Georgia received the Membership Action Plan (MAP) status at the meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels. This was so clear that the issue was not even discussed. In
- EU proposes deeper ties to six ex-Soviet nations
The proposed new "Eastern Partnership" with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus offers free trade deals, closer energy ties, easier access to visas and financial assistance programs.
- Ukraine cbank auction min dlr price 7.37 hryvnias
KIEV, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The minimum price at which Ukraine's central bank sold dollars at an auction on Wednesday was 7.37 hryvnias, central bank data provided to Reuters showed. The auction was the third to be held by the central bank, which had
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Richly endowed in natural resources, Ukraine has been fought over and subjugated for centuries; its 20th-century struggle for liberty is not yet complete. A short-lived independence from Russia (1917-1920) was followed by brutal Soviet rule that engineered two artificial famines (1921-22 and 1932-33) in which over 8 million died, and World War II, in which German and Soviet armies were responsible for some 7 million more deaths. Although independence was attained in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR, true freedom remains elusive as many of the former Soviet elite remain entrenched, stalling efforts at economic reform, privatization, and civic liberties.
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