“This is an unimaginable catastrophe in Europe. Europe has encountered a great loss. Poland is living through an indescribable tragedy. Never before in Europe have so many high ranking persons, democratically-elected by the people, died in a plane crash. They were on duty working on behalf of citizens. [more]

The European Association of Ukrainians extend their deepest condolence to Polish colleagues on the tragedy which happened yestarday in the Russian Federation. Sharing all the pain of loss, we wish to support Polish people and the state at this hard time.

The main post-presidential election challenge for Ukraine’s politicians and authorities is to stabilise the country politically and economically by reforming its constitution and establishing a social market economy, says Parliament in a resolution voted on Thursday. MEPs welcomed the fact that the presidential election met most free and fair election standards, with a range of candidates offering alternative political views.

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Five years ago, Ukraine’s presidential elections captured the imagination as Viktor Yushchenko emerged triumphant. [more]

This is the result of an experts opinion poll carried out by “Aksia” Political Values Research Center after the OU-PSD faction had proposed I.Pliushch for the post of Verkhovna Rada Speaker on Monday. [more]

The European Commission proposed Wednesday that the EU improve stability on its eastern doorstep by improving relations with Ukraine and five other ex-Soviet republics, countries Moscow regards as its backyard, AP reported. [more]

Ukraine`s real economy has continued to perform well with a real rate of GDP growth of 6.9% yoy in January-September 2008. However, Ukraine`s near term outlook has worsened substantially, although medium-term prospects remain good.

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The economy, energy and external relations are the three priorities of the Czech EU presidency set to kick off on 1 January, Milena Vicenova, Prague’s ambassador to the European Union told the British Chamber of Commerce on Monday (1 December), the day the presidency’s website went online. [more]

Kyiv, 27.11.2008 – A new Joint Project on strengthening and protecting women’s and children’s rights in Ukraine will be launched on Thursday 4 December in Kyiv. [more]

Broadband penetration in Europe continues to grow, from 18.2% in July 2007 to up to 21.7% in July 2008, according to a report published on 28th of November by the European Commission.
The report also shows the gap between EU countries narrowing, from 28.4 percentage points in July 2007 to 27.7 this July.  [more]