NATO is expected to encourage Georgia and Ukraine to pursue reforms needed to eventually join the alliance but stop short of offering formal roadmaps at a meeting of the bloc`s foreign ministers on Tuesday, Reuters reported. [more]

Russian energy giant Gazprom said Sunday that Ukraine had paid only part of its huge gas debt and threatened Kyiv with a more than double price hike unless all arrears were cleared this year, AFP reported. [more]

Russian energy giant Gazprom said Sunday that Ukraine had paid only part of its huge gas debt and threatened Kyiv with a more than double price hike unless all arrears were cleared this year, AFP reported. [more]

This week, Brussels will host a meeting of NATO foreign ministers which will give a comprehensive assessment of Ukraine`s progress in conducting reforms. Among other things, the meeting will discuss NATO`s Membership Action Plan for Ukraine. [more]

This week, Brussels will host a meeting of NATO foreign ministers which will give a comprehensive assessment of Ukraine`s progress in conducting reforms. Among other things, the meeting will discuss NATO`s Membership Action Plan for Ukraine. [more]

Addressing Ukrainians the world over, and the whole of the international community on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the 1932 - 1933 Great Famine (Holodomor) in Ukraine, President Viktor Yushchenko called on everybody to join in the mourning events and light a candle of memory on November 22. [more]

On November 20 the formal establishment of the first ever Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce took place at Telenor‘s headquarters in Norway. The chamber will have as its main ambition to promote increased trade and business relations between Ukraine and Norway. [more]

Caught by surprise by the European Commission’s decision on Tuesday (25 November) to strip Bulgaria of €220 million in EU money over persistent corruption concerns, the country’s politicians voiced their frustration and disappointment. [more]

The United States is set to re-think its role and leadership in the world. Europe shows signs of being newly assertive and more self-confident. And Russia may have to acknowledge its vulnerabilities and the limits of adventurism. These three developments mean right now, the EU and the US have a unique opportunity to craft a new policy toward Russia. [more]