The creation of a Crimean Platform will help keep the issue of de-occupation of Crimea high on the international agenda. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany […]
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Majority of EU citizens support Ukraine’s membership in the EU – survey
Over half of European citizens (55%) support Ukraine’s membership in the EU, according to the study conducted by a think tank New Europe Center. The study was carried out to […]
Ukrtransgaz becomes the guarantor of energy security for EU countries
The growing demand of Ukrainian underground gas storage (UGS) facilities by foreign traders remains a key trend in UGS operations for 7 months of 2020, reports Ukrtransgaz. At the beginning of […]
Ukraine became the second-largest supplier of organic food to EU
Ukraine has grown to become the second-largest supplier of organic agri-food products to the EU, according to a new official report. Ukraine is in first place for supplying the EU […]
European Commission sues Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands over anti-money laundering
The European Commission has today referred Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands to the Court of Justice of the European Union, with a request for financial sanctions, for failing to fully […]
Ukraine is second largest exporter of organic products to EU
In 2019, Ukraine became the second largest exporter of organic products to the European Union. This is stated in the annual report of the European Commission “EU imports of organic agri-food products. […]
Support Ukraine and find a response to challenges from Russia – Borrell
The EU must support Ukraine and find an adequate response to challenges posed by Russia, EU High Representative Josep Borrell said during the Annual German Ambassadors’ Conference 2020. The full […]
The GDP of the Eurozone may decline by 12% in 2020
The GDP of the Eurozone, Ukraine’s largest bloc trading partner, may decline by 5-12% this year due to coronavirus lockdown measures, estimates Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, […]
EU needs policy on Ukraine with membership prospects
The European Union needs a new policy on Ukraine that would envisage membership prospects, President of the Paneuropean Movement in Austria Karl von Habsburg has said in an interview with […]
Washington urges European Union to impose sanctions on Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have urged the European Union to impose sanctions on Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, writes the WSJ. In a letter to the EU’s ambassador […]
EU states failed to introduce financial transparency
Most EU member states have failed to meet a legal deadline to introduce public registers of the real owners of companies, a transparency measure seen as key to fighting money […]
The EU designated the revived Ukraine–Belarus–Poland water route as a part of its Eastern Partnership program
During the Middle Ages, the waterways linking the Baltic and the Black seas were a far more important trade corridor than any land routes linking Europe with what was to […]
Gazprom risks re-opening the antitrust case in EU
Because of Bulgaria’s discontent, Gazprom risks re-opening the antitrust case the European Commission had led against the Russian gas export monopoly over suspected abuse of its dominant position in the […]
Ukraine accounts for more than 50% of annual EU agri-food import growth
For the year 12-month period from November 2018 to October 2019, agri-food imports from third countries accounted for EUR 119.7 billion, ec.europa.eu reports. The most important origins for EU agri-food […]
