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The tenets of a democratic society are increasingly under pressure. Since the election of President Viktor Yanukovych in 2010, Ukraine has experienced a significant and...

Former prime minister of Ukraine jailed during trial for abuse of office.

The EU should attach greater importance to strengthening democratic institutions in Ukraine to counter growing authoritarianism. Ukraine's troubled trajectory since the...

The constitutional turmoil in Ukraine is a disaster for the country and should be a major concern for the European Union. Most Europeans, it is fair to assume, view a...

Engagement with the political class has not worked, so Europe should turn its attention to Ukraine's citizenry. Pigeonholing and false analogies are not part of formal...

Court to examine challenge to poll result made by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Ukraine's Supreme Administrative Court has suspended the official result of the...

EU's foreign policy chief pledges to work with Ukraine's new president. Catherine Ashton, the EU's high representative for foreign and security policy, has praised the...

The first round of Ukraine's presidential elections showed how far the country has progressed. Four European ministers set out what their hopes for Ukraine are now....

International observers say “most” international commitments were met in the first round of presidential election. International observers have given a positive...

It is Ukraine's elite that is blocking the country's development. When Ukrainians go to the polls on 17 January to elect a president, they will most probably force a second...

Ukraine's constitutional set-up has left its politicians semi-paralysed in the face of the economic crisis, writes former president of Poland. Why is it that Ukraine has...

Ukraine's leaders flying high after Brussels visit.

Rapid accession to either NATO or the EU is simply not realistic for several reasons, the least of which is that Ukraine is nowhere near ready. If war puts nations to the...

Ukraine should be recognised as a potential candidate for EU membership. The recently settled gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine has done no good to Ukraine's...

Collapse of Ukraine's governing coalition is latest episode in the strained relationship between Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko. Ukraine's President Viktor...

Passivity – and complacency – are faults. While the crisis bubbles on in one small country at the far end of the Black Sea, another crisis threatens to break in another...

Ukraine's democracy is not old. Just a few years ago, the country was run by Leonid Kuchma, a Soviet-style president, until he was ousted in the Orange Revolution of December...

The lack of ideological challenge in Russia leads to complacency and smugness in the West. Was Ukraine's Orange Revolution of 2004-05 a sinister Western plot? Many Russians,...

The year began with Orange Revolution pasionaria Yulia Tymoshenko triumphantly restored as prime minister. She is still popularly referred to by her first name – or...

In the second general election since the 2004 Orange Revolution, Ukrainians on Sunday (30 September) again failed to return a clear winner. The party of Yulia Tymoshenko, a...