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Anna Zvolikevich on the challenges of representing Ukrainian heavy industry in Brussels. This may not be the easiest time to be promoting Ukrainian interests in the EU –...

The Ukrainian authorities must be made to understand that Ukraine will enjoy underlying stability only if it is democratic. Democratic change in the European Union's...

Urgent judicial reform, government in Kiev told. The European Union will ratify a new association agreement with Ukraine only if the country's government undertakes urgent...

Van Rompuy, Barroso say human rights and democracy need to be strengthened before association agreement can be signed. The European Union's most senior officials today...

Russia wants visa regime to be lifted automatically, EU member states remain sceptical. • EU-Ukraine association deal in the balance Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president,...

HIV infection rates in Europe remain low by global standards, but there has been an alarming growth in eastern Europe in the past decade. At the end of 2009, around 820,000...

Deal ready for signing, but concerns about democracy and the rule of law in Ukraine make signature uncertain. The European Union and Ukraine yesterday reached agreement on...

Discussions on association agreement with Ukraine postponed over jailing of opposition leader. The European Union has called off talks with Viktor Yanukovych, the...

Yanukovych scheduled to visit Brussels next week. A trip to Brussels by President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine next week hangs in the balance following the sentencing of...

Court rules former Ukrainian prime minister abused office; verdict expected to upset relations with EU. A court in Kiev has found Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minister of...

Ashton says EU member states 'not optimistic' about trial of Ukrainian opposition leader. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, has said that the EU has “great...

Concern over democracy in Ukraine, call on Belarus to release political prisoners. A summit of EU leaders and five neighbours to the east ended in Warsaw today (30...

The EU must remain ambitious in developing ties with its eastern neighbours. On 9 October, Poland has nationwide elections to Parliament. About a dozen political parties are...

Agreements are with Ukraine, Singapore, Canada and India. The European Commission is close to concluding free-trade agreements with Ukraine and Singapore this year and...

EU finds a common voice with which to criticise Viktor Yanukovych. When the European Union finds its voice on an urgent foreign policy matter, it is worth registering...

Trial against opposition leader suspended; move seen as attempt to conclude EU trade talks. Ukraine's leadership appears incapable of getting anything right in its bid for...

EU divided over the role of the Eastern Partnership. The EU's central European member states tend to see the partnership as a first step for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,...

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.

Schengen requirements have led to a drop in visa applications from the country's eastern neighbours and changed travel patterns. In the months after Poland joined the...