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

This month's presidential election in Ukraine may not have the drama of 2004, but there is still a lot riding on the result. Five years ago, Ukrainians took to the streets...

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,...

When Ukrainians elect the 450 members of their country's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on 30 September, Western media will no doubt talk of a ‘landmark election'. But...

Viktor Yanukovich, the man whose attempts to rig Ukraine's 2004 presidential elections led to the 'Orange revolution', is to visit Brussels in the coming weeks. Yanukovich,...

Yulia Tymoshenko, one of the leaders of Ukraine's 'Orange Revolution', said that the government must reunite to tackle the country's "clans" of oligarchs, if progress was to...

At 3 am on 3 July 2004, just months before the Orange Revolution, Ukrainian steel magnate Viktor Pinchuk gathered about him a handful of advisers in a conference room at...

Six months after the Orange revolution, politics in Ukraine is surprisingly mundane – which is both encouraging and a little disappointing. In a matter of weeks, Ukraine's...

A consortium hired to bring Ukraine's passport service up to western European standards has complained to EU leaders about how its contract has been cancelled through a...

The drama of Ukraine's disputed presidential election was obvious to all. The contest between Viktor Yanukovich, the Russian-backed candidate, and Viktor Yushchenko, the...

To Westerners, he is the guy with the horrifically disfigured face and the orange scarf. To his acolytes, Viktor Yushchenko is something akin to a messiah. For several years...

With the Orange Revolution just two months old, hopes were high at a January meeting between the EU and Ukraine in Brussels that a new era in relations was beginning. Alas,...

The date of 21 February 2005 was a watershed in relations between Ukraine and the EU. As part of the EU's European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), the two sides adopted an action...

The prospect of large-scale state privatisations in Ukraine is currently the subject of fierce and occasionally violent debate. During the presidential election campaign...

Yes I did go to the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, and yes I did come back with lots of other people's ideas that I can pass off as my own, albeit most of them...

EU political directors will tomorrow (21 January) discuss the appointment of a special representative to Moldova, to deal with the ‘frozen conflict' in the separatist...

UKRAINE'S eastern and western parts are as much apart as they can be. Everything divides them: history, religion, language, economics, social experience, mentality and the...

UKRAINE faced a growing likelihood of a fresh presidential election last night (1 December) after the country's parliament voted to oust the government led by Viktor...

UKRAINE is seeking an agreement under which the EU would be guaranteed the use of its heavy transport aircraft for military operations, European Voice has learned. The lack...