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KYIV, Ukraine, December 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Ukrainian government plans to initial the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine in the upcoming weeks. The first Vice Premier, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Andriy Klyuev noted that the foremost task for the Ukrainian government was initialing the Association Agreement. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin, responsible for the initialing preparation, stated that the process would take several weeks.
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KYIV, Ukraine, October 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Ukraine and the European Union finalized negotiations on free trade zone agreement today in Brussels. The parties agreed upon all the key parameters of the trade related part of the Association Agreement, according to Karel De Gucht, European Commissioner for Trade.
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The (Egyptian) government's respect for human rights remains poor, and serious abuses continue," [Margaret Scobey] said, according to a transcript of the hearing provided by the U.S. embassy in Cairo. "Progress on political reform has slowed, with limitations on political pluralism, and major obstacles to opposition parties taking their rightful place in the political life of Egypt.
"Besides, U.S. appeals for human rights are always political and self-interested," added al-Husseini, who is also head of the Brotherhood's foreign relations division. "Scobey's comments were for domestic consumption in Washington, which continues to support dictatorships throughout the Arab world to suit its own regional objectives."
"The E.U. decision came within the context of an E.U.-Egypt Association ...
... context of an E.U.-Egypt Association Agreement, which allows the Europeans to discuss -and commen...
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KYIV, Ukraine, July 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
The European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule named three key benefits for Ukraine if it signed the Association Agreement with the EU: fundamental reforms, economic development, and public services improvement. Such statement was made public at the meeting of the Ukraine - EU Parliamentary Club that started July 5 in Strasbourg, France.
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... the long-overdue European Union (EU) Association Agreement should boost investment after the EU rat...
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KYIV, Ukraine, November 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Both parties of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement could benefit from integration of Ukrainian economy into the European one, according to the MEP Pavel Zalevsky. On November 14 the European Parliament adopted recommendations for the European Commission and the Council of the EU on the deep and comprehensive free trade zone part of the Association Agreement with Ukraine, according to Interfax Ukraine.
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... to international and bilateral agreements with regards to this issue. Finally, the research ...* The Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement with Jordan was signed on November 24, 1...
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KYIV, Ukraine, January 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Influential American conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation issued a report on U.S. - EU cooperation featuring a chapter on the Eastern partnership focusing mainly on Ukraine. "Urgently, the EU should re-engage Ukraine by committing itself to ratifying the EU-Ukrainian Association Agreement, which will pave the way for a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement," stated in her report Sally McNamara, Senior Policy Analyst in European Affairs at The Heritage Foundation.
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KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday on charges of abuse of office in signing a gas deal with Russia, a verdict the European Union and the United States both condemned as politically motivated.
Tymoshenko, the driving force of the 2004 pro-democracy Orange Revolution and now the nation's top opposition leader, denounced the trial as rigged by President Viktor Yanukovych to get rid of a political opponent.
... the conclusion of a landmark association agreement, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashto...
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KYIV, Ukraine, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov considers that Ukraine made unprecedented concessions to the EU during the negotiations on the Association Agreement. Such statement was made during his meeting with a delegation of the European Parliament's political group Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe - ALDE Group.