Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydach said that Ukraine could receive the status of a candidate for EU membership "tomorrow, the day after tomorrow", if a political decision is made.
The Ukrainian president's office said that yesterday's European Parliament decision on Ukraine lacked the bold political signposts that all EU institutions and member states should take into account when granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for membership.
The level of support for Ukraine joining the EU and NATO is the highest ever in polling history in Ukraine. 86% support Ukraine joining the EU, and 76% support joining NATO.
On 28 February, the European Union imposed sanctions on Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman of the Russian President, as well as on Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov, and owners of the “Alfa Group” consortium Mikhail Friedman and Peter Aven.
The fifth president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, welcomed the decision of the current head of state, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who signed an application for EU membership.
Leaders of the Verkhovna Rada factions and groups, with the exception of the pro-Russian Opposition Platform For Life, met on 28 February to discuss a bill which would allow confiscation of all property of legal entities of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine in favor of the Ukrainian State.
According to “Evropeys’ka Pravda”, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmygal announced via his Twitter account on Monday that Ukraine is preparing an application for European Union membership.
When choosing the country’s direction of integration, over half of Ukrainians (51%) choose joining the European Union, according to the results of a study performed by Research & Branding Group.
The EU Ambassador to Ukraine Jan Tombinski, who will leave his post soon, claims that the Ukrainian authorities don’t care enough about the issue of trust.
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the European Union Mykola Tochytskyi denies media reports on granting Ukraine and Georgia visa-free travel from January 1, 2017.
European Union diplomats expect Ukraine and Georgia to be granted visa-free travel in the Schengen Zone by January 1, 2017, according to Rikard Jozwiak, correspondent of Radio Liberty Brussels.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine addressed EU member states, US, Canada, Japan, and the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs asking them to influence Russia in order to avoid a new round of aggression related to the latest events in Crimea.
The European Court of Justice annulled the sanctions against the estate of Viktor Yanukovych Junior, the now-deceased younger son of Ukraine’s ex-president Viktor Yanukovych. The sanctions were introduced in 2014 after the Maidan shootings and the Russian occupation of Crimea
Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Kostiantyn Yelisieiev said in the interview to Inter TV Channel that Ukraine has fulfilled all the requirements for the liberalization of visas to the European Union.
Timothy Snyder is an American historian who has been researching the tragic history of the Eastern Europe for many years. Snyder diligently monitors modern day Ukraine and putinist Russia because he considers that many things which are happening here right now can repeat themselves in his native US.
1 July 2016, 10:43 — Publications — Pavel Sheremet, Pavel Sheremet
The heads of states and governments of EU member states instructed the Council of the EU to respond to the Netherlands’ concerns over the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.
President Petro Poroshenko has forwarded information on the state of implementation of the Minsk Agreements to EU leaders while they are considering whether to continue sanctions on Russia.
Great Britain’s decision to exit the European Union may make it easier for Ukraine to integrate with Europe, the Marshal of the Sejm of Poland Marek Kuchciński said.