Yanukovych's son Oleksandr engaged certain schemes to enrich himself in the stock market through this deal with the bonds.
Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Iryna Gerashchenko says the implementation of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union should become a key task for the parliament in 2018, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli says that the European Union has proposed that the Ukrainian government and parliament approve an annual plan of the adoption of priority laws for the implementation of the Association Agreement with the EU and check the progress every plenary week, as the implementation is currently behind schedule in some sectors.
The European Union says that the evaluation of Ukrainian reforms shows considerable progress but Ukraine needs to accelerate their implementation to reap full benefits, according to an EU report.
In two weeks, the fifth Eastern Partnership summit will be held, which could become a landmark event, heralding a new strategic vision for this EU initiative for years to come, Kostyantyn Yeliseiev, Ukraine’s former ambassador to the EU and now a presidential aide wrote in a column for EUObserver.
Hungary will not be able to address the issue of Ukraine’s news education law at the next meeting of the Ukraine-EU Association Council without Kyiv’s consent because this would only be possible if agreed with the Ukrainian authorities, Ukraine's Mission to the EU reported on Facebook referring to its chief Mykola Tochytskyi’s interview with Radio Svoboda.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjzrto at a Monday meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council did not raise the issue of revising the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, only stressing the need to address Ukraine’s "violations" of minority rights by passing the recent education law, a top European diplomat has told an UNIAN correspondent in Brussels.
The passing by the Ukrainian parliament of the latest law on education in terms of language of instruction in schools for national minorities is a brutal violation of human rights, so the issue should be addressed at the next Ukraine-EU Association Council’s meeting, according to the Hungarian Foreign Minister, Peter Szijjarto who spoke to journalists ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council Monday.
The issue of the review of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union is not on the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union on October 16, but Hungary may add it to the "Other Items" section, according to a high-ranking European diplomat.
The Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine, the most dramatic EU deal with a non-EU country, finally came fully into force on September 1, The Financial Times reports.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has called the entry into force of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union the day of paying tribute to the Heavenly Hundred Heroes, according to press secretary of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Mariana Betsa.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has greeted the Ukrainians on the occasion of the full entry into force of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has commented on the entry into force of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, saying that September 1, 2017, is a historic day for strong and independent Ukraine.
The Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine enters fully into force on Friday, September 1.
The Council of the European Union has completed the process of ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, an UNIAN correspondent in Brussels learned from a source in the Council.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement will come into force in full on September 1, 2017, according to the president's press service.
The law ratifying the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine has already been published on the government's website after the King of the Netherlands signed it, according to Officielebekendmakingen.nl.