Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli has noted the importance of reforming and modernizing the Ukrainian gas transmission system (GTS) for Ukraine to retain its status as a gas transit country for the EU member states, according to UA: Ukrainian Radio.
Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli told journalists Wednesday that the European Union would consider Ukraine's application for a new program of macro-financial assistance over the next few months.
The European Union will decide on granting Ukraine a third tranche of EUR 600 million under the current Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) program before the end of the year, according to Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli.
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.
Ukraine will lose the opportunity to receive a EUR 600 million tranche of macro-financial assistance from the European Union if in the near future if the authorities fail to fulfill a number of requirements, head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli told Europeiska Pravda.
Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli has condemned recent searches in the houses of Crimean Tatars in Russian-occupied Crimea.
Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli says that the EU over the past three years has mobilized some EUR 12 billion in aid for Ukraine, including EUR 3.4 billion in macro-financial assistance, which is an unprecedented move for the Bloc.
Head of EU Delegation to Ukraine Hughes Mingarell joined members of the government and Verkhovna Rada to voice support for legislative reforms strengthening Ukraine’s audit profession, according to the press service of EU Delegation in Ukraine.
Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli says Ukraine needs to fulfill a number of conditions to receive the third tranche of macro-financial assistance totaling EUR 600 million, including lifting the ban on timber exports, according to the official's interview with the Segodnya newspaper.
Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli says that progress in the investigation in the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet, who was killed in Kyiv a year ago, will be important for public trust in the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies.
Head of the European Union’s Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli stresses the EU’s consistent calls on Ukraine to create an independent and effective judicial body armed with the necessary authority to tackle corruption, the EU Delegation’s press service says.
Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli has said that the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union will come into force in full on September 1, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli congratulated Ukrainians on the launch of the visa-free travel across the European Union, the Ukrainian president’s press service reports.
The European Union does not support the initiative by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to issue non-biometric (old-type) passports to the residents of the occupied Crimea and the occupied areas of Donbas, Head of EU Delegation in Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli said at an opening of a caricature exhibit in Kyiv’s Taras Shevchenko City Park, titled “Ukraine’s path toward visa liberalization.
Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hughes Mingarelli has called on the Ukrainian authorities to take a firm stance to prevent pressure on anti-corruption NGOs.
Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli has said that EU sanctions against Russia should be long-term in order to reduce Moscow's military aggression, according to an UNIAN correspondent.