Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who leaves for Munich, Germany, on Friday to participate in a security conference, has told the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung that any attempts to politicize a criminal case opened against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko are harming the course of its investigation. "We are, after all, talking about criminal cases, for example, tax evasion. Only the court can answer such questions," the president said, adding that Ukraine has an independent judicial system
2012.02.03 16:15
Ukraine is in fourth place after Russia, Turkey and Romania in terms of the number of cases that are being considered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). This is stipulated in an annual report on the results of the activity of the Ukrainian government commissioner for the European Court
2012.02.03 15:44
If it is proved that a hacker attack was the reason for the termination of the work of a number of official websites, those guilty of this will face liability under Article 361 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which foresees punishment in the form of fines or imprisonment
2012.02.03 15:15
Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boiko considers it possible to supply Ukrainian gas to Moldova, but only in an emergency. He said this after opening the Ukrainian-Moldovan business forum in Kyiv
2012.02.03 14:40
Members of the Customs Union of the Unified Economic Space ready to compensate Ukraine's possible losses due to its membership in the World Trade Organization, Deputy Economy Minister of Ukraine, Government's Commissioner for Cooperation with the Russian Federation
2012.02.03 14:10
The political position of the European Union on cooperation with Ukraine in the energy sector is weakened by the influence of European gas companies that are dependent on Russian gas
This week, at their first in 2012 plenary session MEPs have elected new President of the European Parliament. He is 56 years old Social Democrat from Germany, Martin Schulz, who in the first round gained an absolute majority of his colleagues' votes. Schultz will be managing the European Parliament for the next two and a half years, until the end of the term of the current composition of the EU legislative institution. Alexander Mirsky, MEP (Latvia)
"As referred to the Association Agreement and the European integration in general, at this forum it became clear that many officials from the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have held a tremendous amount of work to draft the agreement. We have also learned how big project is the agreement in the context of Ukraine's approximation to the EU," Lange emphasized.
