The return of Yulia Tymoshenko to power has not been greeted with the kind of international fanfare accorded the Orange Revolution three years earlier, but nevertheless there is reason to believe that an equally great political watershed may have been reached More

Huge queues of heavy goods lorries have stretched along both sides of the Ukrainian-Polish border for the past two weeks as a Polish customs workers’ labour dispute threatens to throttle Ukraine’s lucrative transit trade More

Yulia Tymoshenko’s late January visit to Brussels, where she met with high-level officials from the European Union, the European Parliament and NATO, has changed international perceptions of Ukraine. It is now Tymoshenko – not Viktor Yushchenko – who is seen by Brussels and Washington as carrying the torch and the hopes of the Orange Revolution More

The battle for the soul of Ukraine is currently being fought on many fronts, from the political arena to the country’s classrooms and universities. As passions have flared in the past few years the debate has generated a number of new monuments to the most controversial figures in Ukrainian history – and the trend looks set to continue in 2008 More

The arrest of alleged Russian mafia figure Semyon Mogilevich on the streets of Moscow in late January made headlines globally. It also provoked a string of denials from the key figure in Ukraine’s energy dealings with Russia and thrust the activities of energy trade intermediary RosUkrEnergo into the spotlight once again Subscribe

The Ukrainian government seems to be making progress on the three major pillars of its westward integration strategy: entry to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), and further economic integration with the EU. This push has been largely down to the unified front among political leaders in Kyiv, bringing to an end the often contradictory and confusing policies of the past few years Subscribe

As UEFA officials expressed concern over the lack of progress in Euro 2012 preparations by co-hosts Ukraine and Poland last week, German footballing legend Franz Beckenbauer opened up a public discussion on potential alternative venues for the championships when he stated: “If Germany is asked it would surely be ready. The infrastructure is perfect.” Subscribe

Ukraine’s 14-year struggle for membership in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is expected to reach a triumphant conclusion this week when the group’s general council will officially invite the former Soviet republic to join. Membership will bring with it economic implications as well as serving as a launch pad for Orange Ukraine’s broader Euro-Atlantic integrationist ambitions Subscribe

The new Tymoshenko government has committed itself to a broad programme of ambitious reforms and increased government spending, but will the country’s vibrant foreign investment climate survive the corrective surgery this envisages? Subscribe

A new survey released by the National Bank of Ukraine covering domestic bank ownership has been welcomed as a step towards greater transparency in the sector, but the number of banks who refused to participate in the report or chose to offer only partial information suggests that we are still a long way away from a truly open approach Subscribe