After years of alternating between flirtation and hesitancy, the European Union is showing signs that it is finally ready to adopt a far more direct approach towards Ukraine. Considering the huge strides made by Kyiv in the field of democracy-building since 2004, warmer relations are more than justified and may end up providing the EU with its greatest triumph yet More

The privatisation of Odessa Port Plant (OPP) is again under threat of failure. Despite widespread interest in acquiring the plant, the enterprise remains at the centre of a political struggle, with the State Property Fund (SPF) postponing announcement of the hotly-anticipated tender More

This week will see Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Hryhoriy Nemyria welcome a high-level European Commission delegation to Kyiv for the formal beginning of negotiations on a Deep Free Trade Area (DFTA) agreement. After the success of the recent WTO membership talks, is Ukraine finally ready to take relations with the EU to a new level? More

Last week saw former Minister of Transport Mykola Rudkovskiy turn up at a Kyiv courthouse in a wheelchair to face charges of embezzling state funds. The usually robust Rudkovskiy is the latest in a long line of Ukrainian political figures to fall suddenly ill when faced with the prospect of being investigated over corruption allegations More