Croatia, which joined the European Union on July 1, is likely to be the last addition for some time. Other Balkan states are likely to follow suit, but it's likely to take at least another decade. As for the EU's neighbors to the east, their journey to membership is rockier still.
World heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, the leader of the opposition Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms, met on June 21 with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. Shortly after that meeting Klitschko sat down with Inna Kuznetzova of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service and discussed his own political future, the case of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and the state of Ukrainian politics.
The ancient city of Tauric Chersonese in Ukraine's Black Sea region has been granted World Heritage status by the UN cultural agency UNESCO.
Vitali Klitschko, world heavyweight boxing champion and leader of the opposition Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms (Udar), has called on the government to allow jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to undergo medical treatment in Germany.
The World Heritage List catalogues sites determined to be of significant cultural or physical importance to humanity.
After talks with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on June 21, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle told journalists in the Ukrainian capital that Berlin and Kyiv "are working" on the issue of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's situation and "will continue to work on this."
Countries in Central Europe and Central Asia are increasingly being ruled by autocratic governments with little regard for democracy, according to the 2013 "Nations In Transit" report by democracy watchdog Freedom House.
Ukrainian opposition supporters rallied in central Kyiv on June 15 in a meeting designed to gear up for the approaching 2015 presidential election. Some 3000 people were present at the outdoor rally, many of them wearing portraits of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, or carrying flags with Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party name.(Reuters)
A report says a Ukrainian man who allegedly served as a commander of a Nazi military unit in World War II has been found living in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
U.S. federal prosecutors have announced criminal charges against eight people, including several Ukrainians, for allegedly running an international cybercrime ring that tried to steal millions of dollars.
German doctors visited jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a Kharkiv hospital on June 10, saying there was no improvement and she may require surgery. (Reuters)
German doctors say Ukraine's jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko should remain hospitalized for continued treatment.
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