EU–Ukraine Summit

Novinite has asked the ambassadors of the six Eastern Partnership countries working with the EU to boost ties to comment on the outcome of the May 22 Riga Summit, EU membership prospects and whether Bulgaria could play any role in their European integration.

Below is our interview with H.E. Mykola Baltazhy, the Ambassador of Ukraine to Bulgaria.

The EU's relationship with Russia and the crisis in Ukraine were among the main topics on the agenda of the European Council summit that was held in Brussels on Thursday.

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"Chapter 31 should be opened as soon as possible"

BRUSSELS -- The best way to adjust the foreign policy of Western Balkan countries to the EU policy is to open negotiating Chapter 31 as soon as possible....

REVEALED: WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER BRUSSELS ISSUED WARNINGS TO SERBIA Serbia to receive a yellow card because of Russia

BELGRADE: The message - issued by the EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn - that Serbia should reconsider imposing sanctions to Russia will be included in the annual report of the European Commission.

The association accord between the EU and Ukraine ratified on Tuesday offers the former Soviet Union nation increased economic and political ties with the bloc.

At the same time, it would deny Ukraine preferential terms in trade with Russia.

The European Union signed Friday agreements for deeper political and economic integration with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.

Leaders of the three ex-Soviet states attended a ceremony in Brussels which marked the step strengthening ties with Europe despite previous Russian resistance.

Ukraine and the EU signed on Friday the political chapter of the Association Agreement.

The event took place at a ceremony attended by European Council and European Commission Presidents, as well as by heads of state and government of all EU members, Ukrainian newspaper KyivPost has reported.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski believes that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should have a leading role in the solution of Ukraine's financial problems.

Oresharski told journalists in Brussels that the EUR 11 B financial package proposed by the EU was sufficient at this stage.