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Ukraine’s accession to the Southeastern Europe Energy Community and the commitments it now must fulfill are the main factors behind the reform of the country’s energy markets.
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The current regulatory system does not allow the legal introduction of new technology until it has been approved by the relevant regulatory bodies. As a result, modernization is extremely slow at domestic companies and the introduction of new technologies delayed, while consumers don’t see a lot of new domestic products.
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"Ukraine will not find a workable foreign policy in relation to Europe or the world until it understands and begins to apply the mechanisms of international partnership with its nearest neighbors, the former Soviet republics. This means that the post-Soviet region must now become a priority in Ukraine’s foreign policy."
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At the latest summit on Dec. 19, both Ukraine and the European Union declared that negotiators had reached “a common understanding on the full text of the association agreement” that would bring closer political and economic ties.
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Ukraine will inevitably have a market for agricultural land. The question is what kinds of actions will lead to effective reform and how to change this issue from an unpopular one to one that is popular?
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Because VAT refunds are not being issued, Ukraine could face an economic catastrophe. The collapse of the machine-building and light industries could begin any time now. This will result in the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs, widespread impoverishment in the country’s southern and eastern industrial belts, and ...
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Foreign Policy and Foreign Aid
The last expansions of the European Union, which involved mostly Central European countries, not only created a broader Europe geographically. They have also had a considerable impact on a slew of strategic relations and politically affiliated regions. One of the main strategic outcomes for the EU has been access to the ...
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