17 September 2016
Prime Minister says Ukraine’s economy is stable and predicts growth next year
17 September 2016

Prime Minister says Ukraine’s economy is stable and predicts growth next year

The Ukrainian economy became stable in 2016 and will begin to fully develop next year, Ukrainian Prime Minister, Volodymyr Groysman, has said. Groysman was addressing the 13th Annual Meeting of the...
The USA and NATO were too slow to react to Russia’s aggressive behaviour in the world – former US Secretary of Defence
16 September 2016

The USA and NATO were too slow to react to Russia’s aggressive behaviour in the world – former US Secretary of Defence

The United States and NATO members were too slow to react to Russia’s aggressive behaviour in the world, said 22nd United States Secretary of Defence (2006-2011), CIA Director (1991-1993) Robert Gates at the 13th Yalta European Strategy Annual Meeting (YES).

The Western world will have to pass a test on its own values – Arseniy Yatseniuk
16 September 2016

The Western world will have to pass a test on its own values – Arseniy Yatseniuk

The Western world will have to prove in practice the commitment it has to its fundamental values in the context of Russian aggression, said leader of the People’s Front Party, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016), Arseniy Yatseniuk, at the 13th Yalta European Strategy Annual Meeting (YES).

EU expects Ukrainian economy to grow by 1-2% in 2016 - said European Commission Vice-President for financial stability
16 September 2016

EU expects Ukrainian economy to grow by 1-2% in 2016 - said European Commission Vice-President for financial stability

The EU expects the Ukrainian economy to grow by 1-2% in 2016, said the European Commission Vice-President for the Euro, Social Dialogue and Financial Stability, Valdis Dombrovskis, at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES).

Ex-chief of the CIA says declaring ‘war on terror’ was an error
16 September 2016

Ex-chief of the CIA says declaring ‘war on terror’ was an error

The decision to declare ‘war on terror’ was incorrect, because terrorism is a tactic that people have been resorting to for a long time, said the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1991-93) and US former Defense Minister (2006-11), Robert Gates.

EU should opt for strengthening external borders - Jose Manuel Barroso
16 September 2016

EU should opt for strengthening external borders - Jose Manuel Barroso

The European Union should opt for the strengthening of external borders, in order to avoid growing barriers inside Europe, said President of the European Commission (2004-2014), Prime Minister of Portugal (2002-2004), Jose Manuel Barroso, at the 13th Yalta European Strategy Annual Meeting (YES).

Classic ideologies are gone, politicians seeking to find support in the past – Carl Bildt
16 September 2016

Classic ideologies are gone, politicians seeking to find support in the past – Carl Bildt

Classic ideologies have lost their popularity and politicians are trying to find support in the past, thinks Carl Bildt, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sweden (2006-2014), Prime Minister of Sweden (1991-1994) .

Ukraine is undergoing a similar transformation to that experienced by the USA in the late 18th century - Vakarchuk
16 September 2016

Ukraine is undergoing a similar transformation to that experienced by the USA in the late 18th century - Vakarchuk

Ukraine is currently undergoing a similar political transformation to that which the USA experienced in the late 18th century, Ukrainian public activist and Okean Elzy rock band frontman Svyatoslav Vakarchuk said at the 13th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting.

The rhetoric of intolerance in the US electoral campaign implies great threats to the country and the world – Natalia Jaresko
16 September 2016

The rhetoric of intolerance in the US electoral campaign implies great threats to the country and the world – Natalia Jaresko

The rhetoric of intolerance that there is in the US presidential election campaign implies great threats both for the United States of America and for the whole world, said former Minister of Finance of Ukraine (2014-2016) Natalia Jaresko at the 13th Yalta European Strategy Annual Meeting (YES).

EU-Turkey negotiations should focus on economy - European Commissioner Hahn
16 September 2016

EU-Turkey negotiations should focus on economy - European Commissioner Hahn

The EU and Turkey should pay more attention to economic cooperation in the course of bilateral negotiations, said Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, at the 13th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting.

Muhammad Yunus
Muhammad Yunus
Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 2006; Founder, Grameen Bank; Chairman, Yunus Centre , 9th YES Annual Meeting, 2012
«Poverty is not created by the poor. Poverty is externally imposed on them. Poverty is created by the system that we built…Poverty should be in a museum, not in human society»