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Press Office of the 12th Yalta European Strategy Annual Meeting announces the start of registration for media accreditation
Press Office of the 12th Yalta European Strategy Annual Meeting (YES), which is held in Kyiv at the Mystetskyi Arsenal venue on September 10-12 2015, announces the start of registration for media accreditation.
Ukrainian businessman and philanthropist, Victor Pinchuk, is honored with the 2014 Palazzo Strozzi Renaissance Man of the Year Award
After careful analysis, the Board of the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation USA has awarded Ukrainian entrepreneur and philanthropist Victor Pinchuk -- Founder of EastOne Group and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation -- with the "Palazzo Strozzi Renaissance Man of the Year Award 2014.”
YES Board discussed with Ukraine’s leaders how to promote the country and support change
On April 1-2, the Board of YES (Yalta European Strategy) has visited Kyiv.
Victor Pinchuk was presented with the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Award for fostering Ukrainian-Jewish relations and advancing Ukraine’s European aspiration
On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukrainian businessman and philanthropist Victor Pinchuk was presented with the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Award – 2014 for his work in fostering Ukrainian-Jewish relations and advancing his homeland’s European aspirations.
Russia will not change its “tune”, - Alexander Kwasniewski
Russia is seeking to restore the superpower that the Soviet Union used to be, and the politicians in Europe and in the USA should know about that, this is the message shared by Alexander Kwasniewski, Polish President (1995-2005), chairman of the board of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) when closing the 11th YES Annual Meeting in Kyiv.
Ukrainians have to unite in fight against corruption – representative of U.S. State Department Tomas O. Melia
The citizens of Ukraine have to unite in the fight against corruption in the state, since they can’t overcome this phenomenon severally, stated Tomas O. Melia, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. State Department at the session “Fight Corruption, Introduce the Rule of Law: Finally Walk theWalk” at 11th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) on
Saturday in Kyiv.
The New Rada should use the pause in the conflict in the East to raise investments and modernize the army – Yuriy Lutsenko
The new Parliament of Ukraine will have to use the pause in the Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donbas to raise foreign investment, to fight against corruption and to modernize the army, stated Yuriy Lutsenko, Advisor to the President of Ukraine – Head of the “Bloc of Petro Poroshenko” Party at the session “Parliamentary Elections: Breakthrough or Entrenchment of the Old?” at 11th annual meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Saturday in Kyiv.
Decentralization as it is does not create peace – ex-Prime Minister of Belgium Yves Leterme
Decentralization as it is does not create peace, but it can be applied to address various conflicts, stated Yves Leterme, Prime Minister of Belgium (2009-2011), Secretary General of International IDEA, at the session “Strength via Decentralization” at 11th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Saturday in Kyiv.
