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YES Board statement - Ukraine: We must look forward
Chairman of the Board of YES Aleksander Kwasniewski is rated 1st in the list of “Top 10 Ukraine’s Promoters in the World”
Chairman of the Board of Yalta European Strategy Aleksander Kwasniewski is at the top of the annual ranking of "Top 10 Ukraine lobbyists in the world".
Letter to the Editor of the FT.com from the Board of Yalta European Strategy (YES)
The time for ‘Ukraine fatigue’ is over – now East and West must work together.
Ukraine has never been so close to the EU as it is now – Alexander Kwaśniewski
Ukraine is a hair’s breadth away from signing the Association Agreement with the European Union, but the country still needs to fulfil several conditions, which are requisite in the EU’s opinion, stated the President of Poland (1995 - 2005), and Chairman of the YES Board, Alexander Kwaśniewski on Saturday in Livadia Palace in Yalta, summarizing the results of the 10th Annual Meeting of YES “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success”.
Signing the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement is only the beginning of the journey - Arseniy Yatsenyuk
The Vilnius Summit in November, at which Ukraine and the European Union may sign their Association Agreement is only the beginning of the journey. After that the country will need to prove its capacity to fulfill its new obligations, and the government will need to contain results-oriented people, stated Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk (“Batkivshchyna” faction).
Tigipko names the three biggest issues for Ukraine
Ukraine should be more democratic, improve the standards of market economy and implement a more effective social policy, said MP Serhiy Tigipko, Party of Regions faction, at the YES 10th Annual Meeting “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success” on Saturday, at the Livadia Palace in Yalta.
Signing the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement is an opportunity to implement systemic reforms in Ukraine – Vitali Klitschko
Signing the planned Association Agreement with the European Union this November, in Vilnius, is a chance to implement systemic reforms. Vitali Klitschko, MP of Ukraine, Chairman of the “UDAR” Party, and leader of the namesake parliamentary faction, stated at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy.
Ukraine needs institutional change, leading economic experts believe
Ukraine needs time to decide on its position relative to the countries it neighbours, stated the President of Kyiv School of Economics, Pavlo Sheremeta, at the 10th Annual Meeting of YES “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success” on Saturday in Livadia Palace, Crimea.
The lack of structural reforms and high pressure on private business give birth to macroeconomic and fiscal problems - Roubini
The economic problems of Ukraine are very similar to the current situation in other developing markets – in particular, Indonesia and South Africa. This topic was covered by Professor of Stern School of Business, Nouriel Roubini, at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy.
