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A discussion dedicated to the problems and prospects for Eastern Europe development is on the agenda of the 8^th Yalta Annual Meeting. Particular attention of the session will be focused on the role of Ukraine in development of the region’s economy and relationships of the Eastern European countries with their largest neighbours – the European Union and Russia.

The world’s preeminent economist and publicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics 2008 Paul Krugman will appear at the 8^th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) with his special speech entitled “The Future of Western Democracy and Market Economy”. The speech will be delivered in the evening of the first conference day – Friday, September 16.

The 8th Yalta Annual Meeting entitled “Ukraine and the World: Common Challenges, Common Future”, organized by the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in partnership with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, will take place in Livadia Palace, Ukraine from 15^th to 18^th of  September 2011.

On May 23, 2011 the Board of Yalta European Strategy (YES) visited Kyiv to discuss Ukraine’s European integration prospects with Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov.

Today, March 9, 2011 the Board of YES will discuss prospects of Ukraine’s integration into the European Union with high-ranking officials of the EU and European Council, during the European Parliament’s session in Strasbourg.

The Board of Yalta European Strategy (YES) met with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski and other decision makers in Warsaw on November 10, 2010.

Ukraine’s, Europe’s and Russia’s development is tightly interlinked with the challenges and opportunities of today’s globalised world, said Aleksander Kwasniewski during the concluding session of the 7th Annual Meeting of YES.

Ukraine should consider various integration models. But the internal reforms are the main thing in achieving success in the contemporary globalized world.