29 June 2007
29 June 2007

Ukraine's destiny with the European Union - Yatsenyuk

The Ukrainian State needs to see well-defined guidelines and benchmarks that will eventually indicate the time when Ukraine becomes a legitimate EU member. ...
29 June 2007

Ukraine is not alone, it has friends in Europe - Bayers

The current situation in Ukraine cannot be viewed in isolation from All-European and worldwide processes. 

29 June 2007

Ukraine has a real prospect to access to the EU in 2020 - Kwasniewski

Prospect for Ukraine's accession to the European Union in 2020 in accordance with the provisions of YES "Agenda-2020" is feasible enough.

29 June 2007

YES summit makes a special emphasis on the importance of Ukraine for stability in Europe and world – Schroeder

In his welcoming speech at the official opening ceremony of the 4th annual summit of Yalta European Strategy (YES) the federal chancellor of Germany (1998-2005) Gerhard Schroeder pointed out that Europe needs "democratic development and territorial integrity of Ukraine". So does Russia because Russia is linked to Ukraine through history, culture and language more than any other European country.

29 June 2007

Prominent Western politicians believe in the EU perspective of Ukraine

Friday June 29 in Livadia palace, Yalta, Crimea plenary sessions of the 4th annual meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) started. This year in the work of YES meeting participate some 200 politicians, diplomats, public figures, researchers and journalists from the EU, Russia, US and Ukraine including political figures of such magnitude as William Clinton, 42nd president of the US, Gerhard Schroeder, federal chancellor of Germany in 1998-2005, Alexander Kwasniewski, president of Poland in 1995-2005.

29 June 2007

Ukraine has a real prospect to access to the EU in 2020 - Kwasniewski

Prospect for Ukraine's accession to the European Union in 2020 in accordance with the provisions of YES "Agenda-2020" is feasible enough.

29 June 2007

Informal meetings are essential for foreign policy - Gorbulin

Informal meetings between Ukrainian and European leaders are an essential component of foreign policy process of Ukraine.

29 June 2007

Yuschenko has no doubts about the EU perspective of Ukraine

"I am optimistic about the European perspective of Ukraine. Actually, I have no doubt about it" - said Victor Yuschenko, President of Ukraine, during his welcome word on the ceremony of official opening of 4th annual YES meeting.

29 June 2007

Yalta meeting has to become a conference of unification - Clinton

William Clinton, 42nd president of US, spoke on 4th annual meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES). Speech was pivoted around modern world full of inequality and threats, social problems, that reached such a great scale that put in the shade all discrepancies and contradictions between separate states.

Richard Branson
Richard Branson
Founder and Chairman, Virgin Group, 9th YES Annual Meeting, 2012
«Every business person must try to leave the world a better place than when they started»