Yushchenko to Initiate Bid to Join EU
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A top aide to Viktor Yushchenko, confident the Western-leaning reformer will be inaugurated as president within days, said Wednesday that Yushchenko next week will begin a push to bring the country into the European Union.
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Reformer Viktor Yushchenko, whose victory in Ukraine&#39;s presidential election was all but assured Monday despite his opponent&#39;s threat to appeal the outcome, is expected to move quickly to bolster ties with the West while trying to ease tensions with Russia
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Ukraine's Viktor Yushchenko will take his case for joining the European Union to Brussels tomorrow, but despite a warm welcome in the EU capital the bloc insists his country must stay outside for now.
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MOSCOW -- Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko, visiting Moscow on a trip to mend relations after a bitter election campaign, appointed top ally Yulia Tymoshenko as prime minister yesterday, a move that was expected to anger the Kremlin.
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Supporters of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko, who has promised to move the country closer to the European Union, celebrated after exit polls showed him leading in the race to succeed ...
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"I think we will soon begin consultations with the goal of optimizing our relations in the context of the rules, traditions and position of the WTO"  The World Trade Organization agreed Friday to accept Ukraine as a member, giving President Viktor Yushchenko a new sales pitch as he sought out more foreign investment while at the World Economic Forum.Membership will open new market opportunities for Ukraine's industrial exports, and comes amid growing worries about the world that the current economic uncertainty could lead to increased protectionism.WTO membership will require the former Soviet republic to continue economic reforms aimed at bringing Ukraine closer to the European Union, which it has aims of ultimately joining. Yushchenko also has hopes of steering the country into the European Union and NATO. Read more
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Ukraine's West-leaning President Viktor Yushchenko was poised on Wednesday to sweep out the government old guard and bring in a reformist cabinet to take the country into the mainstream of Europe, away from Russia.
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KIEV, November 30 (Itar-Tass) - Viktor Yanukovich, if recognised the Ukrainian president, is ready to conduct a political reform and offer the post of prime minister to opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko.
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The party led by Ukraine's pro-Western president, Viktor Yushchenko, announced it would fight in opposition to the new pro-Russian government, signalling a new round of political confrontation between the opposing camps of the 2004 &quot;orange revolution.&quot;
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Liberal Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in as Ukraine's new president on Sunday, ending weeks of turmoil and setting the stage for the ex-Soviet state to edge closer to Europe while upholding traditional links with Russia.
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KIEV -- Before a vast crowd of supporters celebrating with a burst of orange balloons, doves, and chants, newly inaugurated President Viktor Yushchenko promised yesterday to steer a new course for Ukraine -- away from corruption and political cronyism and into the European Union.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium Ukraine's new prime minister, Viktor Yanukovych, said Thursday his government would continue to seek membership in the European Union, but not in the NATO alliance.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Viktor Yushchenko became  Ukraine's president Sunday and vowed to seek a full place in  Europe for the people he led in a peaceful revolt against a  rigged national election and pressure from Russia.
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Ukraine's Orange Revolution is not over yet, but Denis Buinitsky already is recruiting for what he hopes will be Eastern Europe's next popular uprising.
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the chance to choose a government and president expected to take the country into the European Union in 2007. The unfolding drama in neighbouring Ukraine has added an extra tension to the vote.
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President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine is due to visit neighbouring Russia - just a day after his inauguration.
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From left, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, Ukraine&#39;s opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana meet in Kiev, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004.