Author(s): Dan Alexe
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The parliaments of Ukraine and the European Union have simultaneously ratified today the long-disputed agreement on closer ties. The Association Agreement establishes a deep political association and free-trade area between Ukraine and the EU.
Refusal to sign the same agreement sparked months of protests leading to the ouster of Poroshenko’s predecessor, Viktor Yanukovych, and eventually spilled over to eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian rebels have been fighting to break away from Kyiv. …read more
Source: New Europe
