Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said he would present a broad plan of social and economic reforms on Thursday (September 25), which would allow the former Soviet republic to apply for membership of the European Union in six years. Ukraine’s parliament ratified a landmark agreement on closer ties with the EU on September 16, though implementation of the trade part of the accord has been delayed until January 2016 to appease Russia, which says the pact will hurt its markets. …read more
Source: The Boston Globe
