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EU press react: Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's new president

('euro topics',) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:08:31 -0000

Five years after he was deposed by the Orange Revolution, the opposition leader won Ukraine's presidential elections on 7 February, narrowly edging out prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a runoff vote. The Swiss, Czech, Polish and Portuguese press bemoan the rise to power of a politician who is widely regarded as pro-Russian, but believes that Ukraine has now finally proven that it is truly democratic

Ukraine elections: EU press reacts as Tymoshenko trails Yanukovich

('euro topics',) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:36:12 -0000

Early exit polls suggest that pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has a clear lead in Ukraine's presidential elections, followed closely by head of government Yulia Tymoshenko. But according to the Latvian, Swedish and German press, no matter who wins the runoff vote on 7 February 7, Ukraine will be more oriented towards Russia in the future, albeit as a sovereign democratic state

Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia: domino game of governmental crash

('Astrid vW',) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:15:20 -0000

On 22 March, Hungary’s socialist prime minister, businessman Ferenc Gyurcsany, announced his resignation for 14 April. There is a huge amount of strategy beneath his move and it reveals a trend appearing in central and eastern Europe. Today, the Czech Republic establishes a new chapter

Spluttering clockwork orange engine

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:00:00 -0000

As Ukraine faces a political crisis, Europe follows its neighbour's events with interest, conscious of the former Soviet Republic’s strategic importance for her energy supply

Sergii Oleksiuk: 'It's like a Yanykovich-Yushchenko soap opera'

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:00:00 -0000

Three years on, a 23-year-old key figure in the youth movement during the Orange Revolution considers his country's latest stalemate