EU to allocate 50 million euro to Ukraine

JULY 12, 2016 | EDIT

EU to allocate 50 million euro to Ukraine to tackle corruption

The EU will assist Ukraine in fighting corruption with a 50 million euro aid package to be stipulated in a European Commission program, aimed at tackling the issue in the country, the EU`s commissioner for enlargement negotiations Johannes Hahn told a press conference in Kiev on Monday. Hahn stressed the need for Ukraine to stabilize the situation in the country and to fight corruption in its legal system, prosecution, law enforcement, public service and energy sector among others. The program is to be adopted by the commission in the “coming days,” he said, as cited by UNIAN news agency. Apart from this, the EU intends to boost the public service reform in Ukraine with an extra 100 million euro package. The first tranches within the program can be made till the end of the year.

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Merkel urges Britain clarify relationship with EU

JULY 12, 2016 | EDIT

Merkel urges Britain to quickly clarify relationship with EU

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday Britain should clarify quickly how it wants to shape its future relationship with the European Union and that Berlin wanted London to remain an important partner of the bloc.“But of course the EU and the remaining 27 member states also have to protect their interests,” Merkel said during a speech at the annual diplomatic corps reception in Meseberg, north of Berlin. “For example, whoever would like to have free access to the European internal market will also have to accept all basic freedoms in return, including the free movement of people.”