The EU is set to relax visa rules for Ukraine at a summit in Helsinki today (27 October) but bilateral relations are becoming increasingly ambiguous as Brussels refuses to clarify its position on Kiev's EU accession hopes and Ukraine prime minister Viktor Yanukovych begins to rebuild relations with Russia.
"I am very pleased that the agreements on visa and readmission have been agreed," European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said on Thursday. "This means that Ukrainians will now...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.