Ukraine Digest. Issue 29 (January 31, 2014)

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Ukraine among keypartners of EUs majorinnovation program

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Ukraines tourismpotential increased

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Ukrainian PremierLeague among top 10world leagues

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also in this issue:

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Search for peaceful solution of political crisisin Ukraine continues. The leaders of three

opposition fractions have met several timeswith the President and a Government WorkingGroup with this aim. The rst results achieved.


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Peaceful negotiation underway

HE PRESIDEN o Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych continuesto do his utmost to achieve peaceul solution o political crisisas soon as possible, and to achieve a compromise among all theparticipants o political process on all the issues o the countrysdevelopment that are most topical and socially significant.

With this goal, our rounds o talks were held January 2227,2014 by the Head o State and the members o the WorkingGroup with the leaders o the parliamentary actions o the op-position.

Constitution to be amended

PARLIAMENARY actions o Verkhovna Rada are discuss-

ing the Constitutional reorm, which rebalances powers inUkraine. According to Olena Lukash, Ukraines Minister oJustice, appropriate cross-party parliamentary commission onConstitution changes will be created on February 4, 2014.

Te issue was raised in the Verkhovna Rada by First Presi-dent o Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk, who addressed the MPsand called on to build trust and start constitutional reorm pro-cess in the Parliament.

o limit the Presidents powers by coming back to Consti-tution-2004 was one o the opposition demands to settle thepolitical crisis in the country.

New Government to be formed

PRIME MINISER Mykola Azarov submitted his resignation

to the President o Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych in order to cre-ate additional opportunities or achieving broad social consen-sus and finding a peaceul way out o political crisis. His resig-nation was accepted on January 28, 2014.

Emergency state is ruled out

DESPIE HE FAC that some politicians in Ukraineand abroad circulated the information on the alleged plansto introduce the state of emergency in Ukraine, and somemass media disseminated these allegations, such scenariois not under consideration by Ukrainian leadership today.

Laws abolished to cease confrontation

HE ABOLIION by the Ukraines Parliament of the ninelaws, adopted on January 16, has become an important

practical result of the agreements aimed at cessation ofconfrontation and resolution of the crisis.Te President has inacted the law repealing this legisla-

tion on January 31, 2014.

Criminal proceedings closed

SOME OF HE ACIVISS, who remained in custody aferviolent clashes with riot police have been reed on January 24.8 criminal proceedings or mass riots in November-December2013 having been closed under the previous amnesty law.

In the process of negotiations on peaceful

settlement of the confrontation, we have

reached concrete agreements with theopposition. The government has fullled all its

obligations under these agreements including

the adoption of the Law on Amnesty that

guarantees freedom and liberation of persons

arrested during the conict.

Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraines President

Amnesty Law signed

UKRAINIAN LAWMAKERS have adopted amnesty law. Tedocument oresees the amnesty o all the protesters who havecurrently been detained afer the release by protesters o ad-

ministrative buildings, local government agencies and execu-tive authorities.A total o 232 MPs voted or this decision on January 30 and

the President signed it today.
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Ukraine among key partners of Europes

major scientifc innovation program

science

The initiative,which waslaunched onJanuary 1, 2014,

is focused on supportingresearch and innovationin all areas of public life

from basic science to in-novation in real economy.Ukraines involvement

will allow the country tomodernize and improve thenational economy.

Ukraine is amongthe leading EU partnercountries in the programHorizon 2020, said the in-ternational relations officerat the EU Directorate forResearch and Innovation

Tierry Dewars reiterat-ing that the country hada comprehensive historyof cooperation with theEU in the field of scientificprograms.

Te EU Horizon 2020program will be imple-mented from 2014 to 2020.Te total amount of fund-

ing to support research andinnovation amounts to anexcess of EUR 70 billion.

Consequently, the Com-mission has indicated thefunding priorities over thenext two years, provid-

ing researchers and busi-nesses with the directionof EU research policy. In2014 and 2015 alone theprogram will spend morethan EUR 15 billion withintention to help boostEuropes knowledge-driveneconomy, and tackle issuesthat will make a differencein peoples lives.

Among the main pri-orities of the program is

support for basic research,improvement of the pro-duction competitiveness,development of informa-tion and computer technol-ogies (IC), nanotechnol-ogy, new materials science,biotechnology and space.Horizon 2020 will alsosearch for answers to themost pressing social chal-lenges in the health sector,

ecology and demography.An important emphasisin the program will be onattraction of innovations tothe market, including pub-lic sector. Tis will allow tobetter use of the potential

of scientific infrastructureand to establish advancedtechnical standards inUkraine.

Experts note that theprogram will improveperformance of researchand innovation activitiesin the joint research spacein Europe and will be a keytool for the creation of theInnovation Union.

Notably, on January 16,

2014 the State Agency forScience, Innovation andInformatization of Ukrainehosted a presentation of theHorizon 2020 program.

According to VolodymyrSeminozhenko, Chairmanof the State Agency forScience, Innovations andInformatization of Ukraine,Ukraines participation inHorizon 2020 will be

another significant step inthe development of sectoralcooperation with the EU.

Last year, CERN decid-ed to grant Ukraine the sta-tus of an associate memberof the organization. oday

we join the most powerfulEuropean program, whichwill bring together all theexisting European initia-tives for research and inno-vation. Tis means that inthe scientific and technicalsphere Ukraine is alreadya full partner of the EU. Iam convinced that in thefuture we will significantlydeepen our cooperation inthe interests of both sides,

Mr Seminozhenko said.In the past Ukraine has

actively participated in thepredecessor of Horizon2020 program - FP7 - theEU research program,which took place in 2007-2013 and covered 309 pro-jects of Eastern countriescosting EUR 45 million.Ukraine captured EUR 26.5million of those funds.

Ukraine has been identied as one of 11 key strategic partners and theonly country in Eastern Europe to join the EU scientic and innovation

program Horizon 2020. Ukraines participation in the program ensuresfunding of the national science at a decent level and will allow the countryto modernize and improve the national economy.

Today we join the most powerful European program, which will bring

together all the existing European initiatives for research and innovation.

This means that in the scientic and technical sphere Ukraine is already a

full partner of the EU. Volodymyr Seminozhenko, Chairman of the SASIIU


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According to theWorld ourismOrganisat ionUkraine ranks

9th in Europe by the number

of tourists visiting the countryin 2012.International sport events

are rather efficient in attract-ing tourists from all over theworld. Ukraine succeeded inorganising EURO 2012. Kyiv,Lviv, Kharkiv and Donetskhosted football matches.Hopefully, next successful flag-ship event in Ukraine will beEuroBasket-2015.

Ukraine is bidding to host

the 2022 Winter Olympics.Lviv is envisaged to host theice sport events while the ski-ing events are to be held in theCarpathian mountains.

In 2013 UNESCO addedeight wooden churches, as wellas the ancient city of auricChersonese to the World Her-itage List.

Last December Pet-rykivka decorative paintingstyle (Petrykivskyi rozpys)got the UNESCO statusof the Intangible CulturalHeritage of Humanity.

Last year Ukrainian and for-eign air companies increasedthe number and expandedthe geography of flights toUkraine. Due to this the traf-fic flow through the Ukrainianairports in 2013 increased at

7% (to 15,1 million).By 2022 the number of

foreign tourists to Ukraine isexpected to reach 50 milliontourists per year.

A forecast

of the World

Tourist

Organization at

the UN for future

years shows

that the rate of

tourism growth in

the whole world

is 4.5%, and

Ukraine is just in

this trend

Olena Shapovalova,

Head of the State

Agency of Ukraine for

Tourism and Resorts

In 2013 more than 26 million oftourists visited Ukraine, which is 1,5million more than the year before.

Petrykivka decorative painting

style is a unique technique of

Ukrainian applied art, invented

by the citizens of Petrykivka,

Dnipropetrovsk region

AncientcityofTauricChersonesefoundedinthe5th

centuryBCinsouth-westCrimea

The oldest wooden churches

preserved in the Carpathians

were built in 16th century

tourism

Trafc ow through the

Ukrainian airports in 2013

increased to 15,1 million


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For more information, please, contact

Oksana Kyzyma,

Press Secretary of the Embassy of

Ukraine to the UK

Tel.: 020 7727 6312

E-mail: [email protected]

Address: 60 Holland Park,

London W11 3SJ

In the preparation of this issue materials of UKRINFORM, WNU-Ukraine,

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football

HE CRIMEA our Officewas opened in London on9th December, 2013. It is anofficial representation o theMinistry o Resorts and our-ism o Crimea in London.Te Office will be engaged inthe development o bilateralUkrainian-British coopera-tion in the tourism domain.

Te opening o the Crime-an representation was madepossible due to the support othe Embassy o Ukraine.

Giorgy Psarev, the DeputyPrime Minister o ARC: Weinvite British investors andtour operators to urther de-

velop and widen mutuallybeneficial cooperation with

Crimea in the tourism sector.Crimea is a peninsula o

Ukraine located on the north-ern coast o the Black Sea.Most visited areas are: thesouth shore o Crimea withcities o Yalta and Alushta, thewestern shore - Eupatoria andSaki, the south-eastern shore- Feodosia and Sudak.

Crimea possesses signifi-cant historical and natural re-sources and is a region whereit is possible to find practically

any type o landscape; moun-tain ranges and plateaus,grasslands, caves. FurtherSaki poses unique therapeuticmud and Eupatoria has vastempty beaches with the pur-est quartz sand.

According to National Ge-ographic, Crimea is amongthe top 20 travel destinationsin 2013.

This is an important step in the process of promoting cooperation in

the tourism sector between Ukraine and the UK. Crimean region in

this regard is of particular interest to the Great Britain, as both have

common historical heritage

tourism

Volodymyr Khandogiy, Ukraines Ambassador

The worlds top 10

football leagues:

1. England

2. Germany

3. Spain

4. Ukraine

5. Netherlands

6. Mexico

7. Argentina

8. Brazil

9. Italy

10. The United States

UKRAINIAN Leaguehas been included inthe list o the worlds

best ootball leaguesthis season, beingonly behind Eng-land, Germany andSpain, according toa ranking compiledby U.S. online newspaperBleacher Report.

You may be sur-prised at first when see- i ngthe Ukrainian Premier League thishigh on the list, but afer a deep look,

they do have a strong and enjoyable

domestic league based on thestats. Te average o 1.26 goals

per game played was right in the

middle o the pack when judgingthe 10 leagues on the list, but what

really stuck out was the discipline oall 16 clubs in the Eastern Europeanleague. Only 11 red cards have beenhanded out this season in Ukraine,which is the lowest amount across allleagues that were evaluated, reads thereport.

Another thing that stands outabout Ukrainian ootball is that theirteams do put up a good showing in

Europe as represented by their 12

wins on the continental level this sea-son. While Shakhtar Donetsk did notstar in the UEFA Champions League,

Chornomorets Odesa, Dynamo Kyivand Dnipro all finished second in theirrespective groups in the UEFA EuropaLeague. All our o those clubs will en-ter the Europa League knockout stagein February with a good chance to ad-

vance ar in the tournament, accord-ing to the report.

Te our statistics looked at or thisranking were goals per games played,red cards per games played, conti-nental victories and point differential

rom first to last.
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