Prickly Christmas greeting marks EU-Ukraine summit

Reports from the EU - Ukraine Summit, Kiev, 19 December 2011. The European Union warned Ukraine that it would not sign an agreement bringing free trade and closer political ties if the Ukrainian government pursued 'politically motivated justice' against the country’s former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko.

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ESO: Background information: EU-Ukraine summit hangs in doubt http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-ukraine-summit-hangs-in-doubt/

EU: EEAS: Ukraine http://eeas.europa.eu/ukraine/index_en.htm

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/11/898: José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission Statement by President Barroso following the EU-Ukraine Summit Press conference Kiev, 19 December 2011 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/898&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Council: President: Press Release, PRES/11/511 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/127053.pdf

Deutsche Welle, 18.12.11: EU-Ukraine talks overshadowed by Tymoshenko trial http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15610309,00.html

EurActiv, 20.12.11: EU-Ukraine ties stumble over 'politically motivated justice' http://www.euractiv.com/europes-east/eu-ukraine-ties-stumble-politically-motivated-justice-news-509826

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