Brussels, 20/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 20 May, the European Union disbursed €100 million as the first batch of a total of €1.6 billion in macro-financial EU aid to Ukraine, a week ahead of the presidential elections in the country (see related article).
Siim Kallas, the European commissioner temporarily in charge of economic and monetary affairs, said on a visit to Kiev on Tuesday 20 May that the member states would be vigilant over how the EU money was used. He did not...