On Friday 7 June, the European Commission announced that Ukraine and Moldova had met the final criteria required to officially begin accession negotiations with the EU.
Kyiv has met the four remaining criteria in three areas. In the area of anti-corruption, these included a law on the staffing of the national anti-corruption bureau NABU and the removal of provisions of a law regulating lobbying restricting the work of the national agency for the prevention of corruption, in the area of...