EU Officially Grants Market Status To Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said today that the EU has granted Ukraine the status of a country with market-based economy.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov
Yekhanurov announced the move at the meeting with teachers and students of the Kyiv National University and said that the status was granted on 21 December.

The EU announced its decision to grant a market-economy status to Ukraine on 1 December.

The United States is still considering the possibility of granting the same status to the country.

Source: Radio Free Europe