Experts of the National ecology center of Ukraine and an EU-funded project “Switch on the sun – live comfortably” Yuriy Urbansky (executive director) and energy assistant Maksym Babayev shared their considerations on solar energy perspectives both in the EU and Ukraine.
Day: May 21, 2014
Idea of Europe Discussed in Kyiv at Europe Day
“The EU is not only a community of interests but first of all a community of values”, – Jan Tombinski, Ambassador of the European Union in Ukraine, stated at the opening of the Day of Europe in Kyiv. Unlike the EU, Ukraine is officially celebrating it on the third Saturday of May.
EU shares its best practices in combating organised crime
Piotr Bartoszek, a EUBAM Organised Crime Investigation Specialist, delivered a lecture on ‘EU best practices in fighting organised crime’ as part of the EU Study Days project.
“We consume twice more than we need”, says energy expert
“Ukrainians consume two or three time more heat on a square meter than the Europeans do. This is a behavioral, organizational and technological issue”, – shares his experience Mr. Pavliuk, coordinator of an EU initiative “Covenant of Mayors” in 11 countries of the Eastern Partnership and Central Asia.