Launch of e-newsletter and new web pages!

This is the first NATO-Ukraine e-newsletter, which will be sent out every two months (or more frequently, depending upon the volume of stories). It is compiled from stories published on the new NATO-Ukraine web pages on our web site, which feature up-to-date stories as well as background information about NATO's cooperation with Ukraine.

We are also making more information available online about NATO in Ukrainian and Russian. You can visit the new web pages at:

www.nato.int/home-ukr.htm (Ukrainian-language)
www.nato.int/home-ru.htm (Russian-language)

We are sending this e-newsletter to you because you are on the regular emailing list of the NATO Information and Documentation Centre, Ukraine.

Ukrainian support for Operation Active Endeavour

Final preparations are underway for the deployment of the first Ukrainian ship to the Mediterranean in support of Operation Active Endeavour, NATO's maritime counter-terrorist operation. The URS Ternopil, a corvette, is expected to be deployed in May. more>>

Air situation data exchange with Ukraine

A Ukrainian delegation had a meeting with the NATO Air Defence Committee on 19 February at NATO Headquarters. The purpose of the meeting was to clarify issues related to Ukraine's request to participate in the Air Situation Data Exchange (ASDE) programme, which NATO has offered to Partner countries since 2001. more>>

Ukrainian President meets NATO Secretary General in Munich

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko met NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on the margins of a major international security conference in Munich, Germany, on 10 February. They both stressed the need to continue practical NATO-Ukraine cooperation, despite current uncertainties in Ukraine's domestic political situation. more>>

Resettlement Information and Consultation Point for the Ukrainian Navy

With NATO support, a Resettlement Information and Consultation Point was opened at the Ukrainian naval headquarters at Sebastopol, Crimea, on 12 December 2006, to help former navy personnel find jobs in the civilian sector. more>>

"NATO-Ukraine E-news" aims to give an overview of the wide range of cooperation between NATO and Ukraine. Sent out every two months, it is a compilation of web stories that have been published on the NATO web site at: http://www.nato.int/ukraine

News and information about NATO, in Ukrainian and Russian, can be accessed here:
http://www.nato.int/home-ukr.htm
http://www.nato.int/home-ru.htm