Brussels recommends opening EU membership talks with Ukraine

(ANSA-AFP) - BRUSSELS, NOV 8 - The EU's executive arm on Wednesday recommended that member states open formal membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova, and that they grant candidate status to Georgia.
    "Today is a historic day because today the commission recommends that the council opens accession negotiations with Ukraine and with Moldova," European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said. (ANSA-AFP).