The European Union said a meeting with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych had been postponed after he rejected calls from Western capitals to release the jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Mr. Yanukovych had been due to meet top EU officials on Thursday, but indicated on Monday that he wouldn't free his main political rival and was prepared for a pause in talks on closer political and trade ties. Read full story here.
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Wall Street Journal: Brussels cools ties with Ukraine
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, right, and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, left, speak with Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych during arrivals for an informal dinner at the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011.
