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V25 2022 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE UKRAINE COIN COMMEMORATES EU APPLICATIONA Coin Update article by Michael Alexander illustrates the new commemorative coins issued by Ukraine to celebrate the EU's acceptance of its membership application. That's not a non-event, and still worth celebrating despite the years-long long road ahead to actual membership that will be fraught with many obstacles and delays and no guarantees. Is there a category for Most Hopeful Coin of the Year? -Editor The National Bank of Ukraine has released new collector coins which mark the granting of candidate status of the country to begin negotiations for membership to the European Union. This status became official on the 23rd June of this year. Substantial territories in the Eastern provinces of Ukraine are under some degree of occupation. However, the army of Ukraine has made impressive gains in an effort to defend the nation and has recovered territory in recent weeks. Ukraine declared their independence in August 1991, almost six months before the collapse of the former USSR. The referendum was passed on the 1st December of that year, and since then, the country has sought to charter a course of westernisation and closer economic, cultural, and trade relations with the European Union and further afield. Ukraine's interest in pursuing membership in the European Union was expressed as early as 2002, and at the time, it was believed membership might be possible in two decades, provided Ukraine met specific political and economic reform criteria. 
Pictured here is the 10 hryvnia silver proof version with a hologram. See the complete article for more details. -Editor
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