Ukraine
Weekend summer mornings along the riverside promenade in Kyiv’s Obolon district usually include scenes of strolling families and 20-something crowds. But on June 6, tension, violence and blood ruined
Jun. 11, 2015
MARIUPOL – Local elections in Ukraine will be held on October 25, 2015, but the date when they will be conducted in the occupied territories of Donbas has not been determined yet, Ukrainian President
Jun. 11, 2015
Protected by hundreds of police officers in Kyiv’s Obolon district, nearly 200 persons tried on June 6 to take part in the second gay pride parade in the last three years.
But violence, almost from th
Jun. 6, 2015
Ukraine’s deputy prosecutor general on May 28 has notified former Justice Minister Olena Lukash that she is suspected of embezzlement of public funds and forgery, the press service of the General Pros
Jun. 4, 2015
May 29 A debt restructuring plan proposed by Ukraine’s biggest bondholders is based on raiding central bank reserves for up to 40 percent of the amortising debt, but that would be illegal under Ukrain
May. 29, 2015
After nearly six months in
captivity, a Ukrainian commander has been released from the custody
of Donetsk rebels.
May. 23, 2015
DZERZHYNSK, Ukraine — By painting street lampposts in Dzerzhynsk blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine’s national flag, local activists may be re-shaping the future of the war-front city.
May. 14, 2015
Artem Sytnyk’s unenviable task is to stop the nation’s biggest internal national security threat: public-sector corruption.
May. 14, 2015
The leader of the Right Sector party, Dmytro Yarosh, who is an independent member of parliament, has put a draft law before the legislature that would underlie setting up a “Ukrainian Volunteer Corps.
May. 14, 2015
A military parade including the presence of military hardware in Donetsk on May 9 constituted a violation of the Minsk agreements, says Alexander Hug, deputy chief monitor of the Organization for Secu
May. 13, 2015
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine suspects MP Serhiy Kliuyev of the Opposition Bloc faction and former commander of Aidar battalion MP Serhiy Melnychuk of committing a number of crimes, so Pr
May. 12, 2015
Sept. 30, 1938
The Munich Agreement signed by Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany divided Czechoslovakia. Carpathian Ukraine, which used to be part of Czechoslovakia, was gradually occupied by Hu
May. 8, 2015
Five Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the last day while combined Russian-separatist forces have a “powerful strike force” of 3,000 soldiers andseveral dozen armored vehicles facing the Azov Sea coas
May. 6, 2015
More testimony is emerging that Ukrainian prisoners face murder, kidnapping and torture by Kremlin-backed forces. New revelations come from relatives of the victims and a volunteer who works to get th
May. 1, 2015
KHARKIV – Kharkiv District Administrative Court has banned the Communist Party of Ukraine from holding a march and a rally on May 1 to mark Labor Day.
Apr. 24, 2015
The atmosphere was spooky in Kyiv on April 16 as news broke about the murder of a third prominent person in four days.
Apr. 17, 2015