Ukraine
In the early hours on Jan. 27, soon after one building of the Justice Ministry in Kyiv was seized by a small group of protesters, Justice Minister Olena Lukash issued a televised address, calling for
Jan. 27, 2014
Editor’s Note: Anti-government EuroMaidan demonstrations began in Ukraine on Nov. 21, triggered by President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to abandon closer ties with the European Union in favor of Ru
Jan. 27, 2014
The Presidium of the Supreme Council of Crimea has decided to ban the activities and symbols of the Svoboda all-Ukrainian Union on the territory of the autonomous republic.
Jan. 27, 2014
The Party of Regions’ faction in Lviv Regional Council has decided to disband, faction member Oleh Baliash has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Jan. 27, 2014
The police broke a blockade of Cherkasy Regional State Administration
in the early hours of Monday and detained 12 people, the press service
of Cherkasy regional prosecutor’s office has reported.
Jan. 27, 2014
The dead body of a man has been found hanging on the frame of an artificial New Year’s tree on Kyiv’s Independence Square, the city police authority said.
Jan. 27, 2014
The activists of the Spilna Sprava (Common Cause) organization have vacated the building of the Ukrainian Justice Ministry, the organization’s leader, Oleksandr Danyliuk, has reported on Facebook.
Jan. 27, 2014
Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk regional councils have
decided to ban the activity and symbols of the Communist Party of
Ukraine and the Party of Regions in their regions.
Jan. 27, 2014
Editor’s Note: Anti-government EuroMaidan demonstrations began in Ukraine on Nov. 21, triggered by President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to abandon closer ties with the European Union in favor of Rus
Jan. 27, 2014
Ukraine’s three political opposition leaders rejected a proposal by President Viktor Yanukovych to end the nation’s political crisis because it did not include early presidential elections or cancella
Jan. 26, 2014
Anti-government protesters have taken over eleven regional gubernatorial buildings since Jan.23, including two national government offices in Kyiv.
Jan. 25, 2014
Anti-government protesters called an uneasy truce in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Saturday after violent overnight clashes with police, but a separate group made an attempt to take over the main ener
Jan. 25, 2014
The bullets have stopped flying, for now. But investigations into what exactly is being fired at protesters are just beginning.
Jan. 25, 2014
More than four hours of negotiations between the president and the opposition on Jan. 23 yielded limited results while tens of thousands waited to hear the outcome in the center of Kyiv on one of the
Jan. 24, 2014
Five regional councils in central and western Ukraine were taken over on Jan. 23 by disgruntled citizens as the grip and authority of President Viktor Yanukovych begins to weaken. Protesters took ove
Jan. 24, 2014
Two days after the brutal clashes between anti-government protesters and police on Jan. 22, the death toll remains unclear.
Jan. 24, 2014