Ukraine
There should be no discussions in Kyiv regarding giving the Russian
language a regional status, Head of Kyiv City State Administration
Oleksandr Popov has reported.
Sep. 19, 2012
Caring volunteers hope to open a charity shop after what may be their
final trip to bring aid to impoverished people in the Ukraine.
Sep. 18, 2012
Lviv, September 14 – UDAR Party leader Vitali
Klitschko has said he expects the budget of the party’s election
campaign not to exceed UAH 90 million.
Sep. 15, 2012
Mykolaiv Regional Council has decided to assign Russian the status of a regional language in the region.
Sep. 7, 2012
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published online by Russia Today, a Kremlin-funded information
organization that has been criticized for its anti-Western and
anti-Ukrainian propaganda.
Sep. 6, 2012
NOVOHRAD-VOLYNSKY –
The date for the Kyiv mayoral election will be determined after the
parliamentary elections, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn has
said.
Aug. 29, 2012
YABLUNETS (Zhytomyr region) – A national program for the development of Ukrainian
as a state language should be adopted before parliamentary elections,
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn has sa
Aug. 24, 2012
The Russian language is swiftly gaining official status as a “regional” language across eastern and southern regions of Ukraine.
Aug. 23, 2012
The Ukrainian feminist movement FEMEN says the police blocked the
organization’s office in Kyiv following the sawing down of the cross in
central Kyiv.
Aug. 18, 2012
Kherson Regional Council has supported the law of Ukraine on the principles of the state language policy and assigned Russian language with the status of a regional language at a meeting on Friday.
Aug. 17, 2012
The police have opened a criminal case on the sawing down of a cross in the center of Kyiv, no one has been arrested under the case.
Aug. 17, 2012
Ukraine’s High Specialized Court for Civil and Criminal Cases has read out the cassation complaints filed by Yulia Tymoshenko’s defense lawyers against the verdict in the gas case.
Aug. 17, 2012
Odessa became the first Ukrainian region to officially recognize the
Russian language, leading a host of other regions with a substantial
Russian-speaking population in a move to capitalize on the cou
Aug. 16, 2012
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has registered the party ticket
of the Hromada Party, but refused to register former Ukrainian Premier
Pavlo Lazarenko as a parliamentary candidate.
Aug. 15, 2012
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has registered Minister of
Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko as a
candidate for lawmaker.
Aug. 15, 2012
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been decorated with the international prize of Pope Boniface VIII.
Aug. 10, 2012