Ukraine
With one of the fastest-growing HIV rates in Europe and an international reputation as a sex tourist haven, anti-AIDS activists are preparing for the Euro 2012 soccer tournament by citing worrying sta
Aug. 10, 2010
Head of the Ukrainian hydrometeorological center Mykola Kulbida has forecast that temperatures could reach a maximum of 40-42 degrees Celsius across most of Ukraine in August.
Jul. 29, 2010
Kyiv Pechersky Court has issued approval for the arrest of former First Deputy Head of the State Treasury of Ukraine Tetiana Hrytsun.
Jul. 28, 2010
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a law on the fundamental principles of the country’s domestic and foreign policy stipulating the country’s non-aligned status, the presidential press
Jul. 15, 2010
The Ukrainian Justice Ministry has received an official statement from the New Country political party on amending its regulations, the composition of its governing bodies, and a change in its name.
Jul. 13, 2010
President Viktor Yanukovych’s governing coalition has rattled Ukraine’s educational system with its sudden decision to move the country away from a European Union standard of 12-year schooling, back t
Jul. 9, 2010
Editor’s Note: On Feb. 24, London High Court Master John Leslie dismissed a libel lawsuit filed against the Kyiv Post by Ukrainian billionaire Dmytro Firtash regarding this story.
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Jul. 2, 2010
The Political Council Presidium of the All-Ukrainian Union Batkivschyna has expelled Oleksandr Feldman, a Verkhovna Rada deputy of the Yulia Tymoshenko bloc faction, from the party, Natalia Fedorenko,
Jun. 26, 2010
The world’s largest transport aircraft, the Mriya An-225, operated by Kyiv-based Antonov Airlines, transported the longest cargo in the history of cargo transportation by air, state-run Antonov ent
Jun. 11, 2010
The Arbitration Institute of the Chamber of Commerce in Stockholm has upheld the validity of RosUkrEnergo AG’s position in its dispute with Naftogaz Ukrainy, but only in commodity – not monetary – t
Jun. 9, 2010
Ukraine’s Parliament, prodded by pro-Russia President Viktor Yanukovych, approved a bill yesterday that cements the country’s neutrality and prevents it from joining NATO.
Jun. 4, 2010
Ukraine on Thursday formally buried pursuit of NATO membership as an aim, its foreign minister declaring the issue had been taken off the policy agenda.
May. 28, 2010
A dark continent full of poverty and disease. Unfortunately, that’s the image too many Ukrainians have about Africa.
May. 27, 2010
Lviv, May 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Ukrainian state is not yet ready to join NATO, Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych has said.
May. 27, 2010
May 24 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Israel plans to cancel visas for Ukrainian citizens soon, the deputy head of the presidential administration, Anna Herman told Interfax-Ukraine by phone from Tel-Aviv, refe
May. 24, 2010
The Verkhovna Rada has approved the president’s decision to let the military units of other states into Ukraine in 2010 to participate in multinational military exercises.
May. 18, 2010