EXCLUSIVE
Police have detained
two journalists in Kyiv on Jan. 19-20 amid a standoff between anti-government
protesters and law enforcement, according to the Institute of Mass Information, a
local watchdog.
Jan. 20, 2014
Editor’s Note: EuroMaidan participants and political opposition leaders held a Jan. 19 rally in response to new measures signed into law on Jan. 17 by President Viktor Yanukovych that restrict freedom
Jan. 20, 2014
Journalist and opposition activist Tetyana Chornovol said on Jan. 19 that she thinks the reason that she was assaulted Dec. 24 was her investigation of the construction of a new mansion for President
Jan. 19, 2014
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed into law sweeping legislation pushed through parliament on Jan. 16 intended to crack down on anti-government demonstrations, according to a statement p
Jan. 17, 2014
This time, it’s for real.
Serhiy Lyovochkin, the longtime chief of state for President Viktor Yanukovych, has resigned and – unlike his previous attempt to quit on Nov. 30 – this time the president ha
Jan. 17, 2014
As hundreds of thousands of peaceful pro-European protesters were rallying on Kyiv’s Independence Square on Dec. 8, just a few blocks away a group of Ukrainian nationalists were toppling a monument to
Jan. 17, 2014
The
Foundation for Effective Governance, one of Rinat Akhmetov’s two flagship
charities, has closed.
Jan. 16, 2014
Opposition leader and former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko remains hospitalized in intensive care on Jan. 11, a day after riot police officers severely beat him when he tried to intervene as police
Jan. 12, 2014
Some 150 activists representing pro-European protest rallies all over Ukraine came to Kharkiv on Jan. 11 for the first forum of EuroMaidans in an attempt to unite efforts around the nation to unite in
Jan. 11, 2014
Guilty verdicts in a criminal case denounced as a sham triggered a night of violent conflicts on Jan. 10 between Berkut riot police officers and demonstrators, injuring at least a dozen protesters.
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Jan. 11, 2014
Civic organizations and public movements have started to abandon the Maidan Civic Council, an organization formed in December by a coalition of nongovernmental organizations to support the anti-govern
Jan. 10, 2014
Some 200,000 Ukrainians danced and sang their way into the New Year during a mass rally on Kyiv’s Independence Square, marking a celebratory start to 2014.
Jan. 1, 2014
Unlike a half dozen Ukrainian officials whose houses have been picketed in the recent days by pro-European protesters, Rinat Akhmetov, the nation’s richest billionaire, wasn’t afraid to show up and t
Dec. 31, 2013
The interior ministry’s chief investigator on Dec. 27 linked
opposition lawmaker Vitali Klitschko, his younger brother, heavyweight champion
boxer Wladimir Klitschko, as well as several other members
Dec. 27, 2013
A group of men viciously attacked and beat prominent Ukrainian journalist and civic activist Tetyana Chornovol outside Kyiv about 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 25. Later in the day, police say they identified thr
Dec. 25, 2013
A civic activist and organizer of anti-government protests in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv was attacked late on Dec. 24, reportedly because of his role in leading demonstrations there, which
Dec. 25, 2013
Police have detained
two journalists in Kyiv on Jan. 19-20 amid a standoff between anti-government
protesters and law enforcement, according to the Institute of Mass Information, a
local watchdog.
Jan. 20, 2014
Editor’s Note: EuroMaidan participants and political opposition leaders held a Jan. 19 rally in response to new measures signed into law on Jan. 17 by President Viktor Yanukovych that restrict freedom
Jan. 20, 2014
Journalist and opposition activist Tetyana Chornovol said on Jan. 19 that she thinks the reason that she was assaulted Dec. 24 was her investigation of the construction of a new mansion for President
Jan. 19, 2014
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed into law sweeping legislation pushed through parliament on Jan. 16 intended to crack down on anti-government demonstrations, according to a statement p
Jan. 17, 2014
This time, it’s for real.
Serhiy Lyovochkin, the longtime chief of state for President Viktor Yanukovych, has resigned and – unlike his previous attempt to quit on Nov. 30 – this time the president ha
Jan. 17, 2014
As hundreds of thousands of peaceful pro-European protesters were rallying on Kyiv’s Independence Square on Dec. 8, just a few blocks away a group of Ukrainian nationalists were toppling a monument to
Jan. 17, 2014
The
Foundation for Effective Governance, one of Rinat Akhmetov’s two flagship
charities, has closed.
Jan. 16, 2014
Opposition leader and former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko remains hospitalized in intensive care on Jan. 11, a day after riot police officers severely beat him when he tried to intervene as police
Jan. 12, 2014
Some 150 activists representing pro-European protest rallies all over Ukraine came to Kharkiv on Jan. 11 for the first forum of EuroMaidans in an attempt to unite efforts around the nation to unite in
Jan. 11, 2014
Guilty verdicts in a criminal case denounced as a sham triggered a night of violent conflicts on Jan. 10 between Berkut riot police officers and demonstrators, injuring at least a dozen protesters.
T
Jan. 11, 2014
Civic organizations and public movements have started to abandon the Maidan Civic Council, an organization formed in December by a coalition of nongovernmental organizations to support the anti-govern
Jan. 10, 2014
Some 200,000 Ukrainians danced and sang their way into the New Year during a mass rally on Kyiv’s Independence Square, marking a celebratory start to 2014.
Jan. 1, 2014
Unlike a half dozen Ukrainian officials whose houses have been picketed in the recent days by pro-European protesters, Rinat Akhmetov, the nation’s richest billionaire, wasn’t afraid to show up and t
Dec. 31, 2013
The interior ministry’s chief investigator on Dec. 27 linked
opposition lawmaker Vitali Klitschko, his younger brother, heavyweight champion
boxer Wladimir Klitschko, as well as several other members
Dec. 27, 2013
A group of men viciously attacked and beat prominent Ukrainian journalist and civic activist Tetyana Chornovol outside Kyiv about 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 25. Later in the day, police say they identified thr
Dec. 25, 2013
A civic activist and organizer of anti-government protests in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv was attacked late on Dec. 24, reportedly because of his role in leading demonstrations there, which
Dec. 25, 2013