Ukraine
The University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom has launched apermanent program in Ukrainian studies, mostly courtesy of Ukrainian gas-trading billionaire Dmytro Firtash, a co-owner of the controver
Sep. 24, 2010
Ex-deputy Chief Accountant of NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy Maria Kushnir has been detained in Volgograd and in the near future will be extradited to Ukraine, acting prosecutor of Kirovsky district of Volgo
Sep. 15, 2010
Ukraine has deported to Israel ten Hasidic pilgrims, who attempted to disrupt public order in Uman, Cherkasy region, and who were suspected of causing bodily harm to local residents.
Sep. 13, 2010
Drivers on Ukraine’s potholed main highways are, at last, seeing the pace of road construction picking up.
But there is one obscure side road – the one leading to President Viktor Yanukovych’s Mezhyhi
Aug. 19, 2010
Four peat bogs are burning in Kyiv region, the press service of the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry reported on Friday.
Aug. 13, 2010
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.
If there is any sec
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