Ukraine
Members of the opposition parliamentary factions have claimed that
participants of the Rise Up, Ukraine! Campaign were prevented from
traveling to Kyiv on May 18 by the authorities.
May. 18, 2013
Kyiv City State Administration has approved the routes of rallies due to be held in the capital of Ukraine on May 18.
May. 16, 2013
On April 15, Ukraine was shaken by yet another example of teenage violence. A Youtube video shows three teenage girls bullying another girl and almost strangling her.
Apr. 15, 2013
Despite winning rare praise from the West for freeing an opponent from jail, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is likely to resist extra pressure and the lure of trade deals to release his fierces
Apr. 9, 2013
The eldest son of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has doubled his wealth in the past year, bucking Ukraine’s economic problems and bolstering his position among its top two hundred richest men,
Mar. 31, 2013
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has passed at first reading a draft instruction to schedule the elections of Kyiv mayor and deputies of Kyiv City Council for June 2, 2013.
Mar. 21, 2013
Dozens of Ukrainian MPs from the two major parties got into a fist fight in the parliament, the Verkhovna Rada. The brawl began with yelling over the language used in the chamber and ‘fascist’ accusat
Mar. 19, 2013
Parliament was briefly suspended in Ukraine on Tuesday, March 19 after fists flew in a row over Russian between the president’s party and a far-right opposition faction, threatening to extend a legisl
Mar. 19, 2013
Kharkiv Mayor Gennady Kernes is known for being a prolific social media user, posting shirtless photos of himself at the gym, dining with some of Ukraine’s elite and flying aboard private jets.
Mar. 19, 2013
The Central Election Commission, in its decision regarding the annulment of Serhiy Vlasenko’s parliamentary mandate, has confirmed the illegality of the decision that was earlier taken by the Higher A
Mar. 19, 2013
A scuffle occurred between people’s deputies of the Svoboda and Regions Party parliamentary factions at the parliamentary rostrum this morning while Svoboda leader Oleh Tiahnybok was speaking.
Mar. 19, 2013
Ukraine exported major conventional arms worth $1.344 billion in 2012 becoming the fourth largest arms exporter in the world, according to the data published by Stockholm International Peace Research
Mar. 18, 2013
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Mar. 15, 2013
The opposition will start a two-month nationwide campaign, “Rise, Ukraine!” on Thursday, March 14.
Mar. 12, 2013
Ukraine’s Higher Specialized Court for Civil and Criminal Cases has upheld a suspended five-year sentence imposed on former acting defense minister Valeriy Ivaschenko.
Mar. 12, 2013
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on State Building and Local Government has recommended that parliament schedule the elections of Kyiv mayor and members of Kyiv City Council for June 2, 2013.
Mar. 7, 2013