Ukraine
The Batkivschyna Party has filed over 2,000 lawsuits against the results of local elections, first deputy leader of the party has said.
Nov. 4, 2010
Zaporizhia, October 31 (Interfax-Ukraine) – As of 1500 on Sunday in Zaporizhia region, 418,659 voters, or 28.7% of their total number, came to polling stations for the local election in Ukraine, rep
Oct. 31, 2010
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is being accused of exaggerating this week the extent of the 1932-33 famine that was declared a genocide by Canada’s Parliament two years ago. Read the story here. <a
Oct. 31, 2010
No big deals were announced during Putin’s Oct. 27 visit.
Oct. 29, 2010
Kyiv
Mickey Mouse has arrived in Ukraine. A local version of the Disney Channel was launched on Oct. 16, bringing a range of famous U.S. children’s television shows to viewers in Ukrainian, Russian and Eng
Oct. 21, 2010
Parliament’s Yulia Tymoshenko-Batkivshchyna faction in parliament on Oct. 18 unanimously voted to expel Oleh Lyashko and Serhiy Osyka "for cooperating with the the majority coalition, including voting
Oct. 19, 2010
Mohammad Zahoor, 55;
$550 million – $1 billion;
#1 Richest.
Oct. 8, 2010
Robert Koenig, 42 and Falk Nebiger, 41
$23 million (combined)
#8 Richest
Oct. 8, 2010
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has ordered Interior Minister Anatoliy Mohyliov to personally control the investigation into the murder of an Israeli pilgrim who was killed on September 26.
Sep. 27, 2010
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