Ukraine
Petro Ustenko has been elected head of the Socialist Party of Ukraine, the party’s press service said on Sunday.
Apr. 30, 2012
A Wizzair Ukraine Airbus A320-200, registration UR-WUA performing flight WU-6102 from Memmingen (Germany) to Kiev Zhulhany (Ukraine), arrived in Kiev for what appeared to be a safe landing. A post
Apr. 28, 2012
Ukrainian model Valeria Lukyanova is a living doll. The 21-year-old has used plastic surgery as well as everyday cosmetics to transform herself into a real-life Barbie.
Apr. 25, 2012
Kyiv
It was once an object of ridicule. It was called names and despised. It was attacked and bullied. But now, the Zaporozhets, Ukraine’s legendary car, has turned into a revered collector’s item.
Apr. 19, 2012
French Ambassador for Human Rights Francois Zimeray is planning to visit Kharkiv on April 19 to attend the first court hearing of a case on financial irregularities at the United Energy Systems of Ukr
Apr. 17, 2012
A court in Italy has placed former head of Kharkiv Regional State Administration Arsen Avakov under house arrest as a preventive measure, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office told Interfax-Ukraine.
Apr. 12, 2012
A court in Rome, Italy, has ordered the release of former Head of Kharkiv Regional State Administration Arsen Avakov from detention, Head of the BYT-Batkivschyna parliamentary faction Andriy Kozhemiak
Apr. 12, 2012
Pechersky District Court of Kyiv has sentenced former Acting Defense Minister of Ukraine Valeriy Ivaschenko to five years in prison and barred him from fulfillment of organizational and administrative
Apr. 12, 2012
Ukrainians have become used to heinous crimes in which suspects get off lightly, but the case of Oksana Makar shocked even those who are already deeply cynical about the country’s justice system.
Apr. 9, 2012
Former Ukrainian Premier and leader of the Batkivschyna Party Yulia Tymoshenko has sent a letter to the Italian government with a request not to extradite Arsen Avakov to Ukraine.
Apr. 5, 2012
Ukraine views the Association Agreement with the European Union as a comprehensive program of large-scale internal reforms in the political, economic and social areas, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanuk
Apr. 2, 2012
DONETSK, Ukraine – A Ukrainian teenage girl died Thursday three weeks after being set on fire in a gang rape attack by youths which shocked the nation and raised doubts about the competence of polic
Mar. 30, 2012
The former head of Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Arsen Avakov, who is accused of illegally transferring land, has been put on the international wanted list of the Interpol, the head of the
Mar. 21, 2012
Apart from the ritual giving of flowers, International Women’s Day brings out an annual discussion on women’s rights and gender equality. There are plenty of reasons to be worried.
Mar. 8, 2012
The latest Forbes ranking of billionaires puts eight Ukrainians on the list of the elite richest. The magazine counted 1,226 billionaires in the world, led by Mexico’s Carlos Slim with an estimated ne
Mar. 8, 2012
After a sharp decline in 2011 in the number of Ukrainians who have a positive attitude towards Russia (from 90-93% to 80%), their number increased again in February 2012, to 86%, according to a joi
Mar. 2, 2012