EXCLUSIVE
There would have been fewer fights in the
Ukrainian parliament if more women were among the deputies. At least female
parliamentarians were not seen taking part in the multiple brawls that marked
the
Dec. 14, 2012
After hours
of squabbling and haggling between lawmakers of the new parliament, a prominent
member of the Party of Regions was elected Speaker – his deputy
on Dec. 13, indicating that a new loose maj
Dec. 13, 2012
Naked women and broken fences. Several brawls and plenty of insults. Watching the first day of the new parliament is almost like watching a reality show.
Dec. 12, 2012
The ultra-nationalist Svoboda Party has admitted that their activists attacked gay community
and human rights activists who were holding a protest in central Kyiv on Dec. 8
to commemorate internationa
Dec. 11, 2012
Several members
of Ukraine’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community as well as their
supporters, were allegedly beaten by ultranationalists on Dec. 8 while taking
part in a rally to commemor
Dec. 10, 2012
Election campaign financing has always lacked transparency in Ukraine and the Oct. 28 parliamentary election was no exception.
Dec. 6, 2012
The Kyiv Post is
publishing the association agreement initialed earlier this year between the European
Union and Ukraine. The agreement has not yet been signed and ratified, steps needed to the agreem
Dec. 5, 2012
The Ukraina shopping mall, the focus of a
protracted legal battle over its ownership, has been linked in news reports to
persons or entities associated with President Viktor Yanukovych.
Dec. 5, 2012
Ukraine has moved up in Transparency
International’s <a href="http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2012/results/">2012
corruption perceptions index</a>!
Last year the country was the world’s
152nd most cor
Dec. 5, 2012
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola
Azarov and his government resigned on Dec. 3, immediately after
approving the next year’s budget, and President Viktor Yanukovych
accepted the resignation, the preside
Dec. 3, 2012
<a href="http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=14110911">Anna
Ushenina</a> became Ukraine’s first woman to win the world women’s chess championship
on Dec. 1 after defeating Bulagarian Antoaneta St
Dec. 1, 2012
Dec. 1 is
World AIDS Day, commemorating the victims of a pandemic that has taken the lives
of 27,800 Ukrainians since the first case was registered here in 1987.
Nov. 30, 2012
The closely watched trial of the three men suspected in the horrific gang rape and murder of 18-year old Oksana
Makar ended in a guilty verdict for the defendants.
Nov. 28, 2012
It took more than 50 years, but Ukraine has finally changed its criminal law.
Nov. 22, 2012
Svoboda Party’s success in the Oct. 28 parliamentary election came as a surprise even for its own leaders. Unsure if it would hit the 5 percent threshold for getting elected, the right-wing nationalis
Nov. 22, 2012
Roman Vintoniv in October was better known
to parliamentary candidates as Michael Shchur, whose last name –rat in
Ukrainian – should have given them a clue with whom they were dealing.
Nov. 20, 2012
There would have been fewer fights in the
Ukrainian parliament if more women were among the deputies. At least female
parliamentarians were not seen taking part in the multiple brawls that marked
the
Dec. 14, 2012
After hours
of squabbling and haggling between lawmakers of the new parliament, a prominent
member of the Party of Regions was elected Speaker – his deputy
on Dec. 13, indicating that a new loose maj
Dec. 13, 2012
Naked women and broken fences. Several brawls and plenty of insults. Watching the first day of the new parliament is almost like watching a reality show.
Dec. 12, 2012
The ultra-nationalist Svoboda Party has admitted that their activists attacked gay community
and human rights activists who were holding a protest in central Kyiv on Dec. 8
to commemorate internationa
Dec. 11, 2012
Several members
of Ukraine’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community as well as their
supporters, were allegedly beaten by ultranationalists on Dec. 8 while taking
part in a rally to commemor
Dec. 10, 2012
Election campaign financing has always lacked transparency in Ukraine and the Oct. 28 parliamentary election was no exception.
Dec. 6, 2012
The Kyiv Post is
publishing the association agreement initialed earlier this year between the European
Union and Ukraine. The agreement has not yet been signed and ratified, steps needed to the agreem
Dec. 5, 2012
The Ukraina shopping mall, the focus of a
protracted legal battle over its ownership, has been linked in news reports to
persons or entities associated with President Viktor Yanukovych.
Dec. 5, 2012
Ukraine has moved up in Transparency
International’s <a href="http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2012/results/">2012
corruption perceptions index</a>!
Last year the country was the world’s
152nd most cor
Dec. 5, 2012
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola
Azarov and his government resigned on Dec. 3, immediately after
approving the next year’s budget, and President Viktor Yanukovych
accepted the resignation, the preside
Dec. 3, 2012
<a href="http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=14110911">Anna
Ushenina</a> became Ukraine’s first woman to win the world women’s chess championship
on Dec. 1 after defeating Bulagarian Antoaneta St
Dec. 1, 2012
Dec. 1 is
World AIDS Day, commemorating the victims of a pandemic that has taken the lives
of 27,800 Ukrainians since the first case was registered here in 1987.
Nov. 30, 2012
The closely watched trial of the three men suspected in the horrific gang rape and murder of 18-year old Oksana
Makar ended in a guilty verdict for the defendants.
Nov. 28, 2012
It took more than 50 years, but Ukraine has finally changed its criminal law.
Nov. 22, 2012
Svoboda Party’s success in the Oct. 28 parliamentary election came as a surprise even for its own leaders. Unsure if it would hit the 5 percent threshold for getting elected, the right-wing nationalis
Nov. 22, 2012
Roman Vintoniv in October was better known
to parliamentary candidates as Michael Shchur, whose last name –rat in
Ukrainian – should have given them a clue with whom they were dealing.
Nov. 20, 2012
Loading More Posts
Despite the good news that US President Joe Biden has authorized long-range missile strikes with US weapons, closer inspection reveals continued restrictions reflecting weakness Russia will exploit.
Nov. 19