Editor’s note: In this feature, the Kyiv Post brings together the most relevant events from morning headlines
Experts say recent attacks by
activists on police stations in Ukraine highlight the need for serious reforms
within the country’s Ministry of Interior, writes Kommersant. Opposition activists attacked a police station
building on July 12 in Kyiv, resulting in some 11 people injured. The reason
for the fight was a conflict between a police officer and an activist who
demanded he speak to her in Ukrainian. The incident came on the heels of an
attack on a police station in Vradiyivka, a town in Mykolaiv region, after a local woman was beaten and
raped by police officers.
Opposition leader Arseniy Yatseniuk believes President Viktor Yanukovych could postpone the presidential election, as he has the Kyiv elections, writes Ukrainska Pravda. Yatseniuk said this during a television broadcast on Sunday, the Batkivschyna press service reported. If this were to happen, Yatsenyuk said, “the people of Kyiv will again come out and defend the presidential elections in 2015.”
International hotel operator Kempinski plans to open a five-star hotel in Kyiv, reports Kommersant. According to the company, the swanky new hotel will open in 2015. It intends to work with one of the largest real estate developers, Poznyakizhilstroy Corporation, to erect the hotel. Experts say the presence of the new hotel should enhance competition and affect the prices in the city’s high-end hotels.
Forbes Ukraine lifts the veil to reveal the life of one of the first Ukrainian oligarchs – Yevhen Scherban – whose name has been in the headlines recently after charges were brought against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko for allegedly financing, along with former Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, the hitman who killed him and others.
