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Vladimir Putin’s regime is warning Russians that their budding “Snow Revolution” will be as big a mistake as Ukraine’s Orange Revolution of 2004. But, while the similarities between these two popular movements are palpable, their differences are essential, so comparing them might help the Russian opposition to avoid some mistakes. Read the story here Today at 18:37 |
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Attorney Kenneth McCallion, who represents former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a New York court, said he is ready to submit the statement of defense in the Universal Trading & Investment Co.'s (UTICo) lawsuit against his client. Read the full story here. Today at 17:09 |
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President Yanukovych Calls for Abolition of "Obsolete Soviet-Era Repressive Rules" The President of Ukraine has committed his country to closer ties with the European Union and greater energy security during 2012 in a speech to mark the opening session of Parliament. Showing his stripes as a pro-Europe reformer, Viktor Yanukovych also declared that "obsolete Soviet-era repressive rules of law governing the state-citizen and state-business relations must be finally cancelled." Read more here. Yesterday at 07:23 |
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If Ukrainians are so apathetic and disillusioned, where are all those demonstrators coming from? Lena, 14, stands at the roadside waving a green flag. As she shivers in clothes that are no match for the Kyiv winter, cars pass by, their drivers paying little attention to her or her flag.Lena lives in Troeshina, a suburb of Kyiv notorious for crime and drug abuse. Read the story here. 2 days ago at 17:16 |
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Suffering in the grip of a brutal winter where temperatures have not risen above freezing in nearly a month, Ukraine has seen a wave of deaths related to the cold, and the country's ambulance service is inundated with calls for help. On one recent night, emergency services raced through the streets of the capital Kyiv in response to a call about a homeless man passed out in freezing weather. Read more here. 2 days ago at 16:59 |
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The daughter of jailed former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has accused prison authorities of subjecting her mother to "horrendous" pain by denying her painkillers. Tymoshenko is serving a seven-year term after a trial the west condemned as being politically motivated. Read more here. 2 days ago at 16:28 |
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The 4th Senior Officials’ Meeting of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Poland and Ukraine was held on 8 February 2012 in Kiev. After the meeting Minister Sikorski told journalists that “he wanted to obtain first-hand information on the health of the imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko” (her daughter had visited her a day before). Read more here. 2 days ago at 10:54 |
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Ukraine's emergency situations minister is blaming alcohol for most of the country's weather-related deaths this winter. Besides the debt crisis in the EU, the big pan-European news of late has been the particularly cold and particularly snowy winter in Eastern Europe, which has resulted in "at least 250 people" dead according to CNN, with Ukraine experiencing the most deaths at 135. Read more here. 2 days ago at 10:12 |
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Alcohol has been involved in most of the deaths blamed on the extreme cold in Ukraine, the country worst affected by the icy temperatures gripping eastern Europe, the country's emergencies minister said Wednesday. Nine out of 10 of the deaths reported have been alcohol-related, the country's Emergency Situations Minister Viktor Baloga said. Read more here. 3 days ago at 17:47 |
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The largest church in Ukraine will be built in Kharkov region. The Armenian Orthodox church, 40 meters tall, will have an Armenian school and cultural center built next to it. Read more. 3 days ago at 13:48 |
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Russia is supplying 12 percent less gas to the Ukrainian gas transportation system than stipulated in a bilateral contract, Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko said on Wednesday. “There is major gas consumption inside Russia. For example, we must receive 510 million cubic meters of gas today under a technical agreement but we have only 450 million,” Boyko said. Read full story here. 3 days ago at 13:07 |
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Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski will be in Kyiv for talks on Ukraine's EU aspirations today after MPs in the Ukrainian parliament disrupted a speech by President Yanukovych, shouting “Free Yulia Tymoshenko”. Ten MPs belonging to the jailed former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna party unfurled a banner with her portrait on it, and began chanting for her freedom, as President Viktor Yanukovych made his keynote speech at the beginning of the parliamentary term. Read the story here. 3 days ago at 12:41 |
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An overwhelming 13 of the 16 teams qualified for Euro 2012 have opted for base-camps in Poland, tournament organisers said this week, leaving fellow-host Ukraine virtually out in the cold. “It’s a fact that 13 teams have chosen Poland as their base for the duration of the European Championships,” Adam Olkowicz, boss of the country’s organising committee, said at a ceremony after a deadline expired for picking training locations. Read more here. 3 days ago at 11:51 |
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Even bundled up in a purple jacket and light blue turtleneck sweater, warming herself in a thick canvas emergency tent heated by a stove, the young Ukrainian woman feels the bitter chill. "It is very cold," she says. "The frost is very strong. It's very slippery out there." Read more here. Feb 7 at 18:04 |
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The European Commission says deliveries of natural gas from Russia have fallen in eight countries -- Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia -- as temperatures plunged to new lows in a weeklong cold snap. The commission said Austria and Italy had seen deliveries fall by 30 and 24 percent, respectively, noting that stocks were not at an "emergency" level. Read more here. Feb 7 at 09:22 |