Kyiv Post News, Ukraine

Music At Its Best The first-ever YUNA, designed to honor the best on the national music scene, took place on Feb. 8 in Kyiv’s Palats Ukraina.
2 days ago at 01:43 | Kyiv Post
Horror stories continue to emerge from deep freeze Hanna Korinna survived the Holodomor, World War II, Stalinist repressions and countless economic upheavals in the last century, but this winter’s severe cold turned out to be too much for the 93-year-old woman.
2 days ago at 01:35 | Svitlana Tuchynska and Mariya Manzhos
BYuT soldiers on without its leader If and when ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is released from prison, will she still have followers to lead?
2 days ago at 01:28 | Yuriy Onyshkiv
Son of president’s ally goes free in murder Probe of gruesome slaying in 2007 is marked by changing testimony, favoritism.
3 days ago at 23:18 | Mark Rachkevych and Vlad Lavrov
Ukraine missing chance to join Smithsonian Folklife Festival Ukraine’s leaders appear to have missed out on a great opportunity for improving the nation’s image abroad.
3 days ago at 23:05 | Olga Rudenko
Yanukovych tightens power grip by putting loyalists in key security posts Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has tightened his control over the country’s security and armed forces by appointing a new defense minister and security service chief.
3 days ago at 22:59 | Mark Rachkevych
EX.ua reopens; officials shy from piracy fight A week after temporarily shutting down EX.ua, Ukrainian police eased pressure on the popular file-sharing website, which is listed by the Recording Industry Association of America as one of the world’s 25 worst Internet piracy sites.
3 days ago at 22:53 | Yuriy Onyshkiv
Naftogaz makes more gas available for European consumption Kyiv, February 4 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine’s state oil and gas company Naftogaz has increased the selection of gas from its underground storage facilities in order to ensure gas supplies to Europe, a source in the company has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Feb 4 at 17:00 | Interfax-Ukraine
Clinton presses Ukraine on Tymoshenko's legal case MUNICH (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is pressing Ukrainian authorities to quickly resolve the criminal case brought against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

She says Washington is troubled by the selective prosecution of opposition figures in Ukraine.
Feb 4 at 16:40 | Associated Press
Yanukovych: Kyiv to be grateful for assistance of foreign doctors in Tymoshenko’s examination Kyiv, February 4 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukraine will be grateful for the assistance of foreign doctors in conducting a medical examination and treatment of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, but this should be done in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said.
Feb 4 at 14:12 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yanukovych speaks of national energy projects Kyiv, February 4 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The implementation of national energy projects is an important element of Ukraine’s energy security, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said.
Feb 4 at 12:44 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine death toll from cold rises to 122 (Reuters) - Twenty-one more deaths from a sudden cold spell have been registered inUkrainein the past 24 hours, pushing up to 122 the toll from icy temperatures gripping the former Soviet republic, theEmergencies Ministrysaid on Saturday.

Ukraineis experiencing the coldest winter in six years, registering overnight temperatures down as low as minus 33 Celsius (minus 27 Fahrenheit).
Feb 4 at 11:26 | Reuters
The Strange Case Of Dirar Abu Sisi The Abu Sisi family insists he is no Hamas terrorist.
Feb 3 at 00:59 | Oksana Grytsenko
Homeless struggle to stay alive in cold spell Vasyl Zhygalyuk arrived in Kyiv last summer from Ivano-Frankivsk to work in construction, hoping soon to be able to pay off his abundant debt.
Feb 3 at 00:40 | Mariya Manzhos
Bitter cold kills 101 people, disrupts normal life Sub-zero weather may last through Feb. 14.
Feb 3 at 00:33 | Olga Rudenko