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“English fans need to know that if they try to mess with Ukrainian women then we will try to mess with them. The sex industry exploits women who are so poor and often uneducated. That is why we are going to try to attack every match.”
Inna Shevchenko, a member of Femen, the women's group that stages topless protests against men who come to Ukraine for sex tourism.
Inna Shevchenko, a member of Femen, the women's group that stages topless protests against men who come to Ukraine for sex tourism.
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Sporting boycotts are back in fashion. Azerbaijan hosts the Eurovision Song Contest on 26 May, with Armenia predictably absent. Russia is beset by Circassian activists claiming that the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics are desecrating their ancestral homeland. But Ukraine is on the receiving end of the bitterest current campaign, in the run-up to the European Championship football finals beginning on 8 June. May 18 at 19:40 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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The daughter of Ukraine's detained former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, has told US politicians she still fears for her mother's life. May 18 at 17:44 |
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Meeting with members of the European Parliament in Brussels this week, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov acknowledged what the critics of President Viktor Yanukovych have been saying all along: The much-ballyhooed April 2010 Kharkiv natural-gas deal with Russia has brought the country no tangible benefits. May 17 at 18:57 |
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The European Commission yesterday, 15 May highlighted the “degradation of the rule of law” in Ukraine in its annual report on progress in relations between the EU and its neighbours to the east and south. May 16 at 10:40 |
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Nine enterprises in Belarus resumed exports of dairy products in Ukraine. According to the State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine, the necessary changes have been made for the chief state inspector of veterinary medicine, while May 7, temporary restrictions on import of dairy products were lifted for a number of Belarusian enterprises. May 15 at 11:59 |
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We've spent six months investigating a group of Shakhtar Donetsk fans with neo-Nazi links and discovered that they'll be targeting England fans when the tournament kicks off next month. May 15 at 11:52 |
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EU ministers held an animated discussion in Brussels yesterday,14 May, evaluating the risks of “loosing Ukraine to Russia” if too much pressure is put on the country over the treatment of imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. May 15 at 10:16 |
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The youngster, who spent some of his childhood years in Berlin, is hoping he will see Germany play Poland in the brand new national stadium. May 15 at 09:58 |
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Pressure from the West is mounting on Ukraine to release former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. After weeks of European governments calling to boycott upcoming European Soccer Championship in Ukraine, Washington on Monday repeated its demand for Tymoshenko’s rehabilitation. May 15 at 08:15 |
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Foreign ministers from the European Union have been meeting in Brussels to mull a bloc-wide boycott of the Euro 2012 soccer championship games scheduled to be held next month in Ukraine. May 14 at 13:54 |
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EU foreign ministers are set to meet to decide upon whether to use Euro-2012 football tournament to register disapproval at the imprisonment of former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. May 14 at 08:36 |
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EU foreign ministers are gathering in Brussels to consider whether to stay away from Ukraine when it co-hosts Europe's biggest football tournament next month. The action would be a protest to Ukraine's jailing of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. May 14 at 08:12 |
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The Euro 2012 soccer championship in June is supposed to be Ukraine’s chance to shine: forge closer ties with the West, boost its international standing and aid its struggling economy. Instead, it’s turned into a major headache. May 14 at 07:39 |
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In a May 12 Financial Times report, Neil Buckley and Roman Olearchyk write:"Ukraine’s president has suggested it was time for a 'pause' in relations with the European Union, amid signs that the country’s deteriorating ties with western Europe risk driving it back into the arms of Russia." According to the report, the eyebrow raising comments by Viktor Yanukovych come one day after Angela Merkel,Germany'schancellor,became the first European leader to refer to Ukraine as a “dictatorship.” May 12 at 12:29 | Kyiv Post |
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In a May 10 Financial Times report, Roman Olearchyk and Quentin Peel write: “Angela Merkel has described Ukraine as a “dictatorship”, ratcheting up European pressure on Ukraine’s president to free Yulia Tymoshenko, the jailed opposition leader, and reverse a broader rollback of democracy.” According to the report, the German chancellor drew parallels between Ukraine and Belarus, its authoritarian neighbour, sending a “clear message about European leaders’ frustration with what they view as undemocratic, un-European behaviour.” In a speech to Germany’s lower house of parliament, Ms Merkel said: “Today we are living in peace and freedom in Germany, and in the European Union, but sadly not in the whole of Europe: for in Ukraine, and in Belarus, people are still suffering under dictatorship and repression.” May 11 at 00:34 | Kyiv Post |