| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 |
Quote of the day
"Such a system as [Russian Prime Minister Vladimir] Putin's is exactly a target for destruction. It needs to be destroyed."
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
Most popular
Other Sources
- By Section:
- All
- Ukraine
- Business
- Politics
- World
- Opinion
- City
- Lifestyle
- Russia and former Soviet Union
- Ukraine abroad
- Euro 2012
|
The Ukrainian president said Sunday the International Monetary Fund will not extend a regular tranche of its loan to Ukraine as the Yulia Tymoshenko government is not current on its commitments to the IMF. "I am convinced the IMF will not provide... the tranche to Ukraine as [the government] fully ignores the memorandum," Victor Yushchenko told Channel 5. Read the story here. Nov 8, 2009 at 23:17 |
|
Ukraine in the 1990s was rife with gangster-style murders. Those who spoke out against the criminal gangland, and the official corruption behind the lawlessness, risked their lives. Murder silenced Vecharnyaya Odessa founder and editor Boris Derevyanko. Here is the Aug. 14, 1997, story, another of the Kyiv Post classics available free online in our searchable news archive. Nov 8, 2009 at 23:01 |
|
In an editorial published June 24, 1999, the Kyiv Post writes about the arrest of ex-Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, who pillaged from the top of government between 1996 and 1997. The editors dare then-President Leonid Kuchma to appoint an independent prosecutor to get to the bottom of Ukraine's rancid corruption and punish those who are systematically raping the nation's resources. Kuchma never took up the challenge, leading the editors to conclude that Kuchma may be "as much a part of the problem" as Lazarenko. Here's the opinion: Nov 8, 2009 at 22:14 |
|
On her website, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko calls on President Victor Yushchenko to sign the law allocating 1 billion Hr to finance measures to battle the flu epidemic and acute respiratory illnesses. Read the statement here. Nov 8, 2009 at 22:10 |
|
SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian university expelled a woman who was heckled by hundreds of fellow students when she wore a short, pink dress to class, taking out newspaper ads Sunday to publicly accuse her of immorality. Nov 8, 2009 at 21:57 |
|
LOS ANGELES, Nov 8 (Reuters) - If it's the second weekend in November, it must be Christmas in Hollywood. Nov 8, 2009 at 19:34 | Reuters |
|
Despite the deteriorating epidemiological situation and the high incidence of flu in Ukraine, people are still crossing the Slovak-Ukrainian border, spokesperson for the Border Police Directorate in Sobrance (Kosice region) Agnesa Kopernicka told TASR on Sunday. Read the story here. Nov 8, 2009 at 19:22 |
|
CHISINAU -- Moldova's Health Ministry says 25 high-school students in Chisinau have tested positive for swine flu, raising the number of those infected in the country to 65, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Read the story here. Nov 8, 2009 at 18:22 |
|
A jailed Belarus opposition activist has been transferred to a prison hospital, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports. Read the story here. Nov 8, 2009 at 18:19 |
|
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior Iranian lawmaker warned Russia that its delay in delivering an anti-aircraft missile defense system to Tehran could harm relations between the two countries, state television reported Sunday. Nov 8, 2009 at 16:53 |
|
CHISINAU, Nov 8 (Reuters) - An explosion damaged a Moldovan pipeline used to deliver Russian gas to the Balkans on Sunday, but supplies to Europe were unaffected, the government said. Nov 8, 2009 at 16:25 |
|
LONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - David Haye is hoping for a "mega-showdown" with Ukraine's WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko after stripping Russian giant Nikolai Valuev of the WBA belt. Nov 8, 2009 at 16:11 |
|
ALMATY, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Uzbek opposition leader Sanjar Umarov has been freed after four years in jail, a pro-opposition website reported on Sunday, in a move that could help the Central Asian state further improve ties with the West. Nov 8, 2009 at 16:07 |
|
BERLIN (AP) — Twenty years ago Monday, they danced atop the Berlin Wall, feet thudding on the cold concrete, arms raised in victory, hands clasped in friendship and giddy hope. Nov 8, 2009 at 12:05 | Associated Press |
|
Key dates in the collapse of communism across Eastern Europe in 1989: Nov 8, 2009 at 11:58 | Associated Press |