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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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National Olympic Committee President Serhiy Bubka says the NOC has no excess tickets to ХХХ Olympic Games 2012, due to take place in London, UK, reads a statement made by the NOC press service. "The Ukrainian NOC has no excess tickets to the Olympic Games and all the tickets received will be distributed via official channels only," the statement quotes Bubka as saying. This statement follows a row sparking around the mass media reports about the NOC general secretary Volodymyr Heraschenko's intention to sell tickets to the London Olympics, assigned to the Ukrainian NOC, to touts.Bubka says he is worried about these allegations and has already initiated an internal investigation. As Ukrainian News earlier reported, Bubka on May 22 suspended Heraschenko pending an investigation into the general secretary's presumable willing to sell tickets to ХХХ Olympic Games 2012 at the black market. Read more here. Yesterday at 10:41 |
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ASHGABAT — Turkmenistan has signed a natural gas deal with Pakistan and India in a significant boost to the proposed construction of a 1,800-kilometer (1,100-mile) pipeline across Afghanistan. Yesterday at 10:31 | Associated Press |
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CAIRO — Determined to end decades of authoritarian rule, millions of Egyptians on Wednesday waited patiently in long lines outside polling stations across the nation to freely chose their first president since last year's ouster of longtime ruler and close U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak. Yesterday at 10:15 | Associated Press |
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The launch of high-speed trains in Ukraine will secure fast and comfortable traveling for football supporters that are planning to attend the Euro 2012 European Football Championship matches in Ukraine, UEFA Chief Operating Officer Martin Kallen said. Yesterday at 09:55 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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BAKU — On a recent evening on Baku's seaside promenade, throbbing Euro-dance music blared out from an open-air concert as families strolled by. Cafes serving fragrant skewered meat served throngs of locals and foreigners. Yesterday at 09:47 | Associated Press |
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The EU sees Yulia Tymoshenko as a victim of political justice in Ukraine. But EU parliamentarians fail to agree on how react. Should they boycott the European football championship? EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule painted a grim picture of the situation in Ukraine. "Politically motivated justice is a systemic problem in Ukraine," he said. The most prominent, but by far not the only victim of this problem is former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Tymoshenko is in prison for alleged abuse of power while in office. She went on hunger strike for some time in order to protest against poor conditions in prison. At the EU parliament in Strasbourg, her daughter Yevgenia was present on Tuesday when some MEPs rolled out a banner with a picture of Tymoshenko and the slogan "Freedom for Julia." Read more here. Yesterday at 09:37 | Deutsche Welle |
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Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn has said that the elections of Kyiv mayor could be held in 2015. Yesterday at 09:22 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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CAIRO - Egyptians began voting on on May 23 in the nation's first genuine presidential election that will pick the man to replace Hosni Mubarak who was ousted in a popular uprising last year. Yesterday at 09:08 | Reuters |
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LONDON — A Channel Islands auction house says it's selling a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from Ronald Reagan — a move denounced on May 22 by the late U.S. president's family and his foundation. Yesterday at 09:02 | Associated Press |
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BRUSSELS - Ukraine has confirmed details of an EU parliament mission to monitor the well-being of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. A parliament source said on 21 May that Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has sent a letter to EU parliament President Martin Schulz "which creates a formal basis for the president to take action." The Azarov letter is a reply to Schulz' earlier note, on 16 May, detailing what he expects to happen. Read more here. Yesterday at 08:47 |
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Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore said he had no official plans to include a match in Ukraine during the Euro 2012 championships. “However, I cannot at this time rule out a visit to the Ukraine at some point this year, including in my separate capacity as chairman-in-office of the OSCE,’’ he added. He said this was a forum in which Ukraine played an important role and it would assume the chairmanship next year. Read more here. Yesterday at 08:33 |
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QUEBEC CITY — The field of candidates for the 2020 Summer Olympics could be reduced from five to three, with Doha and Baku in danger of missing the cut. Yesterday at 08:02 | Associated Press |
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KARACHI - Ukraine Pakistan Business Council President Alexander Ivanchuk has said that Ukraine will extend its help for education and training of PSM employees for appraisal of their skills and capabilities. A nine-member trade delegation led by Volodymyr Lakomov Ambassador of Ukraine under the leadership of Alexander Ivanchuk, President of the Ukraine Pakistan Business Council & Counsellor of Ukranian Chamber of Commerce and Industries along with Engr M A Jabbar, the Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Karachi and member Pakistan Steel Board of Directors visit Pakistan Steel Mills. He said Ukraine also helped in the development of iron ore mines in Balochistan, to beneficiate iron ore for production of steel in Pakistan. Read more here. Yesterday at 07:56 |
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The EU-Ukraine association agreement cannot be signed until certain conditions are met by the Ukraine, namely on the supremacy of law, the Commission has said. Speaking on behalf of the EU's foreign affairs representative, Stefan Fule said the Ukraine must redress the "systemic problem" of "selective justice", conduct free and fair elections and resume delayed reforms before it can become a closer EU ally. Read more here. Yesterday at 07:48 |
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SEOUL - South Korea will chemically castrate a serial rapist who preyed on young girls, the first time it has employed the punishment under legislation passed in 2010, Korean media reported on May 23. Yesterday at 07:23 | Reuters |