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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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Ukrainian Gay Forum leader Sviatoslav Sheremet woke up on the morning of May 20 looking forward to the gay pride march that he and his colleagues had been planning for months. The march was the only public event the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in Kyiv had scheduled to mark May 17th’s International Day Against Homophobia. By that afternoon, Sheremet was in hospital with bleeding in his eyes, multiple contusions, cuts, and bruises. Read more here. Today at 10:29 |
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The German national team is playing all of its 2012 European Football Championship group games in Ukraine - two in Lviv and one in Kharkiv. In these cities beyond the borders of the European Union, fans from both Eastern and Western Europe will meet, and the experience could be jarring for some. If all goes well on June 9, the flight from Düsseldorf will land at 5:05 p.m. in Lviv, Ukraine, a city known in German as Lemberg when it was part of the Habsburg Empire. The group will head directly for the bus without stopping at the baggage claim. These fans will be wearing everything they need for their short trip. The bus to the stadium travels across cobblestone streets from the imperial period. Farther outside the city, nine-story, Soviet-style buildings line the road. Finally the new arena appears, looking out of place, like some shimmering silver UFO on the side of the road. Read more here. Today at 09:35 |
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Politics and profiteering could harm Ukraine's tourism efforts when it co-hosts next month's UEFA football championship with Poland. As they arrive at Kyiv airport, visitors can't help noticing that the place has been receiving some attention recently. But it is not so much the sleek marble halls and swanky shopping opportunities of the new international terminal building that catch the eye as the uniforms of the immigration staff. There has been a fashion makeover in Ukraine for those issuing border stamps, done to coincide with the country's co-hosting of the UEFA Euro 2012 football championship with Poland, a new look that involves skirts cut three inches above the knee, contour-hugging tops and high heels. Read more here. Today at 09:18 |
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The family of a London businessman run down by a car in the Ukraine has welcomed the opening of a murder investigation into his death. Barry Pring, 47, of Battersea, was killed on his first wedding anniversary in February 2008 as he waited for a cab on the hard shoulder of a dual carriageway on the outskirts of Kyiv. Read more here. Today at 08:50 |
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KARACHI: Private sectors of Pakistan and Ukraine have stepped up efforts to boost bilateral trade by signing an agreement on May 23 to promote economic cooperation between the two countries. The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry and The Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed a memorandum of understanding for establishing a joint Ukrainian-Pakistan Business Council. Read more here. Today at 08:40 |
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It took five years to hunt him down, and about five hours to sentence him. But as of today, the federal government is done chasing Ukrainian nightclub owner Veniamin Gonikman, who was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in an operation that smuggled Eastern European women into the U.S. and forced them to work in local strip clubs. He is the ninth and last defendant to be convicted in the human trafficking case. Gonikman, who led the government on an international manhunt for years, only admitted to money laundering, and insisted there were no "vulnerable victims," that he was never on the run, and that he lived openly in Ukraine. He was pushing for a 10-month sentence. Read more here. Today at 08:33 |
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The death of a wealthy Devon businessman in the Ukraine four years ago has been upgraded to a murder inquiry, his family has said. Barry Pring, 47, was visiting his Ukrainian wife when he was killed by a speeding car in February 2008. Police initially treated his death as a hit-and-run accident, but his family have always believed he was murdered. Foreign Secretary William Hague raised the matter with the Ukrainian authorities last month. Read more here. Today at 08:24 |
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Ukraine has suspended one of their top Olympic officials after an investigation alleged he was willing to sell up to 100 tickets for the London Games on the black market. A probe by the BBC, a British broadcaster, made the claims about Volodymyr Gerashchenko, a senior member of the Ukraine National Olympic Committee (UNOC). Gerashchenko, who has been part of the UNOC since 1997, was told of his suspension on May 23 by president Sergey Bubka, the former pole vaulting legend. Read more here. Today at 08:13 |
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The strong pound means footie favourites such as beer, burgers and football shirts cost an average 51 per cent less in the host nations of Poland and the Ukraine than in the UK, writes The Sun. Yesterday at 16:07 |
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The family of a London businessman run down by a car in the Ukraine has welcomed the opening of a murder investigation into his death.Barry Pring, 47, of Battersea, was killed on his first wedding anniversary in February 2008 as he waited for a cab on the hard shoulder of a dual carriageway on the outskirts of Kiev. The car was travelling at 80mph with its lights switched off and debris found at the scene included false number plates and a bogus taxi sign. Police in the Ukraine have now upgraded their investigation from unexplained traffic accident. Officers want to interview Mr Pring’s widow Anna Ziuzina, a 33-year-old former stripper who met him through a dating agency. Read more here. Yesterday at 12:55 |
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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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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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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 |