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Nalyvaichenko quits Our Ukraine Party Valentyn Nalyvaichenko has resigned from the chairmanship of the political council of the Our Ukraine Party and quit the party, his press service reported on Thursday.
Today at 10:40 | Interfax-Ukraine
Taxi ripoffs at the airport Dear Editor:

I am very negatively surprised at how the official airport taxi at Kyiv Boryspil International Airport operates. This is the official taxi organized at the airport by an official taxi manager!!! They are not the so-call freelancers who offer rides to non-Ukrainian-speaking tourists.
Yesterday at 18:07 | Maciej Kosowski
Trial set for Fletcher, alleged US scam artist After more than three years, imprisoned American fraudster Robert Fletcher will finally go to court over criminal charges that allege he founded and led a criminal organization, committed large-scale fraud along with eight other suspects, and forged documents during 2006-2008.
Yesterday at 16:22 | Mark Rachkevych
The Sun: England fans to see a host of great saves 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
NATO summit discusses Ukraine's European integration (updated) The European integration of Ukraine was one of the key issues discussed during the meetings of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych at the NATO summit in Chicago.
Yesterday at 14:09 | Interfax-Ukraine
Bubka: Ukraine's Olympic Committee will sell tickets to 2012 Olympics only through official channels President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine Serhiy Bubka has informed the committee's secretary general, Volodymyr Heraschenko, of his suspension due to recent reports about his alleged intention to sell tickets to the London 2012 Summer Olympics on the black market, and promised that all tickets to the event received by the national committee will be sold only through official channels, reads a posting on the committee's Web site.
Yesterday at 11:20 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukrainian official suspended in ticket probe A top Ukrainian Olympic official was suspended on May 22 following allegations that he offered to sell thousands of dollars worth of tickets for the London Games on the black market.
Yesterday at 07:11 | Associated Press
BBC News: Ukraine Olympic official 'willing to sell tickets to black market' A senior Olympic official was willing to sell thousands of pounds worth of 2012 tickets for cash, a BBC investigation has revealed.

Volodymyr Gerashchenko, of Ukraine's National Olympic Committee (NOC), told a reporter posing as a UK tout he would have up to 100 tickets to sell.

Read more here.

2 days ago at 20:24
Key political risks to watch in Ukraine Ukraine's relations with the European Union have deteriorated under President Viktor Yanukovich while his rapprochement with Russia has failed to yield any tangible benefits for the former Soviet republic's economy.
2 days ago at 19:52 | Reuters
Ukraine plans Euro crowd control, prostitution a problem Ukraine will use fighters and helicopters to guard its air space and put security and health services on full alert during the European soccer championship, but officials said on May 22 they could do little to stem a likely flood of prostitutes.
2 days ago at 19:06 | Reuters
Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Netherlands stands up for gay rights in Kyiv Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal says he regrets that the Gay Pride parade in Kiev was cancelled because of security concerns.

“The threat posed by anti-gay protesters fits with a political climate which has Ukraine drafting legislation that is seen as potentially discriminatory against gays.” The Netherlands will address the issue at the end of this month during the EU-Ukraine talks on the constitutional state.

Read more here.
2 days ago at 12:51
EP concerned about selective justice, corruption in Ukraine, reads draft resolution The European Parliament (EP) has said problems with selective justice and high levels of corruption exist in Ukraine, while at the same time, praising the setting up of the Constitutional Assembly and the adoption of a new Criminal procedure Code in the country.
2 days ago at 12:30 | Interfax-Ukraine
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Ukrainian female students protest minister's 'ugly' insult Ukraine's education minister is in hot water after saying that women at the highest levels of study in the country's university system are less attractive than other Ukrainian women.

Read the story here.



2 days ago at 00:57
The Advocate: Image shows gay activist being pummeled A brutal attack by neo-Nazis on a gay rights leader in Ukraine was caught by photographers.

Svyatoslav Sheremet is the head of the Gay Forum of Ukraine. Sheremet's group was organizing a Pride festival in Kyiv, but was prevented from doing so when rightwing extremists, including neo-Nazis, descended on the city. After Sheremet told the media that the festival was canceled due to the dangerous situation at hand, three Nazis attacked Sheremet. The men only stopped beating Sheremet when they realized their actions were being caught by the cameras of journalists. Sheremet was bloodied, but pictures show him standing upright after the beating.

3 days ago at 22:49
Bare-breasted Ukraine activists grab Euro 2012 cup KIEV - Topless activists from a Ukrainian women's rights group staged a second attack on the Euro 2012 soccer trophy on Monday, grabbing it while it was on public display in the southeast of Ukraine before being seized themselves by police.
3 days ago at 17:52 | Reuters