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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.

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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
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
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
Court puts off hearing new charge against Ukraine's Tymoshenko KHARKIV - A court in Ukraine on May 21 adjourned a trial of jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on a new charge of tax evasion until June 25, when the European soccer championship will be under way in the country, for medical reasons.
3 days ago at 12:25 | Reuters
Ukraine’s Image Anything But Tourist-Friendly EURO 2012 provides chance to Ukraine to shed bad stereotypes.
May 18 at 00:25 | Daryna Shevchenko
Blogging diplomats seek wider audience Ambassadors are split over value of blogging directly to public.
May 18 at 00:14 | Maryna Irkliyenko
Sources: New EU head to revive dialogue with Ukraine Poland’s Jan Tombinski will this summer replace Portugal’s Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira as head of the European Union delegation in Ukraine, EU officials revealed on May 16.
May 18 at 00:09 | Jakub Parusinski
Race against time The ongoing reconstruction of Andriyivsky Uzviz (Andrew‘s Descent), one of the city’s most popular tourist destinations, is supposed to be finished on May 25 – Kyiv Day, ahead of the Euro 2012 football championship in June.
May 18 at 00:05 | Daryna Shevchenko
Ukraine’s new human rights commissioner pledges to be non-partisan Parliament’s new commissioner for human rights, Valeriya Lutkovska, says she is committed to doing a better job than her predecessor, Nina Karpachova, who served for 14 years and faced criticism that she was partisan for the pro-presidential Party of Regions.
May 17 at 12:25 | Yuriy Onyshkiv
Poland’s Jan Tombinski to head EU Delegation to Ukraine BRUSSELS – Jan Tombinski is to replace Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira.
May 16 at 20:05 | Interfax-Ukraine
PACE representatives talk to Tymoshenko about health and politics KHARKIV – Former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko, the co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Committee on Ukraine, Mailis Reps and Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin, and Secretary of the Committee Bas Klein have met at Kharkiv Central Clinical Hospital No. 5 for around three hours.
May 16 at 19:53 | Interfax-Ukraine