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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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MOSCOW, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Russian gas will move via Ukraine without interruption this New Year as the ex-Soviet states have a 10-year supply deal in place, Russia's monopoly gas exporter said on Thursday, easing fears in Europe of a repeat gas war. Dec 31, 2009 at 19:36 | Reuters |
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Health Ministry officials on Dec. 30 reported the epidemiological threshold for flu-related illness has been surpassed in most Ukrainian oblasts. Some 3.7 million Ukrainians have suffered from flu and acute viral respiratory illness since November. Some 700 patients have died, and hundreds more are currently in intensive care. Google flu trends, which illustrates a comparison of Internet searches for flu with actual reported cases, shows a slight decrease in flu activity in recent weeks after the second wave of the illness hit in early mid December. Lawmakers in December allocated an additional $75 million to help deal with the flu epidemic, which triggered panic in late October and forced governments to close down schools and ban public meetings. Dec 31, 2009 at 11:42 |
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The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday it had eased loan criteria for Ukraine to allow the government to use international reserves to meet its debts, including gas payments.Ukraine, which has been hammered by the global financial and economic crises, was granted its request for a modification of its 16.4-billion-dollar standby arrangement, the IMF said in a statement. Read the entire article here. Dec 31, 2009 at 10:14 |
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Ukraine's finance ministry said on Wednesday it had paid off all domestic and foreign debt due this year worth 39.6 billion hryvnias ($4.96 billion) on time and in full. Dec 30, 2009 at 21:40 | Reuters |
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Another year-end energy crisis in Europe was averted thanks to a revised agreement made between Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday. In winter of 2008, a dispute between the two countries resulted in a cutoff of Russian gas supplies and severe shortages; a recent accusation from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of Kiev’s “abuse” on the supply deal created the potential for a repeat issue. Read the entire article here. Dec 30, 2009 at 20:34 |
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The Ukrainian News information agency presents the 10 funniest news stories of the on its wire services during the year. Dec 30, 2009 at 19:21 | Ukrainian News |
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Heavy snowfalls have caused electricity blackouts in 1,598 towns and villages in fifteen provinces in Ukraine, Emergencies Ministry's spokesman Ihor Krol told Interfax-Ukraine. Dec 29, 2009 at 20:17 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Boryspil state international airport (Kyiv region) has resumed operation, the press service of the Ministry of Transport and Communications told Ukrainian News. Dec 29, 2009 at 18:40 | Ukrainian News |
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Ukraine has paid too high a price for the democratic reforms ushered in by the 2004 Orange Revolution, according to the pro-Russian front-runner in the country's presidential race, who pledges to bring back the "rule of law" if elected next month. Dec 29, 2009 at 17:50 |
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Ukraine's state energy firm, Naftogaz, said onDec. 29Russia had agreed to a 30 percent increase in the transit tariff for the oil it transports to Europe. Europe feared another energy row would break out between Kiev and Moscow after the two sides could not agree on the transit tariffs and Moscow threatened to cut supplies. But an agreement was reached late Dec. 28. Dec 29, 2009 at 13:51 | Reuters |
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A winter storm blanketed Kyiv with a half a foot of wet snow on Dec. 29. Thousands of trees fell down during the storm, snarling traffic and making some downtown sidewalks impassable. Meteorologists predict colder temperatures and more snow through New Year's Day. Dec 29, 2009 at 10:08 | Staff reports |
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Ukraine and Russia resolved a dispute over oil shipment tariffs Monday, ensuring there would be no disruption in supplies to Eastern Europe over the New Year holiday, the Russian Energy Ministry said, according to a news agency. Dec 28, 2009 at 23:44 |
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A decade of revolutionary progress and hard setbacks. Dec 27, 2009 at 22:39 | Peter Byrne and Nataliya Bugayova |
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A grim year ends, voter fatigue high ahead of vote. Dec 27, 2009 at 22:30 | Staff reports |
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