Read more in section
Ukraine Tigipko: Money paid was gifts, not shadow salaries Today at 17:38
Ukraine EU Commissioner for Taxation Algirdas Semeta arrives in Ukraine Today at 13:45
Ukraine Ukrainian pianist plays her way to YouTube stardom Today at 13:22
Ukraine US Senate to consider draft resolution calling for release of Tymoshenko Today at 12:45
Ukraine Klitschko: Euro 2012 may improve Ukraine's image, this depends on Ukrainians Today at 12:18
Ukraine Bloomberg: Ukrainian parliament votes to ban smoking in public places Today at 10:12
Ukraine US concerned about facts of pressure on media by Ukrainian authorities Today at 09:47
Ukraine Deutsche Welle: Brawl in Ukraine parliament over use of Russian language Today at 09:33
Ukraine What’s In Your Water? Yesterday at 22:28
Most popular Ukraine
Donetsk district administrative court cancels decrees on awarding Hero of Ukraine to Bandera
Apr 2, 2010 at 21:19 | Interfax-UkraineThe plaintiff in the case - lawyer Volodymyr Olentsevych said that under the Ukrainian legislation the title of Hero of Ukraine may be conferred only on a citizen of Ukraine.
According to him, Bandera is not a citizen of Ukraine, since he died in 1959 before Ukraine gained independence in 1991.
The judges agreed with the plaintiff and confirmed that "those who died before 1991, could not be citizens of Ukraine and decided to uphold a complaint against the Ukrainian president's decision to award the title of Hero of Ukraine to Bandera, recognize his decree as unlawful and cancel it."
The court's ruling can be challenged at the Appeal Court of Donetsk region within ten days.