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Belarus seeks release of three Belarusians detained in Libya Minsk - Belarusian diplomats are taking steps to secure the release from custody in Libya of three Belarusian citizens during their trial under the guarantees of the Belarusian Embassy in Tripoli, Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Savinykh told Interfax on Friday, May 18.
May 18 at 17:22 | Interfax-Ukraine
Painting of parliament burning causes a buzz An exhibition of a single painting by unknown artists would rarely cause controversy. But this one did.
Apr 26 at 22:36 | Anastasia Forina
EUobserver: EU-Ukraine relations go from fatigue to irritation Nicu Popescu writes:

Ukraine’s favourite foreign policy game is called ‘multi-vectorness’ – a constant process of ‘eschewing choice‘ as this recent study explained. For years Ukraine sought to extract concessions and be treated nicely by both Russia and the EU or U.S. notbecauseit was sticking to its promises, but because it played sometimes skilfully and sometimes brazenly on contradictions between external actors.

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Apr 30 at 09:04
Britain: EU ambassadors to return to Belarus LONDON - Britain is sending its ambassador back to Belarus in line with a similar move by other European Union governments, the foreign ministry said on April 25, following a diplomatic spat with the former Soviet republic over human rights.
Apr 25 at 16:05 | Reuters
Kozhemiakin confirms Tymoshenko has bruises KHARKIV - Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is imprisoned in the Kachanivska penal colony in Kharkiv, was beaten by the first deputy head of the colony, Andriy Kovalenko, Tymoshenko’s defense lawyer and head of the BYT-Batkivschyna faction in parliament, Andriy Kozhemiakin, has said.
Apr 25 at 15:22 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine again cited for copyright theft WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - TheUnited Stateson Monday again putRussiaandChinaon its list of countries with the worst records of preventing copyright theft, the U.S. Trade Representative's office said.
May 1 at 13:10 | Reuters
Tymoshenko complains to EU official about hidden cameras in hospital Kharkiv, May 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Vice President of the European Parliament Jacek Protasiewicz has discussed with Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is being treated in Central Clinical Hospital No. 5 in Kharkiv, the conditions of her stay in hospital, the proposals of European Parliament President Martin Schulz, as well as the relations between Ukraine and the EU and their future.
May 19 at 18:12 | Interfax-Ukraine
Kaczynski calls for boycott of Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine In connection with the situation surrounding former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Poland's opposition Law and Justice Party has called for a boycott of Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine, as well as for further pressure on the Ukrainian authorities, the Rzeczpospolita newspaper has reported.
May 3 at 17:35 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yanukovych has 8% lead over Tymoshenko in presidential rating The Ukrainian presidential rating is topped by the incumbent, Viktor Yanukovych who is leading over jailed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko by 8%.
Apr 29 at 09:01 | Interfax-Ukraine
Gawker: How American men are using the Russian Facebook to find brides A few weeks ago, I created a profile and logged onto VKontakte, the most popular Russian-language social network. I entered some personal information, uploaded an especially flattering picture of myself, then used the search function to find all single women between 25 and 35 in Ukraine who were online at the moment — around 7:30 p.m. Ukraine time. There were more than 10,000 available, all sorted by a rating system which seemed to be directly proportional to the amount of pictures a woman had posted of herself in a string bikini, and how good she looked in said bikini.

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May 20 at 14:20
Canadian democrats appeal to Harper for help on Ukraine Editor’s Note: The following is an open letter sent April 27 to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper from the Canadian Group for Democracy in Ukraine.
May 9 at 18:11
Concrete waste bins removed from Kyiv center for sake of security All concrete waste bins have been removed from Kyiv's center for the May holidays on the instructions of Head of Kyiv City State Administration Oleksandr Popov.
May 4 at 18:30 | Interfax-Ukraine
Wrong side Big Tobacco doesn't want plain packaging laws to catch on in other nations because such a prospect will mean fewer smokers and lower profits.
Apr 26 at 21:28 | Kyiv Post
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.
3 days ago at 18:07 | Maciej Kosowski
Tymoshenko to be treated at Ukrainian clinic Ukraine'sjailed and ailing ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko tentatively agreed Friday to have her back condition treated at a local hospital under the supervision of a German doctor.
May 5 at 07:10 | Associated Press