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Ukrainian faces 10th defence of his heavyweight crown against Britain's Chisora but these days his mind is more on fighting for democracy in his homeland. Yesterday at 14:26 |
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Suffering in the grip of a brutal winter where temperatures have not risen above freezing in nearly a month, Ukraine has seen a wave of deaths related to the cold, and the country's ambulance service is inundated with calls for help. On one recent night, emergency services raced through the streets of the capital Kyiv in response to a call about a homeless man passed out in freezing weather. Read more here. Feb 9 at 16:59 |
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Vladimir Putin’s regime is warning Russians that their budding “Snow Revolution” will be as big a mistake as Ukraine’s Orange Revolution of 2004. But, while the similarities between these two popular movements are palpable, their differences are essential, so comparing them might help the Russian opposition to avoid some mistakes. Read the story here 2 days ago at 18:37 |
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Attorney Kenneth McCallion, who represents former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a New York court, said he is ready to submit the statement of defense in the Universal Trading & Investment Co.'s (UTICo) lawsuit against his client. Read the full story here. 2 days ago at 17:09 |
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13 of the 16 of the national teams that have qualified for Euro 2012 this summer have chosen base-camps in Poland, this despite the fact that eight teams play their group stage matches in each host country, Poland and Ukraine. Read more here. Feb 7 at 08:21 |
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is trying to establish a dictatorship through constitutional reform, a jailed opposition leader said. Yanukovych called for a constitutional assembly to draft a new constitution. Read more here. Feb 6 at 18:34 |
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If Ukrainians are so apathetic and disillusioned, where are all those demonstrators coming from? Lena, 14, stands at the roadside waving a green flag. As she shivers in clothes that are no match for the Kyiv winter, cars pass by, their drivers paying little attention to her or her flag.Lena lives in Troeshina, a suburb of Kyiv notorious for crime and drug abuse. Read the story here. Feb 9 at 17:16 |
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President Yanukovych Calls for Abolition of "Obsolete Soviet-Era Repressive Rules" The President of Ukraine has committed his country to closer ties with the European Union and greater energy security during 2012 in a speech to mark the opening session of Parliament. Showing his stripes as a pro-Europe reformer, Viktor Yanukovych also declared that "obsolete Soviet-era repressive rules of law governing the state-citizen and state-business relations must be finally cancelled." Read more here. 3 days ago at 07:23 |
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Alcohol has been involved in most of the deaths blamed on the extreme cold in Ukraine, the country worst affected by the icy temperatures gripping eastern Europe, the country's emergencies minister said Wednesday. Nine out of 10 of the deaths reported have been alcohol-related, the country's Emergency Situations Minister Viktor Baloga said. Read more here. Feb 8 at 17:47 |
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Ukraine's emergency situations minister is blaming alcohol for most of the country's weather-related deaths this winter. Besides the debt crisis in the EU, the big pan-European news of late has been the particularly cold and particularly snowy winter in Eastern Europe, which has resulted in "at least 250 people" dead according to CNN, with Ukraine experiencing the most deaths at 135. Read more here. Feb 9 at 10:12 |
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The death toll from the recent cold snap has risen to more than 260, with the bad weather that wreaked havoc on central and eastern Europe moving west. The harsh cold spell continues in much of Europe. Ukraine has suffered the heaviest toll with 122 deaths, including more than 70 people who froze to death in the streets. Read more here. Feb 6 at 08:11 |
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Even bundled up in a purple jacket and light blue turtleneck sweater, warming herself in a thick canvas emergency tent heated by a stove, the young Ukrainian woman feels the bitter chill. "It is very cold," she says. "The frost is very strong. It's very slippery out there." Read more here. Feb 7 at 18:04 |
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The 4th Senior Officials’ Meeting of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Poland and Ukraine was held on 8 February 2012 in Kiev. After the meeting Minister Sikorski told journalists that “he wanted to obtain first-hand information on the health of the imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko” (her daughter had visited her a day before). Read more here. Feb 9 at 10:54 |
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On Feb.1, the daughter of Ukraine’s former prime minister and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, Evgenia, explained to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee the legal situation in Ukraine, calling for immediate action, which is also confirmed in its recent resolution of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. Read more here. Feb 6 at 07:12 |
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Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski will be in Kyiv for talks on Ukraine's EU aspirations today after MPs in the Ukrainian parliament disrupted a speech by President Yanukovych, shouting “Free Yulia Tymoshenko”. Ten MPs belonging to the jailed former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna party unfurled a banner with her portrait on it, and began chanting for her freedom, as President Viktor Yanukovych made his keynote speech at the beginning of the parliamentary term. Read the story here. Feb 8 at 12:41 |