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Deputies of the European Parliament claim that Ukraine is governed by oligarchs, and according to them, it prevents the country from developing. This issue was raised during the debates on the current situation in Ukraine and Yulia Tymoshenko’s case at European Parliament on May 22. Thus, EP deputy Michael Gahler, from a group of national parties in Germany, reminded that President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych together with his family and friends are getting more and more power. He drew attention to the appointment of Yanykovych’s protégés to the post of minister of internal affairs, as heads of the State Tax Service and to the National Bank of Ukraine. Read more here. 2 days ago at 13:35 |
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A violent scuffle erupted in Ukraine's Parliament on Thursday evening over a bill that would allow the use of the Russian language in courts, hospitals and other institutions in the Russian-speaking regions of the country. The fight broke out between members of the pro-Western opposition who want to take Ukraine out of Russia's shadow and lawmakers from President Viktor Yanukovych's party, which bases its support in Ukraine's Russian-speaking east. Read more here. Yesterday at 15:04 |
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The strong pound means footie favourites such as beer, burgers and football shirts cost an average 51 per cent less in the host nations of Poland and the Ukraine than in the UK, writes The Sun. 3 days ago at 16:07 |
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Topless activists from a Ukrainian women's rights group were arrested after grabbing the European Championship trophy while it was on public display in the southeast of the country. Security guards moved in to stop Inna Shevchenko, 21, an activist in the Femen group, who grabbed hold of the 60cm-high cup while it was being exhibited in a central square in Dnipropetrovsk. Read more here. May 22 at 18:14 |
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The General Secretary of Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee has been filmed offering to sell several thousand pounds worth of Olympics tickets to an undercover reporter posing as a ticket tout. Volodymyr Gerashchenko, who has been head of Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee since 1997, told the reporter from BBC London News he had up to 100 tickets to sell. Read more here. May 22 at 20:17 |
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Ukraine's Euro 2012 organisers on Monday urged local police to reform their poor image for heavy-handedness and take a softly-softly approach with thousands of soccer fans during next month's championship. "We hope our police will be service-oriented and tolerant with fans. We have expressed this message many times to our colleagues in the Interior Ministry," Euro 2012 director Markian Lubkivsky told reporters. Read more here. May 21 at 17:21 | Reuters |
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The speaker of Ukraine’s Parliament on Friday suggested disbanding the chamber and calling new elections after a debate over adopting Russian as the official second language in some parts of Ukraine broke down into a sweaty brawl. On Thursday evening, parliamentarians tumbled over their desks in the Supreme Council chamber and traded punches, tore clothing and choked one another, to applause and catcalls from reporters and observers in the balconies. At one point, a deputy was thrown headfirst into a chair, only to turn around and stumble back into the melee. Read more here. Yesterday at 21:03 |
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The EU sees Yulia Tymoshenko as a victim of political justice in Ukraine. But EU parliamentarians fail to agree on how react. Should they boycott the European football championship? EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule painted a grim picture of the situation in Ukraine. "Politically motivated justice is a systemic problem in Ukraine," he said. The most prominent, but by far not the only victim of this problem is former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Tymoshenko is in prison for alleged abuse of power while in office. She went on hunger strike for some time in order to protest against poor conditions in prison. At the EU parliament in Strasbourg, her daughter Yevgenia was present on Tuesday when some MEPs rolled out a banner with a picture of Tymoshenko and the slogan "Freedom for Julia." Read more here. 3 days ago at 09:37 | Deutsche Welle |
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It took five years to hunt him down, and about five hours to sentence him. But as of today, the federal government is done chasing Ukrainian nightclub owner Veniamin Gonikman, who was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in an operation that smuggled Eastern European women into the U.S. and forced them to work in local strip clubs. He is the ninth and last defendant to be convicted in the human trafficking case. Gonikman, who led the government on an international manhunt for years, only admitted to money laundering, and insisted there were no "vulnerable victims," that he was never on the run, and that he lived openly in Ukraine. He was pushing for a 10-month sentence. Read more here. 2 days ago at 08:33 |
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James Clark, of Ardmore, called for clarification on an Associated Press story about Yulia Tymoshenko, former prime minister of Ukraine, who was jailed after losing her political post.Tymoshenko went on a hunger strike at her prison in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, after claiming she was beaten and otherwise mistreated. Read more here. May 22 at 09:00 |
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All major political groups backed on May 24th a resolution which puts pressure on Ukraine to free jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The country's Deputy Prime Minister replied the government will take a “responsible attitude”, but insisted that any solution would require a change in the legislation and that would take some time. The resolution was adopted at a crucial time in EU-Ukraine relations. Speaking in Parliament, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said his country was taken hostage by the Tymoshenko case (see background) as part of a “foreign plot” to prevent it from getting closer to the Union. And a week ago, some EU ministers warned of the risk of “losing Ukraine to Russia” if too much pressure is put on the country over the Tymoshenko case. Read more here. Yesterday at 10:02 |
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Anna darts gleefully around the two sparsely-furnished rooms situated through an archway off a steep street that climbs up from Kyiv's Independence Square. She is a general showing off her new headquarters. "This is going to be our training room for our Euro strikes," she says. Read more here. May 22 at 07:38 |
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Topless activists are setting a booby trap for English football fans at Euro 2012. The babes plan to whip their tops off in protest at the booming sex trade in Ukraine which they fear will be fuelled by randy supporters. Radical women’s rights group Femen claims prostitutes and the fans will make “a bordello” out of the country. Read more here. 2 days ago at 14:29 |
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The Sadok Ukrainian Dance Ensemble is about to say “pryvit” (welcome) as it celebrates its 13th anniversary with a dance performance at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre May 27. Billed as the Okanagan Ukrainain Festival, the Vernon-based dance troupe has invited special guests, the Pokotillo Ukrainian Dancers of Kamloops and the Stepanchuk Family Singers, to perform at the event. Read more here. May 21 at 10:16 |
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At first sight, few people would mark the group of topless young women protesting in the streets of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, as outspoken advocates or feminists. At first sight, few people would mark the group of topless young women protesting in the streets of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, as outspoken feminists. Garlands of flowers adorn their waist-length hair, strategically thrown forward to cover their bare breasts. But the black graffiti-style slogans that cover their arms and bellies make it crystal clear: “Ukraine is not a brothel” and “Women Power”. Read more here. May 22 at 09:15 |
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