Ukraine
ASTANA – Ukraine’s Regions Party and the ruling party in Kazakhstan, Nur Otan, have agreed to cooperate.
Nov. 24, 2011
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has adopted a law that foresees the election of people’s deputies under a mixed system (50% under party lists and 50% under constituencies), introduces a 5%
Nov. 17, 2011
Editor’s Note: This Kyiv Post feature introduces readers to interesting expatriates who have chosen to make Ukraine their home. We welcome readers’ suggestions about expats to profile. Please send ide
Nov. 10, 2011
Kyiv
UNIV, Lviv Oblast – Observing a monastery nestled against a green hillside with its many pilgrims milling around, it is hard to imagine that this pristine place was the site of highly subversive activ
Nov. 10, 2011
She walked past security in Vatican City and right in front of St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday stripped off her top in protest for greater women’s rights. The young Ukrainian activist displayed a sig
Nov. 7, 2011
Communist Party supporters urged the Ukrainian authorities not to cooperate with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and reconsider the terms of the country’s entry into the World Trade Organizati
Nov. 7, 2011
The criminal inquiry into the unfavorable gas contracts with Russia signed by Ukraine was initiated during the presidency of Viktor Yuschenko by the National Security and Defense Council, with today
Oct. 20, 2011
The Verkhovna Rada has cancelled a resolution eliminating daylight saving time in Ukraine.
Oct. 18, 2011
Ukrainian Insurgent Army was a large and well organized Ukrainian nationalist military and later partisan army that engaged in a series of guerrilla conflicts during World War II against Nazi Germany,
Oct. 14, 2011
From the West to Russia and within Ukraine, harsh criticism dominated the public reaction to the Oct. 11 guilty verdict in the politically charged trial against ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
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Oct. 11, 2011
A fireworks display capped a three-hour show attended by 60,000 people Oct. 8 to open a $600 million renovation of Olympic Stadium in Kyiv, which will play host to the 2012 European Championship final
Oct. 9, 2011
Recently Yad Vashem signed a breakthrough agreement with the national archives of Lithuania, and will soon sign new agreements with the national archives in Ukraine and Belarus. Under the agreement
Oct. 5, 2011
Ukraine will no longer use daylight saving time, after 266 MPs voted on Tuesday to scrap the measure in the country.
Sep. 20, 2011
The European Union does not consider Ukraine’s ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko, ex-Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, former Acting Defense Minister Valeriy Ivaschenko and other former officials as polit
Sep. 20, 2011
Eight wooden Ukrainian churches, four in Lviv region, two in Ivano-Frankivsk region, and two in Transcarpathian region, have been chosen to be put on the UNESCO World Heritage list, a the leading r
Sep. 19, 2011