Jan. 21, 2014
Editor’s Note: EuroMaidan participants and political opposition leaders held a Jan. 19 rally in response to new measures signed into law on Jan. 17 by President Viktor Yanukovych that restrict freedom
Jan. 20, 2014
Editor’s Note: EuroMaidan participants and political opposition leaders held a Jan. 19 rally in response to new measures signed into law on Jan. 17 by President Viktor Yanukovych that restrict freedom
Jan. 18, 2014
Violations will be met by the Interior Ministry with a harsh response under the current legislation of Ukraine. Interior Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko delivered this message at the meeting of the boa
Jan. 11, 2014
Guilty verdicts in a criminal case denounced as a sham triggered a night of violent conflicts on Jan. 10 between Berkut riot police officers and demonstrators, injuring at least a dozen protesters.
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Jan. 10, 2014
Civic organizations and public movements have started to abandon the Maidan Civic Council, an organization formed in December by a coalition of nongovernmental organizations to support the anti-govern
Dec. 25, 2013
A group of men viciously attacked and beat prominent Ukrainian journalist and civic activist Tetyana Chornovol outside Kyiv about 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 25. Later in the day, police say they identified thr
Dec. 22, 2013
Road Control, a civic watchdog that exposes corruption among the nation’s road police, is under attack. One member of the group was shot and wounded late on Dec. 21 after being attacked by two assaila
Dec. 17, 2013
Editor’s Note: The Kyiv Post is providing continuous coverage of the protests in Kyiv and other cities following the government’s decision on Nov. 21 to stop European Union integration by rejecting an
Dec. 15, 2013
Participants in the pro-EU rally on Kyiv’s Independence Square, or Maidan Nezalezhnosti, say they demand Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych not sign an agreement on Ukraine’s accession to the Cust
Dec. 10, 2013
EuroMaidan is a purely “people’s” movement that foremost
wants protesters freed from custody, and for President Viktor Yanukovych to
resign along with his appointed government headed by Prime Minister
Dec. 9, 2013
Editor’s Note: The Kyiv Post is providing continuous coverage of the protests in Kyiv and other cities following the government’s decision on Nov. 21 to stop European Union integration and end pursuit
Dec. 3, 2013
In its 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index
released today, Transparancy International slammed Ukraine, calling the country
the most corrupt nation in Europe and the fifth most corrupt in the
Commonwealt
Nov. 29, 2013
Editor’s Note: The Kyiv Post will be providing continuous coverage of the protests in Kyiv and other cities following the government’s decision on Nov. 21 to stop European Union integration and suspe
Oct. 2, 2013
Kyiv, October 2 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has adopted a resolution calling for the release of Ukraine’s former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Se
Aug. 7, 2013
In late
April the Kyiv Post newsroom stopped receiving print editions of the influential
British magazine The Economist.
Apr. 9, 2013
Despite winning rare praise from the West for freeing an opponent from jail, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is likely to resist extra pressure and the lure of trade deals to release his fierces
Mar. 4, 2013
Lviv – Deputy Prime Minister Kostiantyn Gryshchenko has introduced the new head of Lviv Regional State Administration, Viktor Shemchuk, to regional officials, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has re
Feb. 1, 2013
In a deal worth over a billion dollars, Inter Group of channels was sold on Feb.1 to gas and chemicals mogul Dmytro Firtash.
Jan. 10, 2013
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has introduced newly appointed Chief of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Oleksandr Yakymenko to the key staff of the SBU.
Dec. 27, 2012
Ukraine’s most watched television channel, Inter, is preparing to surprise next year. A long-time backer of President Viktor Yanukovych and his government, it is preparing to change its programming p