Oct. 24, 2014
Although the popularity of former President Viktor Yanukovych’s Party of Regions has plummeted to an all-time low, political consultants have managed to save some of its remnants.
Oct. 24, 2014
Latest poll shows seven political parties will reach five percent threshold in Oct. 26 election
Half of the 450-seat Verkhovna Rada is selected by party lists and half in single-mandate districts. See
Oct. 23, 2014
With 312 incumbent lawmakers seeking re-election to the 450-seat parliament on major party lists and in single election districts, there is at least one political force whose candidate list is filled
Oct. 23, 2014
The sight of public officials being thrown into trash cans
all over Ukraine has become the visible expression of popular anger with
corrupt bureaucrats, with lustration becoming a key demand by civil
Oct. 22, 2014
With the campaign for the Oct. 26 parliamentary race in its final days, a new poll conducted by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation on Oct. 9-18 found that the Bloc of President Petro Poroshenko wil
Oct. 21, 2014
Human Rights Watch, an influential human rights watchdog, claimed in its report on Oct. 20 that Ukraine forces have used banned and dangerous cluster bombs in its war against Russian-backed separatis
Oct. 21, 2014
The Klyuyev brothers, Andriy and Serhiy, have been long-time allies of overthrown President Viktor Yanukovych.
Oct. 20, 2014
DONETSK, Ukraine — Clashes between Ukrainian troops defending Donetsk airport and Russian-backed separatists that control the city intensified on Oct. 20 with massive explosion damaged football stadiu
Oct. 16, 2014
When Ukraine’s first post-revolutionary government was appointed in February, six of its ministers and four other key players, including the National Bank governor and National Security and Defense Co
Oct. 16, 2014
Despite a cease-fire officially declared in Minsk last month, the truce is broken almost daily in the east of Ukraine with mounting casualties – both military and civilians. At least 68 Ukrainian serv
Oct. 16, 2014
Nearly two months after the Aug. 29 Massacre of Ilovaisk, which many think forced Ukraine to accept a bad peace deal in September, the number of victims is still being counted.
Oct. 16, 2014
Since the telephone hotline of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) for Russian citizens was created, relatives of 131 Russian servicemen, who might have disappeared in Ukraine, have contacted the se
Oct. 15, 2014
Ukraine’s Security Service said on Oct. 15 that it had arrested a police officer accused of being an agent provocateur during the clashes between protesters and police near the Verkhovna Rada building
Oct. 14, 2014
Politicians and civic activists have lambasted the Oct. 13 protest by National Guard soldiers as unpatriotic in time of war, saying that their demonstration in front of the president’s office will be
Oct. 14, 2014
Prosecutor General Vitaliy Yarema is being criticized for failing to make progress involving high-profile criminal cases since his appointment on June 19.
Oct. 13, 2014
From campaign billboards, imprisoned Ukrainian war hero Nadiya Savchenko, tells Ukrainians “not to give up!” and that “Ukraine can prevail!”
Oct. 10, 2014
Multimillionaire Serhiy Taruta was dismissed as governor of the Donetsk Oblast on Oct. 10, according to sources in the Presidential Administration and in Taruta’s office. President Petro Poroshenko’s
Oct. 10, 2014
DONETSK, Ukraine — When the gleaming new Donetsk international Airport – named after Russian pianist Sergei Prokofiev – was opened for the 2012 European soccer championship, at a cost of $750 million
Oct. 8, 2014
It is 9 p.m. and it is not Vira Savchenko’s last appointment of the day. As she campaigns for a parliamentary seat in Kyiv Oblast’s Yahotyn ahead of the Oct. 26 election, she is directing her feverish
Oct. 2, 2014
The residence of Filaret, the patriarch of Kyiv and all Ukraine is no luxurious episcopal palace.