Ukraine

25.05.2012 14:18 31 comments Ukrainian democracy crashes in fistfight The head of the Ukrainian parliament has admitted that the legislative power system in the country has failed after several MPs started a fistfight over the status of the Russian language.		25.05.2012 04:49 17 comments Short for words: Ukrainian MPs trade punches over language bill (VIDEO) The Ukrainian Parliament resembled a pub when a rowdy brawl broke out between opposition and pro-presidential deputies. What sparked the tussle was a moot bill that sought to grant the Russian language official status in parts of the country.
24.05.2012 18:27 6 comments English fans to face topless threat at Euro 2012 The tireless topless activists from Ukraine’s FEMEN women’s rights group have chosen English fans as their primary target at Euro 2012.		23.05.2012 16:52 Top Ukrainian Olympic official accused of jobbery A top Ukrainian Olympic official was signed out from his post indefinitely following allegations that he planned to sell up to 100 high-price tickets for the London Games on the black market.
21.05.2012 23:04 21 comments Topless attack: FEMEN dump Euro trophy in protest (PHOTOS, VIDEO) The infamous clothing-optional protest group FEMEN has attacked the Henri Delaunay Trophy, commonly known as the Euro Cup, which is awarded to the winner of the European Football Championship. As always, the girls were defiantly topless.		21.05.2012 19:46 15 comments Came to fight: Ukraine’s LGBT leader beaten upon canceling gay parade Conflict for conflict’s sake is what some anti-gay campaigners in Ukraine were apparently seeking as yet another LGBT parade failed to march through Kiev. As Ukraine's Gay Forum head called the action off, hooligans cornered the man to beat him up.
13.05.2012 14:44 34 comments EU considers Ukraine’s isolation over Tymoshenko case Ukraine risks finding itself in international isolation if it continues with the criminal prosecution of former PM Yulia Tymoshenko and other political opponents of the ruling president. EU leaders are calling for an international boycott of Kiev.		09.05.2012 15:44 13 comments Libya and Ukraine haggle over Gaddafi’s $25 mln. dream plane, prisoners Libya and Ukraine are reportedly bargaining over a posh aircraft that Tripoli hopes to get in exchange for the release of 20 Ukrainians being held in Libya. They are facing execution for allegedly serving as technicians in Muammar Gaddafi’s military.
09.05.2012 13:00 17 comments Jailed Tymoshenko ends hunger strike Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has ended her 19-day hunger strike, says her German doctor, Lutz Harms. She was earlier moved from prison to hospital after her request for treatment by a foreign doctor was fulfilled.		06.05.2012 16:51 2 comments Pamela Anderson stands up for Ukraine's stray dogs Sex bomb Pamela Anderson has stood up for Ukraine’s stray dogs. The actress calls on UEFA to react to the mass slaughter of homeless animals ahead of the Euro 2012 football tournament, hosted by Ukraine this year together with Poland.
04.05.2012 13:07 20 comments Medvedev: Tymoshenko case politically-motivated Russian President Dmitry Medvedev believes that the criminal case against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is politically biased.		03.05.2012 18:14 11 comments Putin: 'don't mix politics with business or soccer' Mixing politics with sport is unacceptable, said Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin, commenting on a possible boycott of Euro-2012 by some European politicians in protest at the treatment of imprisoned former PM Yulia Tymoshenko.
30.04.2012 22:21 21 comments Conditioned play: EU may boycott EURO 2012 over Tymoshenko case More and more European leaders and officials are pledging to boycott the upcoming EURO 2012 football championship – in protest of the imprisonment and treatment of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.		28.04.2012 20:35 8 comments Tymoshenko trial delayed amid prison abuse allegations A Ukrainian court has delayed a new trial of former PM Yulia Tymoshenko until May, saying the trial cannot be held in her absence. Tymoshenko, who is currently serving a prison term for another case, claims serious health problems.
28.04.2012 17:54 205 comments Canadian beekeeper must face trial for Nazi crimes – rights activists One of the most wanted alleged Nazi criminals recently found living quietly in Canada - 91-year-old Vladimir Katriuk - must face trial, says Alla Gerber, the head of the Russian fund Holocaust.		28.04.2012 11:28 2 comments Ukraine explosions: Follow-up to 2011 ‘warning’? Investigators have linked the blasts in Dnepropetrovsk with an explosion in the same city that killed one man last November. Four explosions struck the center of the Ukrainian city on Friday, injuring 29 people, including 9 children.
27.04.2012 13:41 73 comments Series of explosions hits Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk, at least 29 wounded (VIDEO, PHOTOS) Four explosions struck the Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk, injuring at least 29 people, among them at least 10 children. The blasts went off at a series of locations in the city center. Local authorities have launched a terrorist investigation.		26.04.2012 13:00 33 comments Sexy Dutch ad infuriates Ukraine (VIDEO, PHOTOS) A Dutch TV ad making use of erotic images of supposedly Ukrainian women has triggered a diplomatic row between Amsterdam and Kiev. While Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry rages with indignation, Dutch diplomats act as though nothing has happened.
25.04.2012 17:30 8 comments Ukraine offended by Dutch Euro 2012 ad A commercial, which warned Dutch women against letting their husbands and boyfriends travel to Ukraine for Euro 2012, has outraged the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.		25.04.2012 16:11 5 comments US ‘world leader’ in color revolution engineering The US is the foremost power when it comes to creating and applying “color revolutions”: America invented the know-how and has the best experts in this area, political scientist Mateusz Piskorski told RT.

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