Home

Ukraine

Muslim girl, 19, 'stoned to death after taking part in beauty contest'

A teenage Muslim girl was stoned to death under 'Sharia law' after taking part in a beauty contest in Ukraine.Katya Koren, 19, was found dead in a village in the Crimea region near her home.

Shocking Number Of Animals Dying At Kiev Zoo

An Indian elephant called Boy, the pride of the Kiev Zoo, collapsed and died in his enclosure. Around the same time, Maya the camel succumbed to a digestive illness and Theo the zebra died after crashing into a metal fence. And there's more, much more.

Ukraine to open Chernobyl area to tourists in 2011

MARIA DANILOVA The Washington Post 12/13/2010

Defeated Tymoshenko contests Ukraine polls

Anya Tsukanova AFP 02/17/2010
Ukraine to open Chernobyl area to tourists in 2011

Want a better understanding of the world's worst nuclear disaster? Come tour the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Beginning next year, Ukraine plans to open up the sealed zone around the Chernobyl reactor to visitors who wish to learn more about the tragedy that occurred nearly a quarter of a century ago, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Monday.

Defeated Tymoshenko contests Ukraine polls

KIEV — Defeated Ukraine presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday launched a legal challenge to elections won by her rival Viktor Yanukovych, even as parliament set a date for his swearing-in.

Viktor Yanukovych's inauguration in Ukraine to be Feb. 25

Yuras Karmanau, Simon Shuster AP 02/15/2010

Pro-Russia Viktor Yanukovych named winner of Ukraine vote

SIMON SHUSTER and YURAS KARMANAU AP 02/14/2010
Viktor Yanukovych's inauguration in Ukraine to be Feb. 25

KIEV, Ukraine — Viktor Yanukovych will be inaugurated Feb. 25 as the new president of Ukraine despite Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's challenges to the election, a party official said Monday.

Pro-Russia Viktor Yanukovych named winner of Ukraine vote

KIEV, Ukraine — Election officials named Russia-friendly Viktor Yanukovych as the official winner of Ukraine's presidential election Sunday, thwarting Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's hopes of overturning the vote.

Ukrainian Prime Minister's Cabinet Says Will Refuse to Step Down

Daryna Krasnolutska and Kateryna Choursina Bloomberg.com 02/11/2010

Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko’s government says it won’t step down voluntarily, suggesting Ukraine’s transfer of power after this month’s presidential election won’t be smooth.

International observers say Ukrainian election was free and fair

International monitors on Monday described Ukraine's presidential election as free and fair, putting pressure on Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to concede defeat despite a tight vote count and charges of irregularities.

Opposition Leader Declares Victory in Ukraine

CLIFFORD J. LEVY The New York Times 02/08/2010

Ukraine's Tymoshenko revels as rival shuns TV clash

Dmitry Solovyov Reuters 02/01/2010
Opposition Leader Declares Victory in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine — The opposition leader Viktor F. Yanukovich appeared on Monday to have won a narrow victory in Ukraine’s presidential election, according to nearly complete results, giving him an unlikely comeback from his humiliating defeat in the 2004 Orange Revolution, when he was shunned as a bumbling Kremlin sidekick.

Ukraine's Tymoshenko revels as rival shuns TV clash

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's Yulia Tymoshenko relished a solo performance on television on Monday, heaping insults on arch foe Viktor Yanukovich after he shunned a prime-time debate with her ahead of a presidential run-off on February 7.


1 | 2 | 3 | next »