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Huffington Post: The radioactive puppies of Chernobyl are finally getting the help they need

A viral video this week sheds light on a heart-rending situation: The radioactive puppies and dogs of Chernobyl. After the catastrophic 1986 …
Huffington Post

Financial Times: Russian-built nuclear plant revives Chornobyl fears

Buivydziai is a typical Lithuanian village. A sleepy place with fewer than 300 inhabitants, it has a church, a couple of shops and a school that takes …
Financial Times

Police seize over 40 kg of radioactive mushrooms from Kyiv region residents

Police officers and soldiers of the special police regiment have found two persons near the village of Kotovske (Kyiv region) who tried to bring a …
Interfax-Ukraine

EuroMaidan press: Meet the Ukrainians who returned to live in Chornobyl (VIDEO)

Though all the population living around Chornobyl was relocated following the acident at the Chornobyl power plant, 690 people have returned to the …
EuroMaidan press

Ukrinform: Ukraine to host first art festival dedicated to Chornobyl

The first Chernobyling art festival will take place in Slavutych, Kyiv region, from August 30 to Sept. 1, the festival’s organizers have told an …
UkrInform

Politico: Chornobyl, the city of ghosts

PRIPYAT –  In a post-Cold War world, the fear of nuclear holocaust has receded from the global consciousness. Donald Trump’s threat of …
POLITICO

112.ua: France to allocate funds for solar power plants construction in Chornobyl

French Charge d’Affaires in Ukraine Christophe Le Rigoleur announced the readiness of his government to allocate funds to help Ukraine in developing a …
112.ua

Cheryl Reed: The booming Soviet tourist industry in radioactive Ukraine

The button that could have started a nuclear holocaust is grey – not red. I learned this after climbing into a nuclear rocket command silo, 12 floors …
Cheryl Reed

112.ua: Border control detains two men trying to get into Chornobyl exclusion zone

Two men from Kyiv were found attempting to get into Chornobyl zone on the evening of July 28, as the press service of the State Border Guard Service …
112.ua

Cheryl Reed: In Ukraine, a radioactive nuclear ghost town near Chornobyl is a hot destination

The button that could have started a nuclear holocaust is gray — not red. I learned this after climbing into a nuclear rocket command silo, 12 floors …
Cheryl Reed

112.ua: French company plans to build a 1,25 billion dollar solar power plant in Chornobyl

Ukraine is negotiating with Engie SA, one of the biggest companies in France, on building a huge solar power plant worth 1,25 billion dollars in the …
112.ua

Bloomberg: Chornobyl radioactive zone may get giant French-built solar park

Ukraine is talking to one of France’s largest energy companies about building a giant, billion-euro ($1.25 billion) solar park in the uninhabited …
Bloomberg

Emergencies Service: Forest fire in Chornobyl zone extinguished

The fire the fire in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Kyiv region, was extinguished at 13:25 on Saturday, the State Emergencies Service of Ukraine …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ecology minister asks journalists not to spread fake news about fire in Chornobyl zone

Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Ostap Semerak, has said that the State Service for Emergency Situations of Ukraine are fully …
Interfax-Ukraine

Forest fire flares up near Chornobyl plant (VIDEO)

A forest fire that broke out in the Chornobyl zone on June 29 is still burning but poses no threat to the disaster-struck nuclear plant, firefighters …
Nataliya Trach

RFE/RL: Ukrainian firefighters battle forest fire near Chornobyl nuclear plant

Ukrainian firefighters are battling to contain a forest fire inside the irradiated exclusion zone around the Chornobyl nuclear plant, officials …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Fire area in Chornobyl zone reduced to eight hectares, radiation background is normal

The area of the fire in the Lubianka forestry in the exclusion zone and unconditional (compulsory) resettlement has been reduced to eight hectares, …
Interfax-Ukraine

Chornobyl NPP switches to manual radiation monitoring over cyber attack

Chornobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) has switched to manual radiation monitoring of the industrial site over a cyber-attack, the press service of the …
Interfax-Ukraine
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