Ukraine

Story of a Crimean tree of life

KAMENKA – In 1944, when Elmira Ablyamirova was 12, she lost her entire family. When she married five years later, she made a decision never to be …
Evgenia Mussuri

Big shots take aim at open Rada seats

The upcoming parliamentary by-elections are unlikely to bring any new faces to Ukraine’s political scene: Instead, an array of prominent former …
Katya Gorchinskaya

Crimean parliament sacks local government

SIMFEROPOL, May 24 – The parliament of Ukraine's autonomous Crimea peninsula toppled the local government on Wednesday after a vote of no …
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Lazarenko extradition trial scheduled to begin

for two days, news services reported on Tuesday. The ex-premier, who fled Ukraine more than a year ago on charges of misusing state funds while …
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Crimean Tatars still battling for rights

SIMFEROPOL – Thousands of ethnic Tatars streamed to this Crimean city on May 18 to mark the 56th anniversary of their deportation to Central Asia and …
Evgenia Mussuri

Experts pour cold water on fire fears

Following reports that continuing fires in radiation-contaminated forests in Belarus raised radiation levels, Ukrainian and U.S. officials said this …
Peter Byrne

French rightist Le Pen visits on Heroes’ Day

LVIV – French ultra-nationalist leader JeanMarie Le Pen attended a Ukrainian radical rightist party rally here on on May 21, as thousands of Ukrainian …
Vitaly Sych

Ukraine press digest for May 24

KYIV, May 24 – The following are the leading stories in Ukrainian newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch …
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IMF mission arrives in Kyiv

KYIV, May 23 – An International Monetary Fund delegation led by the fund's Second European Department Director John Odling-Smee and mission head …
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Lenin statue in Kyiv shocks France's Le Pen

ader Vladimir Lenin still erect on Khreshchatyk, the capital's main street. The 71-year-old National Front leader, who attended a weekend congress …
Christina Ling

Ukraine, EU express mutual satisfaction with relations in Brussels

KYIV, MAY 23 – Ukraine and the European Union confirmed their readiness to broaden cooperation at a meeting of the two sides' Cooperation Council …
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Ukraine press digest for May 23

KYIV, May 23 – The following are the leading stories in Ukrainian newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for …
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EBRD defends decision to fund Rivne, Khmelnytsky nuke plants

scene of the world's worst nuclear disaster. At issue was the EBRD's contribution of around 200 million euros ($178.3 million) to the $1.4 …
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Rail chemical spill causes evacuations in Cherkassy oblast

KYIV, May 21 – Ukrainian officials evacuated 162 villagers after six railway tankers derailed, spilling a chemical solution, a police spokesman said …
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AC Milan extends Shevchenko's contract through 2005

MILAN, Italy – Soccer powerhouse AC Milan has extended the contract of its Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko by two years, through 2005. The club, …
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French far-right leader Le Pen arrives in Ukraine

KYIV, May 20 – French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen arrived in Ukraine on Saturday, saying he wants to unite European right-wingers and warning …
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Turbo-generator switched back on at Chernobyl

KYIV, May 20 (AP) – Operators at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant on May 20 powered up a turbo-generator that malfunctioned and had to be …
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Mityukov: Ukraine hopes to unfreeze IMF loan in June

RIGA, LATVIA, May 21 (Reuters) – Ukraine hopes to reach an agreement next month with the International Monetary Fund on re-opening its $2.6 billion …
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