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Medvedev Presses NATO Over Expansion
2008-03-25 13:33:00
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russian president-elect Dmitry Medvedev maintained pressure on NATO on Tuesday not to grant membership to Ukraine and Georgia, saying a week before an alliance summit that it would undermine European security.
Newly-elected Russian President Dmitriy Anatolevich Medvedev is following in the steps of his mentor Putin.
NATO leaders meeting in Bucharest from April 2-4 are expected ...
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World's Tallest Man Struggles To Fit In
2008-03-25 06:17:00
PODOLYANTSI, Ukraine -- Leonid Stadnik's phenomenal height has forced him to quit a job he loved and to stoop as he moves around his house.
Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko talks to Leonid Stadnik, 2.59 meter (8,5 feet) tall, a Ukrainian veterinarian and the world's tallest living man according to the Guinness World Records, outside the Presidential office, Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, March 24, ...
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Russia's Threats To Ukraine, Georgia Are Challenges to U.S., NATO
2008-03-24 16:16:00
WASHINGTON, DC -- Representatives of the Russian government and the Kremlin are multiplying their threats to Ukraine (as well as to Georgia) ahead of next week’s NATO summit, where Membership Action Plans (MAPs) for the two countries will be considered.
Putin continues to exert pressure on Ukraine, Georgia not to join NATO.
Moscow realizes more clearly than some NATO governments that this issue ...
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Hopes Fade For Sailors Trapped Underwater
2008-03-24 12:41:00
HONG KONG, China -- Eighteen Ukrainian sailors were feared dead Monday after they were trapped underwater in their capsized tugboat in Hong Kong for nearly two full days amid strong currents, rescue officials said.
Hong Kong's Director of Marine, Roger Tupper, speaks at a media briefing about the rescue operation of 18 Ukrainians who are missing in a ship collision.
The sailors would have ...
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National Bolshevik Bolts For Ukraine
2008-03-24 09:33:00
MOSCOW, Russia -- The fiancee of opposition activist Yury Chervochkin, who died last year of injuries suffered in a murky beating, has fled Russia and requested political asylum in Ukraine.
Murdered Russian opposition activist Yury Chervochkin.
Anna Ploskonosova, a 20-year-old activist with the banned National Bolshevik Party from Tula, submitted her asylum application to immigration officials ...
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Where Europe Draws The Line
2008-03-24 06:38:00
WASHINGTON, DC -- Mikheil Saakashvili kicked off the second wave of freedom movements in formerly Communist Europe in 2003 when he strode into the Georgian Parliament, rose in hand. Now he's president, and his country and his revolution are in danger of being stranded between a weakening West and a surging Russia.
President Bush meets with Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili, Wednesday, ...
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18 Ukrainians Missing After HK Ship Collision: Official
2008-03-23 19:39:00
HONG KONG, China -- Marine divers were racing Sunday to try to save 18 Ukrainian crew believed to be trapped on the ocean floor in their overturned ship after two vessels collided off Hong Kong, officials said.
Workers on a boat conduct rescue operation at the water where the 80-meter-long (264-foot-long) Ukrainian boat, currently lying upside down at a depth of 35 meters (115 feet) in Hong ...
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Tymoshenko Wants Kiev Mayor Out
2008-03-23 09:15:00
KIEV, Ukraine -- This week, the Ukrainian parliament called an early election for the post of mayor of Kiev. This is a victory for Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s bloc (BYuT), which spearheaded a campaign to oust Kiev Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky, accusing him of corruption.
Yulia Tymoshenko (R) wants to oust Kiev Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky (L).
However, there is no unity in the Orange camp, so ...
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Kotelnik Too Strong For Brave Rees At WBA Cardiff
2008-03-23 07:52:00
CARDIFF, Wales -- Hard-hitting Ukrainian Andreas Kotelnik dethroned Gavin Rees as the World Boxing Association (WBA) light-welterweight world champion with a last round stoppage of the Welshman here Saturday.
Ukraine's Andreas Kotelnik, right, and Britain's world champion Gavin Rees in action during the WBA Light Welterweight bout at Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff Saturday March 22, 2008. ...
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Ukraine Opposition Halts Parliament Over Kosovo Issue
2008-03-22 07:33:00
KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's Party of Regions blocked the country's parliamentary rostrum Friday demanding the withdrawal of Ukrainian peacekeepers from Kosovo and the Interior Minister's resignation.
Pro-Russia Viktor Yanukovych is at again.
Over 20 Ukrainian peacekeepers were wounded and one later died in hospital following clashes in the Serb-dominated area of Mitrovica on March 17, when UN ...
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Pentagon: Georgia, Ukraine May Not Join NATO for Years
2008-03-22 04:44:00
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Pentagon says U.S. support for efforts by Georgia and Ukraine to join NATO does not necessarily mean the countries will join the alliance anytime soon.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates
But a spokesman says Defense Secretary Robert Gates agrees it is time to start what could be a long process.
A spokesman says Secretary Gates discussed Georgia's effort to begin the NATO ...
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Tymoshenko Most Popular Political Force In Ukraine
2008-03-21 21:16:00
KIEV, Ukraine -- Parliament’s March 18 vote to call pre-term elections for Kyiv’s city mayor was a second major victory for Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko this month, following the new gas contract with Russia signed on March 6.
Yulia Tymoshenko
The vote is symbolically important because Ukraine’s legislation requires that the president appoint the elected mayor to also be the city’s governor ...
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Open Door To Ukraine, Georgia, Say Eastern NATO States, Canada
2008-03-20 23:21:00
VILNIUS, Lithuania -- Nine ex-communist NATO members, plus Canada, have urged the rest of the Atlantic alliance to overcome splits and open the door to former Soviet republics Ukraine and Georgia at its April summit, Lithuania said Thursday.
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Violeta Gaizauskaite told AFP that Lithuania was among the 10 signatories of a ...
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Premier Rejects Unity Calls For Kiev Vote
2008-03-20 18:19:00
KIEV, Ukraine -- Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Wednesday her party will soon nominate its own candidate for Kiev mayor, rejecting calls for her to back a single candidate on behalf of Ukraine’s governing coalition.
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko
The remark puts Tymoshenko on a collision course against President Viktor Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine-People’s Self-defense group, which will ...
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A Drop Of Justice
2008-03-20 17:00:00
KIEV, Ukraine -- More than seven years after the murder of crusading journalist Georgiy Gongadze, a drop of justice has fallen.
The theory that Yushchenko (R) cut a deal during the Orange Revolution with Kuchma (L) to protect him from prosecution appears increasingly plausible.
On March 15, the Kyiv Appellate Court handed out prison sentences of 12 to 13 years each to three police officers ...
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Yushchenko, Davis Discuss Ukraine’s Constitutional Reforming
2008-03-20 08:17:00
KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Terry Davis met on Wednesday to discuss Ukraine’s constitutional reform, the press service of the Ukrainian president told Itar-Tass.
Secretary General of the Council of Europe Terry Davis
Terry Davis is on a visit in Ukraine.
Yushchenko informed the Secretary General of the Council of Europe ...
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Russia, Ukraine: New Scandal Impending
2008-03-19 20:15:00
KIEV, Ukraine -- Russia and Ukraine will clash anew very soon, this time on issues of environmental protection. Kiev intends to demand from Moscow the compensation of billion dollars for polluting the Kerch Strait by petroleum.
An oil covered bird lies in front of Ukrainian soldiers removing oil pollution from the Black Sea shore at the Ukraines "Kosa Tuzla" island near Black Sea port Kerch ...
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Ukraine President Yushchenko To Attend Bucharest NATO Summit
2008-03-19 16:05:00
KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko will attend a NATO summit in Bucharest expected to discuss expansion of the alliance eastward, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday.
Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko
Yushchenko, a supporter of Ukraine's early membership in NATO, had delayed announcement on his plans to attend the April 2-4 meetings in Bucharest because of ...
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Parliament Votes For Ouster Of Kiev Mayor
2008-03-19 12:34:00
KIEV, Ukraine -- Parliament approved a resolution on Tuesday ordering early mayoral and local elections in Ukraine’s capital city, setting an important precedent that can be used to reshape local governments across Ukraine.
Kiev Mayor Chernovetskiy has been given a no-confidence vote by Ukraine's Parliament.
The resolution, which de-facto ousts controversial Kiev Mayor Leonid Chernovetskiy, is ...
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HN: Avia Ashok Leyland To Build Plant In Ukraine
2008-03-19 09:09:00
PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- Czech lorry maker Avia Ashok Leyland plans to build a plant in Ukraine, the daily 'Hospodarske Noviny' (HN) wrote Tuesday referring to a well-informed source.
The plant construction is being prepared but no more details will be published for now, the source said, adding that a more detailed information could possibly raise the price of land at a potential construction ...
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Bush To Meet With Ukraine Leaders, Opposition March 31-April 1
2008-03-19 03:10:00
KIEV, Ukraine -- President George W. Bush will meet with Ukrainian leaders and the opposition when he arrives in the ex-Soviet state for a two-day visit on March 31, Ukraine's presidential press office said on Tuesday.
U.S. President George W. Bush (R) shakes hands with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko at NATO headquarters in Brussels, in this file photo from February 22, 2005.
"As part of ...
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Ukraine Sends Senior Officials To Kosovo After Peacekeeper Dies, Others Wounded In Violence
2008-03-18 18:29:00
KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine is sending senior officials to Kosovo where one of its peacekeepers was killed and 20 were wounded in clashes with Serb demonstrators.
Peacekeeping forces came under fire in Serb riots in northern Kosovo where the Albanian majority declared independence a month ago.
Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko and a deputy foreign minister will visit Kosovo on Wednesday to assess ...
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Morgan Stanley To Open Office In Ukraine
2008-03-18 14:07:00
TBILISI, Georgia -- In line with its strategy of building market-leading businesses in developing markets, Morgan Stanley on March 17 announced its intention to seek appropriate regulatory approvals to establish an office in Kiev , Ukraine .
The Firm also announced the appointment of Mr. Ihor Mitiukov as Managing Director and Head of Morgan Stanley’s Office in Kiev, reporting to Rair Simonyan, ...
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Ukraine Turns To Germany, France To Back NATO Bid
2008-03-18 12:51:00
KIEV, Ukraine -- In a letter addressed to the leaders of Germany and France, Ukraine has requested support for it bid to join NATO. But some European countries are concerned about alienating Russia.
Ukraine's leaders want to join NATO, but wonder what it would mean for ties with Russia.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko signed the letter, published on ...
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Shaktar Donetsk Boss Apologises To Photographer
2008-03-18 11:43:00
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Rinat Akhmetov, the multi-billionaire owner of the Ukraine's Shakhtar football side, has apologised to a photographer for a beating received by the newsman at a recent home game, reports Korrespondent magazine.
Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov
'He (Akhmetov) called me twice and apologised personally...and said that what happened to me was a 'shocking incident',' said Ihor ...
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Blackberry Chic
2008-03-17 18:47:00
KIEV, Ukraine -- While there are plenty of high-class (at least in terms of prices) restaurants in Kyiv, few of them match the polished chic and near-royal luxury of the newly opened restaurant Blackberry.
One of several Blackberry elegant halls.
The fact that this top-notch place is located on Khreschatyk near European Square, with its inner space visible to anyone walking down the street, ...
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Mountain Pride
2008-03-17 09:59:00
SYDNEY, Australia -- Adventurer Tim Cope makes an unforgettable journey through the Ukrainian Carpathians on horseback.
Adventurer Tim Cope making his way through the Carpathian Mountains.
There came a scraping of hoof on rock then the clapping of stones tumbling down the gully behind me. I dismounted, the horses regained balance and my surroundings rushed into clarity. The slope above angled ...
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Surgeon Uses DIY Drill To Perform Brain Operations
2008-03-17 06:04:00
LONDON, England -- A British surgeon has been carrying out brain operations in the Ukraine using a drill designed for do-it-yourself (DIY) tasks.
British surgeon Henry Marsh
Henry Marsh, a consultant at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, South London, has been visiting Kiev twice a year to assist a colleague, Igor Petrovich, at a neurology clinic.
In Britain Mr Marsh would use a £30,000 medical ...
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Government Hikes Cognac Tax For WTO
2008-03-16 07:54:00
KIEV, Ukraine -- Among the industries already affected by Ukraine’s World Trade Organization (WTO) entry are cognac producers, who were dealt a 43 percent excise tax hike as the new government led by Yulia Tymoshenko strove to conform with WTO and EU tax rates. Now cognac producers pay Hr 10 per liter of spirit produced.
'Jean-Jack' one of the many fine Ukrainian cognacs
“With the changes going ...
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Ukraine Journalist Killers Jailed
2008-03-15 16:14:00
KIEV, Ukraine -- A court in Ukraine has sentenced three former police officers to prison for the murder of investigative journalist Georgiy Gongadze.
The masterminds behind the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze will never be brought to justice in Ukraine.
Mykola Protasov was given a sentence of 13 years, while Valeriy Kostenko and Oleksandr Popovych were each handed 12-year terms. ...
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