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Tymoshenko to be treated at Ukrainian clinic

in International - Sat May 05, 2012

Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine\'s jailed former prime minister, has tentatively agreed to receive medical treatment at a local hospital under the supervision of a German docto

Manthorpe European leaders shun Ukraine over imprisonment

in International - Fri May 04, 2012

Ukraine"s dreams of being welcomed into the expanding Greater Europe are withering before President Viktor Yanukovych"s apparently insatiable passion for vengeance

4 explosions in Ukraine injure 27

in International - Sat April 28, 2012

Four explosions rocked an eastern Ukrainian city on Friday, injuring 27 people. Authorities say it was a terrorist attack but an opposition lawmaker claims it could be a

Ukraine governments office art swapped for fakes

in International - Thu April 26, 2012

Two valuable paintings in the offices of theUkrainian governmenthave been mysteriously swapped for replicas, the former Soviet republic\'s Culture Ministry said on Wednesday

Poland to mourn 16 killed in head-on train crash

in International - Mon March 05, 2012

Poland\'s President Bronislaw Komorowski announced a two-day national mourning period on Sunday for the 16 people killed in a head-on collision of two trains in the country\

Russian TV reports a weeks-old plot to kill Putin

in International - Tue February 28, 2012

MOSCOW Russian television reported Monday that the Ukrainian and Russian intelligence services had worked together over many weeks to thwart an assassination attempt

Iran feels sanctions pinch as Asia traders cut ties

in International - Thu February 09, 2012

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has halted palm oil exports to Iran because of payments problems and Asian oil buyers have cut crude purchases as Western sanctions tighten a financia

French presidents son hospitalized in Ukraine

in International - Thu January 26, 2012

KIEV: The eldest son of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been hospitalised in the Ukrainian resort city of Odessa with apparent food poisoning, a security source told AF

Egypt indicts Israelis Ukrainian for smuggling gun

in International - Wed December 28, 2011

CAIRO: Egypt has indicted two Israelis and a Ukrainian for smuggling a machinegun and ammunition across the Israeli border into Egypt, the state-run al-Ahram newspaper repor

Canada relations with Ukraine at risk

in International - Sat October 15, 2011

TORONTO: Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he is "deeply concerned" about the conviction of a Ukrainian opposition politician and has written a letter to

Tymoshenko sentence EU Ukraine relations at risk

in International - Thu October 13, 2011

A trip to Brussels by President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine next week hangs in the balance following the sentencing of Yulia Tymoshenko, an opposition leader, to

US, Ukraine sign nuclear dealUkraine

in International - Wed September 28, 2011

NEW P) - Ukraine and the United States signed a deal Monday formalizing the intent of their leaders to cooperate in preventing the spread of nuclear technology and

Testimony against Tymoshenko

in International - Thu August 18, 2011

KIEV (AFP) - Ukraine s ex-president Viktor Yushchenko gave dramatic testimony Wednesday against his one-time premier Yulia Tymoshenko in her controversial abuse of power tri

Court bars release of Tymoshenko

in International - Tue August 09, 2011

KIEV (AFP) - A Ukrainian court on Monday rejected requests to release detained opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko despite global concern, as the former prime minister defian

Ukraine arrests ex-PM Tymoshenko in trial drama

in International - Sat August 06, 2011

KIEV (AFP) - Ukraine on Friday placed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko under arrest for contempt of court, in a dramatic twist to her abuse of power trial which her allies

Hu makes rare visit to Ukraine

in International - Tue June 21, 2011

KIEV (AFP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday made a rare visit to Ukraine, signing a strategic partnership declaration to revive a relationship which fell into n

More nuclear accidents are likely: Ban

in International - Fri April 22, 2011

KIEV : The world must prepare for more nuclear accidents on the scale of Chernobyl and Japan s Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, the UN chief warns, saying that grim reality will de

Mortars pound Misrata; West talks of tougher action

in International - Fri April 22, 2011

MISRATA : Libyan government troops pounded the besieged rebel-held city of Misrata overnight, undeterred by Western threats to step up military action against Muammar Qadhaf

With eye to Japan, world pledges cash for Chernobyl

in International - Wed April 20, 2011

KIEV : World powers, spurred by the nuclear crisis in Japan, pledged 550 million euros ($780 million) on Tuesday to help build a new containment shell at the site of the 198

Ukraine sends highly enriched uranium to Russia

in International - Sat January 01, 2011

KIEV  : Ukraine has sent a significant portion of its highly enriched uranium stock to Russia, in line with a deal with the United States aimed at preventing nuclear te

Qadhafi never without voluptuous nurse

in International - Tue November 30, 2010

 WASHINGTON: Veteran Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi fears flying over water, prefers staying on the ground floor and almost never travels without his trusted Ukrainian n

Hillary may seek to ease worry about US-Russia ties

in International - Fri July 02, 2010

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits five countries once firmly in the Soviet Union s grip this weekend in part to try to allay fears that better US-Russ

Ukraine fails Russia on Georgian rebel regions

in International - Sat June 05, 2010

KIEV: President Viktor Yanukovych said on Friday Ukraine was against recognising Georgia s rebel regions, dashing Russian hopes Kiev will support one of Moscow s most contro

Stalinist revival exaggerated

in International - Fri May 28, 2010

Stalin, or Stalinism, whichever you prefer, is back in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union, it would appear. During the past few weeks, the Russian and Ukr

Bribe case re-opened against Yulia Tymoshenko

in International - Thu May 13, 2010

KIEV: Ukraine s prosecutor s office said on Wednesday it had re-opened a 2004 criminal case against former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on accusations she had tried to br