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News: Ukraine

We have started to collect the most important news related to Ukraine in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Ukraine: news

Ukraine 'worst abuser of patents'

Wednesday, May 1st 2013, 19:21
related countries: United States United States

The US names Ukraine as the country with the worst record on protecting intellectual property and calls on its government to reverse the situation.
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Ukraine 'violated Tymoshenko rights'

Tuesday, April 30th 2013, 11:51

The European Court of Human Rights says Ukraine violated the rights of Yulia Tymoshenko, the jailed former prime minister and opposition leader.
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Ukraine's coal-mining racket

Tuesday, April 23rd 2013, 23:51

How illegal mines are undermining Ukraine's economy
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Rojo: Polunin is 'in Moscow and OK'

Tuesday, April 9th 2013, 8:51
related countries: Russia Russia, United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: London, Moscow

Tamara Rojo, the artistic director of the English National Ballet, says missing Ukrainian ballet dancer Sergei Polunin is "in Moscow and is OK", following his sudden departure from a London show.
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VIDEO: Yanukovych pardons Tymoshenko allies

Monday, April 8th 2013, 1:38

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has pardoned two former government ministers serving prison sentences for abuse of office.
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Ukraine pardons Tymoshenko ally

Sunday, April 7th 2013, 9:44

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych pardons a former minister, and ally of former PM Yulia Tymoshenko, from a prison sentence for embezzlement and abuse of office.
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VIDEO: Snow turns Ukraine street into piste

Tuesday, March 26th 2013, 12:37
related places: Kiev

A makeshift ski slope has appeared in Ukraine's capital Kiev after record snowfall.
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Army tackles Ukraine snow chaos

Monday, March 25th 2013, 15:40
related places: Kiev

Armoured personnel carriers are used in the Ukrainian capital Kiev to drag buses and other vehicles out of snowdrifts.
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VIDEO: Ukraine turns to houses of straw

Wednesday, March 20th 2013, 17:25

Straw bale houses - where twigs, branches and straw bales are covered in clay to form the walls of a solid modern home - are enjoying a resurgence in western Ukraine as prospective home owners look to get the best deal for the money.
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VIDEO: MPs throw punches in parliament

Tuesday, March 19th 2013, 13:47
related countries: Russia Russia

Ukraine's parliament was suspended for a short period after fighting erupted among MPs from the president's party and a far-right opposition faction, over a speech made in Russian.
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Suspect held over Ukraine beheadings

Thursday, March 7th 2013, 12:25

Police in Ukraine detain a suspect over the beheading of a judge and his family in their flat in December, in what may have been a drug-related robbery.
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Ukraine ex-PM 'can return to prison'

Friday, February 22nd 2013, 16:30

Convicted former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko is well enough to return to prison after spending nine months in hospital, the health ministry says.
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Metalist 0-1 Newcastle (agg 0-1)

Thursday, February 21st 2013, 20:31

Shola Ameobi strikes from the penalty spot to fire Newcastle into the last 16 of the Europa League with a win in Ukraine.
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Ukraine ex-leader accused over death

Wednesday, February 20th 2013, 19:24

A Ukrainian prosecutor says the there is evidence former President Leonid Kuchma was involved in the 2000 killing of journalist Georgy Gongadze.
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VIDEO: Five killed in Ukraine plane crash

Thursday, February 14th 2013, 5:14

At least five people were killed when a plane carrying football fans attempted an emergency landing and caught fire in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
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Five killed in Ukraine plane crash

Wednesday, February 13th 2013, 22:49

At least five people are killed as a Ukrainian plane carrying football fans attempts an emergency landing in the eastern city of Donetsk.
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Chernobyl hit by roof collapse

Wednesday, February 13th 2013, 17:36

A roof section collapses at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine following heavy snow, but the authorities deny any increase in radiation.
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Ukraine rejects Gazprom gas bill

Thursday, February 7th 2013, 16:11
related countries: Russia Russia

The Ukrainian government rejects a $7bn (£4.5bn; 5.1 euros) bill from Russia's Gazprom for unused gas it was contracted to buy last year.
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Ukraine convicts Gongadze killer

Tuesday, January 29th 2013, 16:41

A Ukrainian court convicts a former police surveillance chief of killing journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000, a crime which rocked the country.
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Ukraine and Shell sign gas deal

Thursday, January 24th 2013, 23:15
related countries: Netherlands Netherlands, Russia Russia
related places: Kiev

Ukraine signs a major shale gas deal with Royal Dutch Shell - a move seen as an attempt by Kiev to reduce its dependency on Russian gas imports.
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VIDEO: Protest over shopping centre shark

Sunday, January 13th 2013, 7:41
related places: Kiev

Animal rights activists in the Ukrainian capital Kiev have been protesting against the treatment of a shark that is being kept in a shopping centre as a tourist attraction.
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VIDEO: Aerosvit passengers stranded in Kiev

Friday, January 11th 2013, 23:25
related places: Kiev

Several flights of the Ukrainian carrier Aerosvit have been cancelled due to the company's financial problems
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VIDEO: Alarm at Ukraine's ultra-nationalist growth

Monday, January 7th 2013, 6:38
related places: Svoboda

A sudden rise in popularity of Ukraine's ultra-nationalist party, Svoboda, has caused concern both inside and outside the country.
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