IMF Credits More Important For Ukraine Than Loans From Other States

KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tihipko says it is more important for Ukraine to raise credits at international finance institutions, namely the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB), rather than from other states, he told the press Friday. Newly-appoin...

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Tymoshenko To Stay In Politics, Lead Opposition

KIEV, Ukraine -- raine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Thursday she would not quit politics and would lead the opposition to the government. Ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko"Unfortunately, there will be no time for me to take a rest," she said at a news conference.She said she would head t...

Difficult Task Defining Bandera’s Historic Role

MOSCOW, Russia -- Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko’s decision to confer the title of Hero of Ukraine on nationalist leader Stepan Bandera on Jan. 22 has unleashed a storm of outrage inside and outside Ukraine. Stepan BanderaCritics accuse Yushchenko of whitewashing a Nazi-era fascist ...

Europe – The Final Countdown (2012)

LONDON, England -- Michel Platini may be on a mission to over-complicate just about everything in European football, but on some subjects nobody can accuse him of neglecting the essentials.Take his visit to Kyiv in early July 2008. The UEFA president emerged visibly frustrated from a series of me...

Ukraine Names New Prime Minister

KIEV, Ukraine -- President Viktor Yanukovych, moving quickly to end years of political paralysis, secured a majority coalition in parliament Thursday and won its approval for a close ally to serve as prime minister. Newly appointed Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mykola Azarov, was born in Kaluga, Rus...

‘Ukrainian Only’ School In Crimea In High Demand

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine -- The only school in Simferopol where all subjects are taught in Ukrainian is seeking to offer new classes to meet high demand, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports. The Ukrainian-language high school in Simferopol has been overwhelmed by applicants.Crimea is a predominantly Ru...

Staff Taken Off Ukraine Plane After Drunken Revel

DONBASS, Ukraine -- Politicians and police authorities in Ukraine are investigating the airline industry after an incident on a main carrier.During the week, police were ordered to prevent a plane from taking off with a drunken crew.The pilots and cabin crew on the Ukrainian airline Donbassaero w...

Three Factions In Ukraine’s Parliament Decide To Create New Ruling Coalition

KIEV, Ukraine -- Three factions in Ukraine's Parliament, the Regions Party, the Communist Party and the Lytvyn' s blok, decided to create a new ruling coalition along with some individual lawmakers, said a leader of the Regions Party on Wednesday. Oleksandr Lavrinovych"The Regions Party, the Comm...

Armed Turk Shot At Ukrainian Consulate In Istanbul Dies

ISTANBUL, Turkey -- An armed Turkish man who attempted to force his way into the Ukrainian Consulate General in Istanbul was shot by police and later died in hospital on Tuesday. An unidentified gunman is carried to an ambulance after he was shot and wounded in front of the Ukrainian consulate in...