LVIV, Ukraine – Karl von Habsburg laughed heartily when asked what it feels like to walk the streets of Lviv, a city that was once ruled by his ancestors.
Apr. 20, 2010
The Russian-born singer who split from actor Mel Gibson earlier this month said Monday she will perform a charity concert in Moscow to aid victims of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Apr. 20, 2010
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has approved the composition of the National Anti-Corruption Committee and scheduled its first meeting for April 22. According to a decree published on the presid
Mar. 30, 2010
Distance seems to characterize the relationship between Ukraine and Pakistan. The two nations are geographically, culturally and religiously distant from each other. Nor can commercial and political t
Mar. 25, 2010
Ukraine’s Anti-Monopoly Committee is supposed to be the country’s watchdog against oligarchs disdainful of healthy competition, but the dog doesn’t have any teeth, and it isn’t fed well either.
Mar. 19, 2010
The nation commemorated the 60th anniversary of the death of Roman Shukhevych, a Ukrainian military leader, on March 5.
Mar. 12, 2010
JOS, Nigeria (AP) — More than 200 bodies — many of them women and children — lay in the streets of a central Nigerian town after a renewed spate of Christian-Muslim violence, witnesses said Sunday, ju
Mar. 7, 2010
BRUSSELS, (AP) — Improving ties with the European Union is a "key priority" for Ukraine, the country’s newly-elected President Victor Yanukovych said Monday as the EU expressed support for plans to re
Mar. 1, 2010
Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense Bloc MP Andriy Parubiy has asked the European Parliament to reconsider its negative reaction to former Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko’s decision to award the l
Feb. 26, 2010
LONDON, Feb 26 (Reuters Life!) – Carnaby Street, epicentre of Britain’s Swinging Sixties revolution and spiritual home of fashion milestones like the miniskirt, is marking half a century of trend-sett
Feb. 26, 2010
Brussels, February 25 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The European Parliament has criticized a decision by ex-president of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko to award Stepan Bandera the title of Hero of Ukraine and expre
Feb. 25, 2010
SIMFEROPOL – Victor Yanukovych was in a relaxed mood. As Yulia Tymoshenko, his rival in the presidential runoff on Feb. 7, hot-footed across the country trying to stir up support, he cruised into Simf
Feb. 4, 2010
Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will face each other in a run-off presidential election on Feb. 7 and official results from Sunday’s first round su
Jan. 19, 2010
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines has ordered its seafarers, comprising about a third of the world’s commercial sailors, to go through anti-piracy training before they will be allowed to boar
Jan. 4, 2010
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The late communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was deceived by his advisers and still believed Romanians adored him hours before his overthrow, his only surviving child said i
Dec. 24, 2009
The state secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Pavel Borodin on Friday argued that a new Soviet Union is likely to come into being by 2017 as the result of the emergent customs union of
Dec. 18, 2009
Chisinau, December 17 (Interfax) – Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat has ordered that barbed wire on the Moldovan-Romanian border be removed.
Dec. 17, 2009
BRUSSELS, Dec 11 (Reuters) – European leaders pledged onDec. 11to give 2.4 billion euros ($3.5 billion) each year to developing countries over the next three years to try to win their support for a cl
Dec. 11, 2009
Kyiv
Ukraine, along with other countries of the former Soviet Union, is one of the more popular destinations after the United States and Australia for migration.
Dec. 3, 2009