Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine LGBT community marches through Kyiv for gay pride parade
Some 2,500 people have taken part in the “March of Equality” in downtown Kiyv, with the authorities deploying thousands of security forces to ensure safety. A group of ultranationalists attempted to disrupt the event. …read more Source:...
People in Odessa Commemorate 2014 Massacre Every Month, Call for Justice
RICHMOND (Sputnik) — The people of the Ukrainian city of Odessa come together every month to commemorate those who were killed in the deadly fire in the city’s Trade Unions House, and urge the investigation to bring those responsible to justice, activist from Odessa Alexander Prigarin told Sputnik on Sunday. “Every month we hold memorial...
How a female Jewish journalist alerted the world to Ukraine’s silent starvation
Rhea Clyman’s groundbreaking coverage of the 1932 famine is the subject of a new biography by Prof. Jaroslaw Balan, who is searching for her ‘goldmine’ of a memoir …read more Source: The Times of...
New hostel built in Ukraine’s Chernobyl exclusion zone
A new hostel has been built in the heart of Ukraine’s Chernobyl exclusion zone, one of the most radioactive places on earth. …read more Source:...
Tram parade hits Kiev streets
Trolleys, featuring the evolution of the tramway system, have been put on display in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. …read more Source:...
eNCA | Ukrainian reporter-blogger feared captured by rebels
Stanyslav Aseyev, a freelance contributor to US-funded Radio Free Europe, has been missing since 2 June. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Migrants: The Time Bomb That Could Tear Poland Apart
In an interview with Sputnik, Polish politician and journalist Konrad Rekas said that Talaga’s opinion is fully shared by Vice Premier Jaroslaw Gowin. “The problem is that Poles are wary of an uncontrolled influx of refugees from Ukraine. Jaroslaw Gowin said that Poland would be better off hiring Ukrainian migrants than those from the...
Putin says US sanctions will ‘complicate relations’
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with journalists after his annual phone-in show in Moscow, on June 15, 2017 © AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEVMoscow, Russian Federation, Jun 17 – New US sanctions on Russia approved by the Senate will complicate the countries’ relations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a TV interview Saturday. “Of...
US Must Accept Crimea’s Decision to Join Russia, Drop Sanctions – Activist Group
RICHMOND (Sputnik) — The United States should recognize that Crimea has chosen to be part of Russia and immediately lift sanctions against Moscow, Popular Resistance activist group Co-Director Kevin Zeese told Sputnik at a national antiwar conference. On Friday, the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) hosted a conference in Richmond,...
Water supply resumes in eastern Ukraine after shelling
The pumping station for the water supply in Donbass region of Ukraine has resumed operation after it stopped due to shelling. …read more Source:...
