Section: The Hindu (India)
Ukraine holds its first major gay pride march in Kiev
Around a thousand people turned up on Sunday for Ukraine’s first major gay pride march which was held amid tight security measures in the capital Kiev. Several thousand police forces were guarding th… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine arrests French man for plotting attacks during Euro 2016
Ukraine’s intelligence agency SBU said on Monday it has thwarted a plot to attack football’s European Championships in France by arresting a French man who wanted to cross from Ukraine into the Europ… …read more Source: The...
Putin visits Greece ahead of EU sanctions review
Russian President Vladimir Putin was in Greece on Friday in a visit aimed at reinforcing a relationship with one of his few friends in the European Union (EU) amid tensions with the West. The visit… …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian singer’s win at Eurovision raises eyebrows in Russia
The singer, herself of Crimean Tatar descent, had drawn parallels in interviews to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine marks 30 years since 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Ukraine is marking the 30th anniversary of an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, the world’s worst nuclear disaster. A vigil was held at midnight on Monday in the Ukrainian town of Slavutych w… …read more Source: The...
U.S. flies F-22s to Romania as show of strength to Russia
The U.S. Air Force on Monday flew in two F—22 Raptor fighter jets to Romania as a show of strength to deter Russian intervention in Ukraine. The fighter jets landed at the Mihail Kogalniceanu air bas… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s President bans post-2014 Russian movies
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill banning all movies filmed in Russia after 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula. The bill that Mr. Poroshenko signed late Wednesday al… …read more Source: The...
Russia, Ukraine agree on prisoner swap
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday he and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had agreed a framework for a deal to secure the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko from a 22-… …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian parliament accepts PM s resignation
The Ukrainian constitution stipulates that the replacement of the prime minister results in the change of the entire cabinet. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko defends himself in offshore account leaks
One day after the Prime Minister of Iceland resigned, the President of Ukraine defended himself on Wednesday in the massive leak of records on offshore accounts that has named political officials, bu… …read more Source: The...
