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Russian food ban would cost Ukraine $600 mln next year: PM (AFP)
Nov18

Russian food ban would cost Ukraine $600 mln next year: PM (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine said Wednesday it expects to lose some $600 million next year as a result of a food trade ban which Russia has threatened to introduce from January 1st. …read more Source: The West...

Sweden and Ukraine complete Euro16 list
Nov18

Sweden and Ukraine complete Euro16 list

Sweden and Ukraine completed the 24-team list for next year’s European football championships, eliminating Denmark and Slovenia. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

Sweden, Ukraine qualify for Euro16
Nov18

Sweden, Ukraine qualify for Euro16

Sweden and Ukraine completed the 24-team list for next year’s European football championships after eliminating Denmark and Slovenia on Tuesday. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

Ukraine president condemns escalation as soldier killed (AFP)
Nov16

Ukraine president condemns escalation as soldier killed (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday decried a sudden re-escalation in the conflict with pro-Russian separatists after a Ukrainian soldier was killed in clashes in the country’s east. …read more Source: The West...

French idealist becomes unlikely Ukraine mayor (AFP)
Nov13

French idealist becomes unlikely Ukraine mayor (AFP)

Glukhiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – His family was one of the Russian Empire’s richest industrial dynasties before Bolshevik collectivisation caused it to flee to the capitalist West. …read more Source: The West...

Cold threatens 700,000 children in eastern Ukraine: UNICEF (AFP)
Nov13

Cold threatens 700,000 children in eastern Ukraine: UNICEF (AFP)

Geneva (AFP) – Damaged pipelines in war-torn eastern Ukraine are threatening to cut off water, heating and electrical supplies at a time when temperatures are plunging, putting some 700,000 children at risk, UNICEF warned Friday. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine completes debt restructuring of around $15 billion (Reuters)
Nov12

Ukraine completes debt restructuring of around $15 billion (Reuters)

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Finance Ministry announced on Thursday it had completed a debt restructuring of around $15 billion (£9.86 billion) with creditors and said it remained open to finding a deb… …read more Source: The West...

Initial ICC probe says no crimes against humanity at Ukraine’s Maidan (AFP)
Nov12

Initial ICC probe says no crimes against humanity at Ukraine’s Maidan (AFP)

The Hague (AFP) – A preliminary probe suggests Ukraine’s security forces used “excessive and indiscriminate” force in the 2014 Maidan protests but are not guilty of crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine bans workplace discrimination against gays (AFP)
Nov12

Ukraine bans workplace discrimination against gays (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament Thursday finally banned discrimination against gays in the workplace during a heated session on legislation that could open the door to visa-free travel to much of the EU in 2016. …read more Source: The West...

Anti-gay vote dashes Ukraine’s EU bid
Nov12

Anti-gay vote dashes Ukraine’s EU bid

A vote on gay rights has derailed Ukraine’s aspirations to join the European Union. …read more Source: THE...