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Ukraine says seven soldiers killed in clashes in rebel east (AFP)
Jun12

Ukraine says seven soldiers killed in clashes in rebel east (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Seven Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in just three days in renewed fighting with pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country, the military said Monday. …read more Source: The West...

Ukrainians cheer on first day of visa-free EU travel (AFP)
Jun11

Ukrainians cheer on first day of visa-free EU travel (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainians were on Sunday celebrating the first day of visa-free access to the European Union, with hundreds crossing the border as President Petro Poroshenko proclaimed a dramatic “breakaway” from Moscow. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine MPs back NATO application push (AFP)
Jun08

Ukraine MPs back NATO application push (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday voted to back attempts by the crisis-torn ex-Soviet nation to seek NATO membership, a move set to heighten tensions with Russia. …read more Source: The West...

Accord reached for MH17 relatives to watch victims’ final hours (AFP)
Jun08

Accord reached for MH17 relatives to watch victims’ final hours (AFP)

The Hague (AFP) – Relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine in mid-2014 were given the green light Thursday to view final images of victims as they boarded the ill-fated flight. …read more Source: The West...

Ukrainians bid last farewell to Greek Catholic leader (AFP)
Jun05

Ukrainians bid last farewell to Greek Catholic leader (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Thousands of Ukrainians gathered in Kiev on Monday to bid a final farewell to the former leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Lubomyr Husar. …read more Source: The West...

Ukrainian library boss in Moscow found guilty of ‘extremism’ (AFP)
Jun05

Ukrainian library boss in Moscow found guilty of ‘extremism’ (AFP)

Moscow (AFP) – A Russian court on Monday found the former head of a Ukrainian library in Moscow guilty of “extremism” in a high-profile case critics labelled a political witchhunt. …read more Source: The West...

KALYNA CARE: YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
Jun05

KALYNA CARE: YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW

Bogdan Rudnytski interviewed Halja Bryndzia, Chairperson of the Kalyna Care (formerly known as the Ukrainian Elderly People’s Home).(Богдан Рудницький веде розмову із Головою Дирекції будинку опіки для престарілих “Калина” (знаного раніше як Український дім для старших людей) пані Галею Бриндзя.) …read more Source:...

ABOUT THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE UKRAINIAN WORLD CONGRESS AND 70 YEARS OF UKRAINIAN SETTLEMENT IN AUSTRALIA
Jun05

ABOUT THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE UKRAINIAN WORLD CONGRESS AND 70 YEARS OF UKRAINIAN SETTLEMENT IN AUSTRALIA

Bogdan Rudnytski interviewed Stefan Romaniw, the President of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations and Secretary-General of the Ukrainian World Congress. This year marks 50 years of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC), the int…(Bogdan Rudnytski interviewed Stefan Romaniw, the President of the Australian Federation of...

Ukraine-Russia Twitter spat escalates to meme warfare
May31

Ukraine-Russia Twitter spat escalates to meme warfare

A comment by Russian President Vladimir Putin sparks a Twitter argument between @Ukraine and @Russia over who gets to claim a tenth-century queen of France. …read more Source: ABC...

Dutch senators approve compromise on EU-Ukraine pact (AFP)
May30

Dutch senators approve compromise on EU-Ukraine pact (AFP)

The Hague (AFP) – Dutch senators backed a hard-won compromise deal Tuesday to ratify an amended EU-Ukraine pact, secured from Brussels by premier Mark Rutte after Dutch voters rejected the initial version in an April 2016 referendum. …read more Source: The West...