Section: France 24 (France)
Ukraine’s Covid-19 lockdown leads to baby pile-up and surrogacy backlash
Covid-19 lockdowns have led to heartbreaking delays for many parents eager to claim their infants born through surrogacy. With travel restrictions to Ukraine now easing, there have been a flurry of emotional homecomings. But dozens of babies remain uncollected, and the situation has shone a harsh light on the country’s booming surrogacy...
Covid-19 pandemic: Fertile ground for corruption in Ukraine?
Ukraine locked down early and has a far lower rate of coronavirus infections than some countries in Western Europe, plus fewer than 400 deaths so far. Yet 20 percent of cases are among medical personnel – one of the worst rates in the world. By the health ministry’s own admission, that’s due to a severe shortage of protective...
Raging wildfires close in on Ukraine’s defunct Chernobyl power plant
A huge forest fire in Ukraine that has been raging for more than a week is now just one kilometre from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and poses a radiation risk, Greenpeace Russia warned on Monday, citing satellite images. …read more Source:: France...
Trial of men accused of murdering 298 in downing of flight MH17 to begin in Amsterdam
The first hearing in the trial of four fugitive suspects in the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was set to start in Amsterdam on Monday, more than five years after the plane was downed in Ukraine. …read more Source:: France...
FEMEN leader Inna Shevchenko on her path to becoming a feminist activist
Born just months before Ukraine declared independence, Inna Shevchenko is now the leader of an international women’s protest movement called FEMEN, which protests against patriarchy, the sex industry, dictatorship and religion. This month she published an illustrated book on her childhood in Ukraine, entitled “My first name is...
Ukraine PM offers resignation after recording suggests he criticised president
Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk offered his resignation on Friday after an audio recording suggested he had criticised the president, but then appeared to indicate that he might keep his job. …read more Source:: France...
Prisoner swap deal seen as ‘real attack on credibility of Ukraine justice system’
The deal that led to an exchange of prisoners on Sunday between Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists in the country’s war-torn east – swapping detained fighters for civilians and soldiers – has spurred public outrage in some quarters. …read more Source:: France...
Prisoner swap deal seen as ‘real attack on credibility of Ukraine justice system’
The deal that led to an exchange of prisoners on Sunday between Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists in the country’s war-torn east — swapping detained fighters for civilians and soldiers — has spurred public outrage in some quarters. Among those handed over to the separatists as part of the swap, Kiev included five riot...
Ukraine begins prisoner swap with pro-Russian separatists
Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have started an all-for-all prisoner swap, after which all remaining prisoners of the five-year conflict should return home, the office of Ukraine’s president said on Sunday. …read more Source:: France...
Putin opens railway bridge connecting Crimea to Russia
President Vladimir Putin on Monday stood in the driver’s cabin of a train for the official opening of a railway bridge that links annexed Crimea to southern Russia, with the launch drawing sharp criticism from Ukraine and the EU. …read more Source:: France...
