Section: France
Exporting banned pesticides: EU’s double-dealing tactics?
Since the EU banned the use of various dangerous pesticides in its member states, agrochemical giants have continued to produce them in Europe and export them perfectly legally. In fact, business is booming. In 2018, more than 80,000 tonnes of these pesticides left the EU, with the US, Brazil, Ukraine and Morocco the top destination countries....
Ukraine seeks UNESCO status for Chernobyl to help manage visitors to nuclear site
The location of the world’s worst nuclear accident is attracting more and more visitors, leading authorities to bid for world heritage status …read more Source::...
Soup-erpower? How Borscht is causing a spat between Russia and Ukraine
A Ukrainian chef is fighting to get Borscht recognised as part of his country’s cultural heritage. …read more Source::...
Coronavirus: Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy tests positive for COVID-19
“Most (people) are overcoming COVID-19,” said Ukraine’s president, after testing positive. “I’m going to get through it too.” …read more Source::...
Ukraine protest: Hundreds demonstrate in Ukraine after court scraps anti-corruption laws
More than one thousand Ukrainians demonstrated in front of the constitutional court in Kyiv against a decision to invalidate anti-corruption measures. …read more Source::...
¨Protest-hit Belarus closes all borders except its one with Russia as coronavirus surges in Europe
Entry into the country from Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine is now restricted for most people. …read more Source::...
Ceasefire in Ukraine’s Donbas region: Peace or frozen conflict?
In 2014, Russian-backed forces seized part of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Since then, the separatists have been at war with the Ukrainian army and numerous ceasefires have been agreed, only to be swiftly broken. However, the latest truce, agreed on July 27, is largely holding. Despite this, many people in the Ukrainian-controlled part...
MH17: Australia and the Netherlands condemn Russia’s withdrawal from talks
The Malaysian Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down over Ukraine in July 2014, killing all 298 people on board. The majority of the victims were Dutch and Australian citizens. …read more Source::...
In pictures: Nagorno-Karabakh crisis, EU’s legal action against the UK, fires in Ukraine
Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, EU’s announces legal action against UK, fires rage in eastern Ukraine – these and other stories in this week’s best pictures. …read more Source::...
At least nine killed as forest fires rage in eastern Ukraine
At least nine killed as forest fires rage in eastern Ukraine …read more Source::...
