Section: France
Crimean treasures should return to Ukraine says Dutch court
A priceless collection of gold artefacts from Crimea, on show in the Netherlands when Crimea was occupied by Russia in 2014, must return to Ukraine says court ijn Amsterdam. …read more Source:...
NATO boss urges West to maintain pressure on Russia over Ukraine
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged the international community on Wednesday to maintain pressure on Russia over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Ukraine missile tests avoid Crimea airspace and Russian showdown
Ukraine began two days of missile tests on Thursday, avoiding the air space over Crimea which could have provoked a confrontation with Russia. …read more Source:...
Containing the Chernobyl disaster 30 years on
30 years ago the Chernobyl disaster resulted in the world’s worst civil nuclear accident. The radioactive fallout formed a cloud that contaminated vast areas of Ukraine and spread across Central and Western Europe. …read more Source: Radio France...
Giant safety dome to block radiation from Chernobyl site
In a vast exclusion zone in northern Ukraine, the world’s largest land-based moving structure has been slid over the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site to stop deadly radiation spewing from the stricken reactor for the next 100 years. …read more Source: France...
Chernobyl nuclear disaster site sealed with massive steel shield
On April 26, 1986 a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded, causing an environmental disaster never before seen, and forcing tens of thousands of people to… …read more Source:...
The Ukranian village caught in the crossfire
Millions are in need of assistance along the frontline of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. In one such place, Zaitseve, there is hardly anything left and the locals are struggling as fighting rages on …read more Source:...
Ukraine: exiled ex-President Yanukovych’s testimony cut short in Maidan murder trial
Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has appeared in court via video link to give evidence in the trial of five ex-riot policemen accused of shooting dead protesters in… …read more Source:...
Visa free travel for Ukraine not a done deal yet
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko was in Brussels Wednesday looking for assurances on trade and visa-free travel. His visit is the first to the European capital after the election of Donald Trump as the new US president. …read more Source: Radio France...
360 video: How the UNDP is helping save lives in Ukraine
In 2015, the country’s government handed over the procurement and distribution of some life-saving drugs to international organisations including the UN. Access and cost have improved as a result. …read more Source:...
