Section: Germany
Opinion: Hunting the corruption hunters in Ukraine
The showdown involving Mikhail Saakashvili is a sideshow. But if those in power in Kyiv continue to block the fight against corruption, the consequences will be devastating, writes DW’s Bernd Johann. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Ukraine again arrests Mikheil Saakashvili, ex-president of Georgia
Earlier this week Mikheil Saakashvili was dramatically busted out of police custody by a mob of supporters. But authorities have now taken him back into custody. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Attorney: Paul Manafort did not violate court order by editing op-ed
A lawyer for President Trump’s former campaign chairman said Paul Manafort did not violate a gag order after being involved in an op-ed published in a newspaper in Ukraine. Others see it as evidence of collusion. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Attorney: Paul Manafort did not violate court order by editing op-ed
A lawyer for President Trump’s former campaign chairman said Paul Manafort did not violate a gag order after being involved in an op-ed published in a newspaper in Ukraine. Others see it as evidence of collusion. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Ukraine: Man detonates grenades in trial of murdered son; 2 dead, 9 injured
Several men were accused of murdering the man’s son and one other man in 2016. One of the defendants died in the blast and several others were injured. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Leader of rebel-held Ukraine region resigns amid infighting
Igor Plotnitsky, the head of Ukraine’s rebel Luhansk region, has resigned after accusing a rival of an attempted coup. With tensions simmering in the region, is the conflict in eastern Ukraine about to escalate? …read more Source: Deutsche...
Power struggle in eastern Ukraine threatens peace process
Armed men in unmarked uniforms in Luhansk: The power struggle seems to be intensifying in this separatist stronghold in eastern Ukraine. Scenes in the center of the city are reminiscent of the annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Poland and Ukraine in spat over WWII exhumations
The two countries’ troubled past has come to the fore following Kyiv’s ban on the exhumation of Poles killed in Ukraine during WWII. A Ukraine official who reportedly pushed for the ban has been denied entry into Poland. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Ukrainian oligarch, wanted by Kyiv, seeks refuge in Germany
He’s a parliamentarian, a top equestrian and a socialite. But Ukraine’s judiciary says he is also a crook, accusing Oleksandr Onyshchenko of illegal enrichment. Now it appears he’s making a life for himself in Germany. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Is NATO doing enough to pressure Russia over Ukraine?
The crisis in Ukraine was the impetus for NATO to reinvent itself, but is the alliance sufficiently invested in resolving the conflict itself? No one will declare the Minsk Agreement dead, but it’s hard to find a pulse. …read more Source: Deutsche...
