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      Passenger bus hits landmine in east Ukraine, four dead
      Mar26

      Passenger bus hits landmine in east Ukraine, four dead

      At least four people have been killed and six injured when a bus hit a landmine in eastern Ukraine. The incident happened in the government-controlled city of Artemivsk. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Passenger bus blown up by mine in east Ukraine, three killed
      Mar25

      Passenger bus blown up by mine in east Ukraine, three killed

      KIEV (Reuters) – Three people were killed and six injured on Wednesday when a passenger bus struck a landmine in eastern Ukraine where government forces have been battling Russian-backed separatists, Interfax news agency said, quoting police. …read more Source:...

      Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė Ukraine’s Person of the Year 2014
      Mar25

      Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė Ukraine’s Person of the Year 2014

      Ukraine’s Person of the Year title – recognition for the whole of Lithuania The post Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė Ukraine’s Person of the Year 2014 appeared first on The Baltic Review. …read more Source: Baltic...

      MEPs Endorse EUR 1.8 B Aid Package for Ukraine
      Mar25

      MEPs Endorse EUR 1.8 B Aid Package for Ukraine

      The European Parliament on Wednesday approved EUR 1.8 B in fresh financial aid for Ukraine. “This financial assistance package will be used in order to balance the budget and help Ukraine sustain its economy, to repay the debts that are due this year,” rapporteur Gabrielius Landsbergis commented ahead of the vote. According to...

      Ukraine wrestles with oligarch power
      Mar25

      Ukraine wrestles with oligarch power

      Ukraine leader ratchets up anti-corruption drive …read more Source:...

      VIDEO: Embarrassing moment tank sent to Ukraine by UK struggles to climb TINY hill
      Mar25

      VIDEO: Embarrassing moment tank sent to Ukraine by UK struggles to climb TINY hill

      THIS is the embarrassing moment a tank donated to Ukraine by the UK military struggles to climb a TINY hill. …read more Source:...

      Ukraine Moves to Boost Armed Forces Personnel to 250,000
      Mar25

      Ukraine Moves to Boost Armed Forces Personnel to 250,000

      President Petro Poroshenko has signed into law a bill to increase the number of Ukraine’s armed forces personnel to 250,000, including 204,000 military servicemen, Interfax-Ukraine reported on Wednesday. The bill, approved by Ukrainian lawmakers earlier this month, states the increase is aimed at ensuring “the timely deployment of troops to...

      Reining in Ukraine’s oligarchs is long overdue
      Mar25

      Reining in Ukraine’s oligarchs is long overdue

      A billionaire governor’s sacking should herald a broader campaign …read more Source: Financial...

      Ukraine’s president sacks oligarch from post as regional governor
      Mar25

      Ukraine’s president sacks oligarch from post as regional governor

      Ihor Kolomoisky is removed after the businessman sends armed guards to the HQ of national oil companyUkraine’s president has sacked powerful oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky from his post as a regional governor, after an altercation that saw the businessman send armed men to the offices of a state company and launch a barrage of swearwords at a...

      Ukraine’s oligarchs clash, president wrests control of business interests from governor
      Mar25

      Ukraine’s oligarchs clash, president wrests control of business interests from governor

      Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has accepted the resignation of Ihor Kolomoiskiy, the oligarch governor of Dnipropetrovsk, a key region in the… …read more Source:...