Section: The United Kingdom
Ukraine hosts biggest ever gay pride parade
Ukrainian politicians and foreign diplomats joined thousands marching in a gay pride parade in Kiev on Sunday, the biggest and most peaceful ever in the former Soviet country. …read more Source:...
Heavy police presence at Ukraine Pride march as anti-LGBT rights protesters target participants
Supporters of LGBT rights were accompanied by hundreds of police officers during a Pride march through the streets of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. …read more Source: London Evening...
MH370 shock theory: Russia ‘planned hijack to distract from Crimea annexation’ – expert
MALAYSIA AIRLINES flight 370 may have been hijacked by Russian military intelligence, according to an aviation expert on a documentary. …read more Source:...
In Moscow, Riyadh and Washington, this is the age of the shameless lie
As David Miliband argues in his Fulbright lecture, world leaders have found they can lie with impunity. We must not be complicit in their mendacityTruth or consequences, a parlour game in which players are penalised for dishonesty or wrongdoing, is mostly fun – but it also reflects a broad moral consensus about the unacceptability of lying. This...
The medical student who died of measles
The death of a student doctor from a preventable disease shows how Ukraine has become the measles capital of Europe. …read more Source:...
Chernobyl: Tour guide reveals only thing exclusion zone doesn’t have as city ‘rebuilds’
A CHERNOBLY tour guide singled-out one thing the radioactive city does not have that the rest of Ukraine does during a documentary. …read more Source:...
Ukraine president’s party keeps commanding poll lead ahead of July election
The new party set up by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who took office last month, maintained a commanding lead in an opinion poll published on Friday ahead of a snap parliamentary election next month. …read more Source:...
‘New blood’ in Ukraine parliament will ease reform path: Zelenskiy party chief
Ukraine can pass reforms to make politicians more accountable and lift a ban on the sale of farmland after lawmakers hostile to change are tossed out in a July snap election, the head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s party told Reuters. …read more Source:...
EU agrees to extend economic sanctions on Russia until 2020
European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to prolong until the end of January 2020 economic sanctions against Russia over the turmoil in Ukraine, a spokesman for the bloc said. …read more Source:...
EU agrees to extend Russia economic sanctions for six months: spokesman
European Union leaders unanimously agreed to extend sanctions against Russia for another six months because Moscow is not implementing the peace agreements for Ukraine, a spokesman said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
