Section: The United Kingdom
Poroshenko leaves mixed legacy in Ukraine
Defeated president made progress with reforms but failed to tackle corruption …read more Source: Financial...
UK’s May assures Ukraine’s new president of continued support
Prime Minister Theresa May told Ukraine’s President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a congratulatory call on Tuesday that Britain would continue to support his country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, her office said. …read more Source:...
Merkel speaks to Ukraine’s new president, invites him to Germany
Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by telephone on Tuesday with Ukraine’s newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and invited him to Germany, a German government spokeswoman said. …read more Source:...
EU steadfast in support for Ukraine, EU’s Tusk tells new Ukraine leader
The European Union is steadfast in its support for Ukraine, European Council president Donald Tusk said in a tweet on Tuesday after a telephone conversation with Ukraine’s president-elect, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. …read more Source:...
Putin not planning talks with Ukraine’s new president: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning talks with Ukraine’s newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Kremlin aide Yuri Uskakov told reporters on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Zelensky plans to clean up parliament and military
The new president’s team targets MPs’ immunity from prosecution and purchases made by the military. …read more Source:...
Zelenskiy faces battles with Ukraine’s hostile parliament
Before Ukraine’s new president Volodymyr Zelenskiy was even elected, an opposition leader was plotting to curb his powers and make it easier for him to be impeached. …read more Source:...
Comedy is a tool, a trick – Ukraine will soon see, running a country is no joke | Jack Bernhardt
Volodymyr Zelenskiy is not interested in building a vision for the future, but on denigrating everything that came beforeAs a comedy writer, I tell myself lies to make myself feel better about my life decisions. “That two-star review reads more like a four!” “If I lived in the 1960s I’d definitely have been in Monty Python!” “My wife...
As the bookseller said to the archbishop | Brief letters
Extinction Rebellion | Bookstore surprises | Rabbits | Comedians in power | BrexitYour coverage of the Extinction Rebellion protest has been exemplary. In line with their demand to “tell the truth”, perhaps headlines about climate change affecting us right now could take a less celebratory tone (Temperature records tumble as UK basks in Easter...
Zelenskiy’s victory in Ukraine was extraordinary. But now he faces a real test | Katya Gorchinskaya
The new president’s promise to take on the establishment will lead to questions over the oligarch who backed himOn Sunday night, Volodymyr Zelenskiy jumped up and down on stage as exit poll results flashed on a giant screen behind him. He now knew he would be Ukraine’s next president. Zelenskiy kissed his wife, high-fived his team,...
