Section: The United Kingdom
Belgian, Ukrainian, Serbian artists win cartoon contest
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IMF urges Ukraine to stick with reform effort
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Jeff Koons accused of copying Ukrainian artist’s work
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Ukraine and Russia are both trapped by the war in Donbas
ON APRIL 12TH 2014 Igor Girkin, a former Russian military officer also known as “Strelkov” (“Shooter”), sneaked across the border into Ukraine’s Donbas region with a few dozen men and took control of the small town of Sloviansk, igniting Europe’s bloodiest war since the 1990s. To create the impression of strength, Mr Girkin, an...
Ukraine is struggling with corruption, sometimes successfully
UKRAINE is fighting two wars. One is near its eastern border, where it faces Russian aggression. The other is at its core, where it is wrestling with some of the worst corruption of any post-Soviet state. The war against corruption is only starting, and the fighting is carried out office by office, ministry by ministry. Naftogaz, a state oil and...
Russia NO, Trade NO: Trump and Tusk fail to agree on ANY major issues in EU war of words
DONALD Trump’s visit to Brussels has got off to a terrible start with the US leader and the bloc failing to agree on the most troubling issues on the table. …read more Source:...
Fighting corruption, Ukraine starts to judge its judges
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian judge Artur Yemelianov has acknowledged in an online declaration that he owns a Breguet watch worth nearly a third of his annual salary and keeps piles of cash. …read more Source:...
Creator of Ukrainian anti-graft database accused of embezzlement: prosecutor
KIEV (Reuters) – The head of a Ukrainian software firm tasked with building a landmark anti-corruption computer program is suspected of stealing Western funds from the project and funneling the cash overseas, General Prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Donald Trump’s EU visit offers chance to resolve Ukraine conflict
Careful US diplomacy can repair relations with Moscow and hasten peace in the east …read more Source: Financial...
Ukrainian hacker gets prison in U.S. insider trading case
(Reuters) – A Ukrainian computer hacker was sentenced on Monday to 2-1/2 years in prison over his role in a global scheme to conduct insider trading based on stolen, yet-to-be-published corporate news releases, U.S. prosecutors said. …read more Source:...
