Section: The United Kingdom
Eurovision: Bulgaria’s Kostov can take part
Ukraine says Kristian Kostov’s visit to Russian-annexed Crimea in 2014 was apparently not illegal. …read more Source:...
Eurovision Song Contest: On-air marriage proposal steals the show
Macedonian entry Jana Burceska’s partner Alexander got down on one knee in front of the audience in Ukraine and popped the question. …read more Source:...
Volunteers in Ukraine: ‘If we want change, we have to inspire kids’
Our project teaching children to speak English is about cultural exchange and solidarity with our neighbours. This is how to reform a countryIn February 2014, 100 people – now known as the “heavenly hundred” – were shot dead by riot police during protests in Independence Square, Kiev. The “revolution of dignity” began as an outcry against the...
Eurovision Song Contest: Ireland knocked out
Brendan Murray’s hot-air balloon comes down with a bump after the second semi-final in Kiev. …read more Source:...
Eight songs to listen out for
What songs will make a splash in Kiev? We’ve listened to all of them so you don’t have to. …read more Source:...
Eurovsion: Anja Nissen becomes second Australian in 2017 final
Twenty-one-year-old from the Blue Mountain is representing her parents’ birth country Denmark in annual song contestAnja Nissen has become the second Australian through to the 2017 Eurovision grand final in Kiev, joining Isaiah Firebrace in the climax of the annual song contest. Related: Australia’s Isaiah Firebrace through to...
Sinister text messages reveal high-tech front in Ukraine war
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Ex-rebel leaders detail role played by Putin aide in east Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A top aide to Vladimir Putin decides how the pro-Moscow administration of eastern Ukraine is run and who gets what jobs there, three former rebel leaders said, challenging Kremlin denials that it calls the shots in the region. …read more Source:...
Ukraine spy agency ‘may have seen planting of bomb that killed journalist’
New film suggests an intelligence services agent was present when device was hidden under Pavel Sheremet’s car last JulyA new documentary film alleges that Ukraine’s spy agency may have witnessed the planting of a car bomb that killed a prominent journalist last July in Kiev.Pavel Sheremet had just left his home in the Ukrainian...
Banksy, “boy jobs” and the bedroom: Theresa and Philip May REVEAL ALL on The One Show
“I quite like ties. Jackets, stuff like that.” “There’s boy jobs and girl jobs, you see!” One minute into the Prime Minister’s first joint interview with her husband and they are already tenderly reinforcing gender norms. You see, Philip takes the bins out, while Theresa runs an election campaign (away from the public – which might be...
