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Russia arrests retired officer accused of spying for Ukraine
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Ukraine MUST get visa-free travel to EU, nation demands as it offers more trade
UKRAINE refused to budge in its drive to secure controversial visa-free access to Europe for its 40 million citizens its president Petro Poroshenko heads to Brussels to drum up trade with the bloc. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko to hear some praise, calls to do more at summit with EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders will praise Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday for his reform efforts but behind the scenes the EU is losing patience over Kiev’s slow fight against corruption and the intractable conflict in the country’s east. …read more Source:...
Russia detains former Navy official in Crimea for spying for Ukraine: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a former Russian navy official in Crimea who is accused of spying for the Ukrainian military, Interfax news agency cited the FSB as saying on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s US lesson in self-defence
Military personnel from the US army are training Ukrainian troops. …read more Source:...
Ukraine corruption and Russian aggression both on table at EU summit
Ahead of an anti-corruption meeting with EU, Ukraine says the focus should be on Russian aggression. …read more Source:...
A poor choice of words to describe rich people | Brief letters
Plastic packaging | The lure of London | Lewis Carroll’s Latin pun | ‘Ultra-high-net-worth individuals’ | Yugoslavia | Humanities v sciences | HyggeIf we are not recycling all our plastic waste, largely because many councils cannot deal with all the variations (Just a third of plastic is recycled, survey shows, 22 November), why are...
Ukraine names woman, 23, anti-corruption head
A young graduate is chosen to lead Ukraine’s anti-corruption drive, the second such appointment this month. …read more Source:...
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Ukraine’s volatile political scene is rocked by a scandal over age and gender. …read more Source:...
Ukraine appoints law graduate, 23, to lead purge campaign
Anna Kalynchuk’s lustration department will seek out corrupt officials, with justice minister saying she was chosen on meritUkraine’s justice minister has appointed a 23-year-old law graduate to lead a campaign to purge officials tainted by corruption of the ousted regime.The “lustration” move was a key demand of anti-government...
