Section: The United Kingdom
In the face of the ongoing conflict, Ukrainian fashion is having a moment
Last year, Ukrainian fashion week was a hotbed of protest; now designers are leaning on the country’s national dress to create a patriotic statementBohemian is fashion’s go-to spring trend and this season, it’s awash with the floral and ethereal. But this season, designers have been mining influence from a more niche aspect:...
Chernobyl fire: Ukraine’s biggest blaze in decades threatens to spread to nuclear plant
Ukrainian emergency services are on high alert as the country’s biggest forest fire in decades threatens to spread to the Chernobyl nuclear plant. …read more Source: The...
Forest fire near Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear zone under control: PM
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian fire fighters have contained a large forest fire that threatened to spread toward the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant and radiation levels in the area are normal, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine forest fire spreading towards Chernobyl
Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk insists that the situation is under control as emergency services battle to contain blaze …read more Source:...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday 29 Apr 2015
RELIEF GETS TO NEPAL VILLAGES AT LAST Aid is finally getting through to some of Nepals more remote villages, where people have been left wihout water or adequate food since Saturday’s huge earthquake, which killed at least 5,000. Officials have admitted they were slow to respond. One man was yesterday found alive after 80 hours buried in...
Fire breaks out near Chernobyl plant
Firefighters battle blaze in woods near Ukraine’s disused Chernobyl nuclear plant, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian leader’s firm says assets seized in Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – Russian authorities have seized the assets of a confectionery factory owned by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the Russian city of Lipetsk in order to block their sale, parent company Roshen said in a statement on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Mission to Kiev: Travelling with Juncker
European leader talks treaty change with BBC …read more Source:...
Ukrainian serviceman killed in rebel attacks in eastern Ukraine: Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and 14 others wounded as pro-Russian separatists significantly increased attacks on government forces despite a ceasefire, a spokesman for the Ukrainian military said on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
The Business: Tuesday April 28 2015
Company news, markets and financial talking points, available from 8am Monday to Friday OSBORNE FEARS GDP BOMBSHELL The political parties will be watching closely as GDP figures for the first quarter of 2015 are released today. Following a series of disappointing economic data over the first three months that may weigh on the UK’s...
