Section: US & Canada
Ukraine presidential favorite Zelensky skips live TV debate – but it doesn’t matter, experts say
The favorite to win Ukraine’s presidential election this weekend caused a stir on Sunday by skipping a live televised debate. …read more Source:...
Ukraine presidential favorite Zelensky skips live TV debate – but it doesn’t matter, experts say
The favorite to win Ukraine’s presidential election this weekend caused a stir on Sunday by skipping a live televised debate with incumbent Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source:...
As Russia Touts Expanded Arctic Sea Routes, US Observers See Veiled Threat
This story originated in VOA’s Russian Service. WASHINGTON – At this year’s International Arctic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russian leaders made the most peaceable statements to date about Moscow’s long-term plans for the a rapidly melting Arctic. Answering questions during the forum’s international plenary session,...
Lukashenka Invited To Brussels Dinner
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has been invited to a dinner hosted by European Council President Donald Tusk to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership in Brussels on May 13. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
In One-Man ‘Debate,’ Ukraine President Makes Pitch and Mocks Rival
A race between a chocolate tycoon and a comedian who appears to be the front-runner took another unusual turn. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko Takes Supporters Into Stadium
After Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko addressed supporters and responded to journalists’ questions on April 14, he took a crowd of supporters inside Olimpiyskiy Stadium, where his rival, actor and film producer Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has challenged him to stage a debate before the April 21 presidential runoff. The crowd was taking...
With No Rival To Debate, Poroshenko Talks To Journalists, Supporters
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko arrived for a presidential debate at Kyiv’s Olimpiyskiy Stadium on April 14. His rival in the April 21 presidential runoff, actor and film producer Volodymyr Zelenskiy, did not show up after insisting that he would only debate on April 19. Poroshenko first addressed his supporters outside the stadium and...
Ukraine president holds 1-man ‘debate’ before runoff vote
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stood next to an empty lectern bearing his election rival’s name and used a solo appearance at Ukraine’s largest sports stadium Sunday to lash out at the race’s inexperienced front-runner as a “virtual candidate.” …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine’s president left to debate himself as comedian leading polls is a no-show
Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who won the first round of the presidential election, has said he will take part in a debate on April 19. …read more Source:...
UK police say man held in hospital after embassy car-ramming
British police say a man suspected of purposefully driving into parked cars in front of the Ukrainian Embassy in London has been hospitalized for mental health treatment. …read more Source: FOX...
