Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Parliament Passes Constitutional Amendment To Reflect EU, NATO Aspirations
The Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has approved in its final reading a constitutional amendment that reflects the country’s strategic goal of becoming a member of NATO and the European Union. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Comedian who plays Ukraine’s president on TV leads real race
Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy stars in a TV show in which an everyman unexpectedly becomes president; now he is the leading candidate in the country’s real election …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine’s parliament votes to support NATO, EU aspirations
Ukraine’s parliament has passed constitutional amendment to commit to join NATO and the European Union …read more Source: ABC...
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, comedian who plays Ukraine’s president on TV, leads real race
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Volodymyr Zelenskiy has spent more than 20 years as a comedian in Ukraine peppering his stand-up routines with imitations of politicians. So when his production company needed an actor to play an everyman who unexpectedly becomes president, Zelenskiy was a clear choice. But in an example … …read more Source: The...
Developer says Trump wanted $20 million for 2006 Moscow project: report
A Ukrainian-Russian developer says President Trump in 2006 demanded $20 million for the right to use the Trump name on a real estate project in Moscow.Pavel Fuks recently told … …read more Source: The...
Trump Wanted $20 Million For 2006 Moscow Tower Deal, Oligarch Says
Trump wanted $20 million for a 2006 Trump Tower Moscow project that never materialized, his prospective business partner Russian-Ukrainian oligarch Pavel Fuchs told journalists in Kyiv this week. “He said $20 million is nothing,” Bloomberg quoted Fuchs as saying. “I said, no, it’s a lot of money. We couldn’t agree.” Fuchs, who says...
Serbia Rejects Report That Nation is Only ‘Partly Free’
Serbia’s prime minister on Wednesday rejected an independent freedom watchdog’s report that downgraded the Balkan country from “free” to “partly free.” In its annual global report this week, Freedom House said Serbia’s status declined because of “the deterioration in the conduct of elections, continued attempts by the government...
Ukraine’s exiled ex-president warns of possible vote rigging
Ukraine’s exiled former president, who was found guilty of fueling a deadly separatist conflict in the east, is warning of possible vote rigging in the country’s upcoming presidential election …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine’s exiled ex-president warns of possible vote rigging
Ukraine’s exiled former president, who was found guilty of fueling a deadly separatist conflict in the east, is warning of possible vote rigging in the country’s upcoming presidential election. Ukrainians … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
‘Lies And Hatred’: Ukrainian Ex-President Yanukovych Slams Treason Conviction, Blames Europe
Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine’s pro-Russia former president, has again rejected his conviction by a Ukrainian court on charges of high treason over attempts to quash a 2014 pro-Western uprising known as the Maidan protests. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
