Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Israel Wins Eurovision Song Contest Ahead Of Cyprus, Austria
Israel has won the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, beating out second-place Cyprus and third-place Austria at the annual pop-song festival seen by tens of millions of viewers around the world. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Merkel Slams Cease-Fire Violations In Eastern Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed deep concern about repeated violations of a cease-fire between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Portugal Hosting Eurovision Song Contest Final
Lisbon is hosting the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, the annual europop song fest that draws tens of millions of viewers from around the globe. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Attack On LGBTI Event In Kyiv Highlights Police Inaction, Says Watchdog
Members of a far-right Ukrainian group disrupted an LGBTI event in Kyiv on May 10 without Ukrainian police intervening to stop their actions, Amnesty International said in a May 11 statement. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Activists Storm TV Owner’s Home
Ukrainian nationalists broke through a police cordon to enter the house of opposition lawmaker Serhiy Lyovochkin, who is a co-owner of Inter TV. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Activists Storm TV Owner’s Home
Ukrainian nationalists broke through a police cordon to enter the house of opposition lawmaker Serhiy Lyovochkin, a co-owner of Inter TV. The radical activists were angered after a statement against the renaming of streets for World War II-era Ukrainian nationalists was removed from a broadcast. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Eurovision Finals To Include Serb, Moldovan, Ukrainian Performers; Russia Voted Out
The Eurovision Song Contest has completed its lineup of 26 contestants who will face off for this year’s crown, following a second semifinal event. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Official Doused With Filthy Fluid In Kyiv By Ukrainian Nationalists
The director of a Russian cultural office in Ukraine’s capital has been drenched with a bucketful of green antiseptic liquid mixed with feces, with a Ukrainian nationalist group saying it wanted to send him a message. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Separatists Parade Banned Heavy Weapons In Donetsk
The city of Donetsk in a separatist-held area in eastern Ukraine held a Victory Day parade on May 9 despite a ban on such celebrations in Ukraine as well as on the tanks and other heavy weapons featured in the parade. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainians Use Cushion Diplomacy To Fight Champions League Price Gouging
Free couches go to war with the free market as Ukrainians fight back against a Champions League accommodation crisis. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
