Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukrainian Journalists’ Union Demands Release Of Reporter Held In Belarus
The head of Ukraine’s National Union of Journalists (NUJU) is demanding the release of a Ukrainian radio correspondent being held in Belarus. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Anticorruption Bureau Investigating Prosecutor-General
Ukrainian anticorruption investigators have opened a criminal case into suspected unlawful enrichment by the country’s powerful prosecutor-general, Yuriy Lutsenko. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
OSCE Head Says Minsk Must Be Implemented, With Or Without Peacekeepers
The head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said that regardless of a potential UN peacekeeping operation in eastern Ukraine — where government forces are have been battling pro-Russian separatists since 2014 — both sides must implement the full range of measures in the Minsk peace agreements. In an interview...
Senior U.S. Diplomat Warns Of Russia’s ‘Clear, Real’ Threat To The West
A senior U.S. State Department official says Russia’s actions over the past decade have shown that Moscow’s willingness to violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of other nations is “real” and not “simply rhetorical.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU Commissioner Confident Of Reduction Of Roaming Charges For Eastern Partners
Johannes Hahn, the EU’s European neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations commissioner, says he is working on lowering the roaming tariffs between the EU and Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, and is aiming for their eventual abolition. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Parliament Passes Bill To Protect Businesses From Abuse By Law Enforcement
The Ukrainian parliament has passed a bill that amends existing legislation to protect businesses against extortion, harassment, and illegal searches by law enforcement agencies. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian-Appointed Judges In Occupied Crimea Convict Ukrainian As ‘Saboteur’
Russian-appointed court officials in Ukraine’s occupied Crimean Peninsula have convicted a Ukrainian citizen on charges of attempted sabotage and illegally possessing weapons, sentencing the man to five years in prison. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyrgyz President-Elect’s Brother Appointed Ambassador To Ukraine
A brother of Kyrgyzstan’s president-elect, Sooronbai Jeenbekov, has been appointed as Kyrgyzstan’s new ambassador to Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyiv Welcomes ‘Any Steps’ By Russia To Revive Exchanges With Separatists
Ukraine’s main security agency says it welcomes “any steps” by Russia that would facilitate exchanges of people held by Kyiv and the Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU Parliament Hails Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova Reforms; Eyes Russia Pressure
European Parliament lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a resolution praising reforms in Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova and said the three former Soviet republics could eventually be considered for membership in the European Union. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
