Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine Officials Say Offered $6 Million To Drop Probe Into Gas Company, But No Bidens Link
Ukrainian officials say they were offered $6 million in bribes to end a criminal investigation into the head of a gas company where the son of former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden served on the board. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Cancels Meetings After Wife Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will switch to “a special work mode” after his wife tested positive for coronavirus. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO Grants Ukraine ‘Enhanced Opportunities Partner’ Status
NATO has entered a closer partnership with Ukraine, recognizing the former Soviet republic as an enhanced opportunities partner (EOP) after Kyiv demonstrated its “commitment to Euro-Atlantic security.” …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
COVID-19: Armenia Extends State Of Emergency; Ukraine’s First Lady Tests Positive
Armenia’s government has extended the current state of emergency by another month given the “tense” situation that remains surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Resumes Military Aid To Ukraine With Release Of $250 Million In Assistance
The U.S. Defense Department has announced a resumption of millions of dollars in military assistance to Ukraine after it was frozen last year, putting it at the heart of the impeachment of President Donald Trump. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Surrogate Babies United With Parents As Ukrainian Lockdown Eases
Babies born to surrogate mothers in Ukraine were handed over to several Argentinian couples after the country’s coronavirus lockdown prevented them from getting their children for two months. After self-isolation and testing negative on COVID-19, they received their infants on June 10 in Kyiv. Because of travel restrictions, a total of 125...
Babies Born To Surrogates In Ukraine Finally Meet Parents After Pandemic Restrictions Ease
Foreign couples who waited two months because of coronavirus-related border closures have finally collected their biological babies from surrogate mothers in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko Suspect In Alleged Illegal Move Of Paintings
Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) has announced that prosecutors consider former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko a suspect in a case about the alleged illegal transfer of valuable paintings across the border. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
IMF Approves $5 Billion In Aid For Ukraine To Shore Up Economy Wracked By Coronavirus
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says its executive board has approved an 18-month, $5 billion stand-by arrangement for Ukraine aimed at helping the country cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Defense Requests More Time In Dutch MH17 Trial After Virus Delays
Lawyers for a Russian suspect in the trial in absentia of four men accused of downing flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 have requested more time to prepare their case saying that the coronavirus pandemic has severely impeded their efforts to defend their client. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
