http://www.rferl.org/archive/Ukraine/latest/670/670.html RFE/RL's latest news, features, commentary, and multimedia content on Ukraine http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo_RFERL.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/Ukraine/latest/670/670.html en-US Copyright 2010 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:30:37 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Two days after a Ukrainian court upholds a ban on the gay-rights event, a "KyivPride-2013" Committee spokeswoman tells RFE/RL that gay-rights defenders have "a plan B" and the weekend event will take place anyway. http://www.rferl.org/content/gay-ukraine-pride-parade-ban-kyiv/24995945.html http://www.rferl.org/content/gay-ukraine-pride-parade-ban-kyiv/24995945.html Fri, 24 May 2013 08:27:15 +0000 Ukraine RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service The court on May 23 upheld a suit by Kyiv authorities, who say the rally, which gay rights activists had planned to hold on May 25, would disrupt celebrations for the annual Kyiv Day that will take place on the same day. http://www.rferl.org/content/gay-ukraine-pride-rally-banned/24995445.html http://www.rferl.org/content/gay-ukraine-pride-rally-banned/24995445.html Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:36 +0000 Ukraine Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has rescinded his decision to bar 10 journalists from covering cabinet meetings. http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-journalists-protest/24994764.html http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-journalists-protest/24994764.html Thu, 23 May 2013 08:41:45 +0000 Ukraine In a new report, the global rights group Amnesty International documents abuses in 159 countries and territories that it says were "inflicted by those in power on those who stand in the way of their vested interests." http://www.rferl.org/content/amnesty-report-2012-human-rights-abuses/24994310.html http://www.rferl.org/content/amnesty-report-2012-human-rights-abuses/24994310.html Wed, 22 May 2013 23:01:26 +0000 Features RFE/RL A man suspected in the beating of two journalists in Kyiv on May 18 has been released on bail. http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-prime-minister-azarov-bars-journalists/24993955.html http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-prime-minister-azarov-bars-journalists/24993955.html Wed, 22 May 2013 13:18:17 +0000 Ukraine A man suspected of beating two journalists in Kyiv on May 18 has been arrested. http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-attack-journalists-suspect-arrested/24992580.html http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-attack-journalists-suspect-arrested/24992580.html Tue, 21 May 2013 10:30:18 +0000 Ukraine RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service Sixty-one Ukrainian lawmakers have signed a petition urging Kyiv's mayor to ban a gay-pride parade in the Ukrainian capital scheduled for May 25. http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-gay-rights/24991576.html http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-gay-rights/24991576.html Mon, 20 May 2013 12:07:54 +0000 Ukraine Pro- and antigovernment protesters square off in rival demonstrations in the Ukrainian capital soon after leaders of the three main opposition factions in the Ukrainian parliament agree to cooperate on backing a single candidate to oppose incumbent Viktor Yanukovych in presidential elections in 2015. http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-protests-politics/24990148.html http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-protests-politics/24990148.html Sat, 18 May 2013 13:55:09 +0000 Ukraine RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service Ukraine's lawmakers have postponed a debate over a new antidiscrimination law after demonstrators protested outside the parliament in Kyiv. http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-discrimination-law-parliament/24985506.html http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-discrimination-law-parliament/24985506.html Tue, 14 May 2013 09:57:24 +0000 Ukraine Two members of a Russian ultranationalist group allegedly involved in high-profile killings have been arrested in Serbia and Ukraine. http://www.rferl.org/content/russian-ultranationalists-detained-killings/24984474.html http://www.rferl.org/content/russian-ultranationalists-detained-killings/24984474.html Mon, 13 May 2013 10:57:44 +0000 Russia Ukraine's foreign minister says he will urge U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to look beyond the case of Ukraine's jailed former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, and focus on areas of cooperation between the countries. http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-fm-kozhara-tymoshenko-kerry-meeting-osce/24981794.html http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-fm-kozhara-tymoshenko-kerry-meeting-osce/24981794.html Thu, 09 May 2013 20:31:22 +0000 News Richard Solash Stefan Fuele, the European Union commissioner for enlargement and neighborhood policy, has called on the EU-hopeful countries of the Eastern Partnership and the Western Balkans to do more to prove their commitment to democratic values. Correspondent Daisy Sindelar spoke to Fuele during his visit to RFE/RL headquarters in Prague on May 9. http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-fuele-eu-enlargement-fule-stefan/24981706.html http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-fuele-eu-enlargement-fule-stefan/24981706.html Thu, 09 May 2013 17:11:21 +0000 Features Daisy Sindelar The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the detention of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko before and during her trial on abuse-of-office charges was arbitrary and a violation of her rights. http://www.rferl.org/content/tymoshenko-strasbourg-rights/24972538.html http://www.rferl.org/content/tymoshenko-strasbourg-rights/24972538.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:19:47 +0000 Ukraine RFE/RL Ukraine's presidential pardon commission says it is too soon to consider pardoning jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. http://www.rferl.org/content/tymoshenko-pardon/24970443.html http://www.rferl.org/content/tymoshenko-pardon/24970443.html Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:45:54 +0000 Ukraine Ukrainians have held a memorial ceremony in a downtown Kyiv church to honor the victims of the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear-power plant disaster. http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-chornobyl-anniversary/24969044.html http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-chornobyl-anniversary/24969044.html Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:27:00 +0000 Ukraine