Seven people in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil have died from an unknown flu virus, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.
From Kyiv to Tbilisi and from Warsaw to Prague, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has been insisting that Washington stands by its friends in the former communist bloc -- even as it seeks better relations with Moscow. So how's he doing?
Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko says members of a radical Islamic movement arrested on October 26 planned to kill the leader of the Crimean Tatars, Mustafa Dzhemilev, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.
What's your idea of the best place in which to live? Many people would probably answer that palm trees and a gleaming beach would be a good start to their idea of earthly paradise. But in real life, the country which scores best on a whole range of economic and quality-of-life issues is a good deal colder.
The International Monetary Fund said economic and financial conditions in Ukraine had stabilized but said it needs assurances that wage increases approved by the country's parliament will be vetoed before any further collaboration.
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has formally joined the race to become Ukraine's next president, pledging to move Ukraine closer to Europe. Tymoshenko's party nominated her as its candidate at a rally October 24 attended by thousands of supporters.
A group in the Ukrainian city of Lviv has started gathering oral histories of the victims of the Communist regime, to be collected at a special library, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.
Five people have applied to be registered as candidates in Ukraine's January 2010 presidential election, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.
Mobile phone and Internet growth has remained strong despite the global economic crisis -- and one of the fastest-growing areas is Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union. That's according to a new report by the UN's trade body.
Former Czech President Vaclav Havel talks in a wide-ranging RFE/RL interview about what he expects to hear from U.S. Vice President Joe Biden when he visits the Czech Republic this week. The man many credit with leading Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution also talks about Russia and NATO enlargement. The interview was conducted by RFE/RL correspondents Jeremy Bransten and Kathleen Moore.
As U.S. Vice President Joe Biden begins his travels through Central Europe, arguably the region's loudest voice for strong trans-Atlantic ties, former Czech President Vaclav Havel, is up-front with RFE/RL about what he expects to hear: a clear vision of American policy for the region.
"Politicians for sale! Get your politician here!" These are the slogans a youth organization in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv used at an auction of dolls depicting some of the country's leading politicians, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.
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