Many Americans get their knowledge of foreign countries from film and television, Let's just agree that all on-screen East European men are rogue security officers-turned-gangsters and East European women are prostitutes, or seductive spies at best. So this gives me, a confessed television addict, a chance to recall some stereotypical portrayals of Eastern Europeans on American television. I limited my quick survey only to television shows, because film -- well, the list would be simply too long.
About a dozen journalists rose from their seats and displayed posters condemning media censorship by the Ukrainian government during a speech by President Viktor Yanukovych.
The first day of school -- a time of butterflies in the stomach and big bows in the hair. RFE/RL photographers went back to school themselves to capture children in some of our broadcast countries on their first day back after the summer holidays. Even though September 1 fell on a Saturday this year, schools in countries throughout the former Soviet Union still welcomed students, while in other regions children started the school year on September 3.
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has criticized the outgoing European Union ambassador for his recent comments on the country's political situation.
Several hundred supporters of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko held a peaceful demonstration near the Supreme Court in Kyiv on August 29. The protest took place as the court rejected Tymoshenko's appeal against her conviction for abuse of office and the accompanying seven-year jail sentence. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
The Ukrainian Specialized Supreme Court has rejected former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's appeal against her abuse-of-office conviction and accompanying seven-year jail sentence.
Lawyers for jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko have presented their client's case to the European Court of Human Rights.
A high court in Ukraine will rule on August 29 on former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's appeal against her abuse-of-office conviction and seven-year prison sentence.
Ukraine has extradited to Russia one of two men who were allegedly plotting to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said he is interested in the export of Ukrainian high-tech products to Asian countries and said Ukraine would like to get observer status in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Eid al-Fitr celebrations mark the end of Ramadan, protests in Russia, Egypt and Israel, China's "facekini" craze, and National Flag Day in Ukraine.
President Viktor Yanukovych says Ukraine remains committed to European integration, but will not tolerate any meddling in its affairs.
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