Ukraine's prosecutor-general says jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been notified that she is suspected of having ordered the murder of a Ukrainian lawmaker 16 years ago.
A zoo in Yalta in Ukraine's Crimea region is boasting the arrival of two new Amur tiger cubs. Also known as the Siberian tiger, the Amur -- the largest tiger subspecies -- came close to extinction in the 1960s.
The non-Baltic former Soviet Union now rivals the Middle East as one of the most politically and socially repressive regions in the world, according to the latest edition of "Freedom in the World," the annual report compiled by U.S.-based rights watchdog Freedom House.
A lawyer for Ukraine's jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko says what appear to be e-mails between his client and her political allies are fakes.
Four activists with the Ukrainian feminist organization Femen held a topless protest on St. Peter's Square to protest the Catholic Church's stand against same-sex marriage.
About 20 activists from Ukraine's nationalist Svoboda (Liberty) group have occupied a business center in Kyiv, calling for the demands of miners in eastern Luhansk region to be met.
The latest version of Apple's iconic iPhone, the iPhone 5, is 9 millimeters taller than its predecessor, but it doesn't hold a candle to an iPhone unveiled this week in St. Petersburg, Russia.
A giant 3-meter-tall black iPhone, with a working touch screen, was unveiled outside the St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics on January 9. It's a memorial honoring the contributions of Apple founder Steve Jobs. The screen displays video, photos and text documenting Jobs' remarkable life. It joins monuments to Jobs in Budapest and Odesa. (7 PHOTOS)
An exhibition of flowers encased in ice went on display in Kyiv on January 9. The organizers said the bouquets include more than a thousand different species of flowers from around the world. Some of the delicate pieces weigh as much as 250 kilograms. (AP).
Russian President Vladimir Putin's premier foreign-policy initiative, the Eurasian Customs Union, is showing unprecedented vitality. But the European Union says membership in the ECU is incompatible with closer economic ties with the EU. This confronts many former Soviet states -- especially Ukraine and Moldova -- with a stark choice.
Orthodox Christians around Europe and Russia celebrated Christmas on January 6 and 7 with liturgies, processions, and an array of local traditions to mark the holiday.
Ukraine says it is ending the practice of compulsory military service in 2013 and will move to a system of recruiting contract personnel.
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