Ukraine Orthodox Church wins independence
The spiritual head of Orthodox Christians worldwide formally granted independence to the Ukrainian church on Saturday, marking an historic split from Russia which Ukrainian leaders
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Ukraine bars entry to Russian men citing invasion fears
Ukraine on Friday banned Russian men of combat age from entering the country, a move introduced under martial law after Russia fired on and captured three
Putin defiant on Ukraine crisis despite Trump summit talks threat
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday shrugged off a threat from U.S. President Donald Trump to cancel a meeting with him due to Moscow’s seizure of
New challenges for Europe in the Black Sea-Azov region
By Boris Humeniuk ON February 2014 Russian armed aggression against the Ukrainian people began, this wasn’t recognized by Moscow yet. What is done by night
Archbishop sits on the fence in Russian-Ukraine religious fight
The Church of Cyprus on Friday said that it has excellent relations with all Christian Orthodox churches, after reports that the Russian ambassador to Nicosia
Thousands evacuated after explosions at Ukrainian ammo depot
Around 10,000 people were evacuated after a fire and explosions hit a defence ministry ammunition depot 176 kms (109 miles) east of the Ukrainian capital
Stepfather of ‘forgotten’ teen who sent plea to president is arrested
The stepfather of a 14-year-old boy who is suspected of beating the teen and his mother was arrested on Thursday afternoon. The stepfather is facing
Boy left forgotten at children’s shelter goes home after plea to president
By Evie Andreou A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY who was left forgotten for almost a month in a state shelter for minors even though allegations by his
Russian journalist Babchenko turns up alive after reported murder
A dissident Russian journalist who was reported murdered in Kiev dramatically reappeared alive on Wednesday in the middle of a briefing about his own killing
The failure of the ‘Novorossiya project’
By Boris Humeniuk FOUR years ago, after the so-called referendum in Crimea in March 2014, which took place under the conditions of military occupation of
Ukrainian energy ministry website hit by ransomware attack
Hackers took down the website of the Ukrainian energy and coal ministry on Tuesday, posting a message in English demanding a ransom paid in Bitcoin
Russian says Israeli bill on Ukraine’s Stalin-era deaths a ‘wrong step’
A Russian diplomat cautioned Israel on Wednesday over a proposed law that would formally recognise the deaths of millions of Ukrainians under Soviet rule as
Cyprus-based bank branch named in ‘Ukraine money-go-round’
By Natalia Zinets and Dasha Afanasieva When Ukrainian company Profit signed a $48.5 million deal with a British firm in 2014, it became part of
Nicosia Court freezes €685m in assets of Ukrainian oligarch
The Nicosia District Court on Monday extended a temporary order freezing up to $820m (€685m) in assets in the possession of Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov
Sale of Yanukovych’s frozen assets linked to Cyprus firms
Two Ukrainian oligarchs acquired Cyprus’s Quickpace Ltd, a company with $160m (€133m) in illicit frozen assets controlled by Ukraine’s ousted president Viktor Yanukovych, Aljazeera reported
EU to agree extending economic sanctions on Russia till mid-2018
European Union leaders will agree on Thursday to prolong for another six months the bloc’s economic sanctions on Russia, imposed over the annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea
Ukraine police fail to find Saakashvili in protest camp raid
Dozens of Ukrainian police in riot gear raided a protest camp outside parliament on Wednesday in a failed attempt to detain former Georgian president Mikheil
Supporters free ex-Georgian leader Saakashvili from police
Ukrainian supporters of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili freed him from a police van on Tuesday, after his detention on suspicion of assisting a criminal
Priorities for Ukraine: European Union integration
By Borys Humeniuk IN 2017, Ukraine has continued to implement structural reforms, generating positive trends in the economic and social sphere despite internal and external
