Trump impeachment hearings focus on Ukraine pressure campaign
The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testifying on Wednesday in the first televised hearing of the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, linked him more directly to...
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Archbishop calls Russian Patriarch’s attitude to Greek Church ‘unacceptable’
The Patriarch of Moscow’s move to overlook the name of Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece during a divine liturgy on Sunday was...
Ukraine: 28 years of struggle for Independence
By Boris Humeniuk ON AUGUST 24, the Ukrainian nation celebrated its main state holiday – Independence Day. On this very day back in 1991 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Parliament)...
Ukraine investigates grenade attack on Kiev TV station
Ukrainian authorities said on Saturday they were investigating an attack on a Kiev television station owned by an opposition election candidate, which caused damage but...
Ukraine ex-president Poroshenko summoned for questioning
Detectives from Ukraine’s state investigation bureau have summoned former president Petro Poroshenko for questioning, the bureau said on Thursday. “We confirmed that he will be...
Party of Ukraine’s new president leads parliamentary vote race
A party set up by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who took office in May, is the most popular political movement in the country, according to...
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...
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...
