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...
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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...
Dismissing Russian tactics as ‘hybrid warfare’ limits the West
Russia is convinced its foreign policy is no different from methods the US uses. But for observers to glibly sum up its tactics as ‘hybrid...
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...
Crimean Tatar leader jailed for stirring anti-Russia protests
A man who led protests against Russia’s plans to annex Crimea from Ukraine was jailed for eight years in the disputed territory on Monday –...
New York Times report links Trump advisor to Cypriot firms
Paul Manafort, a former advisor of US president Donald Trump, received loans totalling up to $17m (€19.6m) from entities belonging to a pro-Russia party in...
Ukraine says seized malware attack equipment used by Russia
Ukraine’s state security service (SBU) seized equipment it said belonged to Russian agents in May and June to launch cyber attacks against Ukraine and other...