Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine's parliamentary speaker set to become new PM

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has signalled his support for parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Groysman to replace him after tendering his

10/04/2016

Ukraine

Ukrainian activists protest against police corruption

Ukrainian activists burned tyres and confronted police outside a presidential office in Kyiv to protest against corruption in the justice system

08/04/2016

Ukraine

Ukraine: Disappointment at Dutch rejection of EU partnership deal

There was consternation in Kyiv on Thursday that closer ties with Europe have been dealt a blow by Dutch voters in a referendum which resoundingly

07/04/2016

Ukraine

Ukraine: Poroshenko denies tax-dodging in 'Panama Papers' leak

Confectionery tycoon turned President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, one of the most high-profile names in the ‘Panama Papers’ data leak, is

06/04/2016

Ukraine

Panama Papers: Ukraine's President Poroshenko insists offshore assets are clean

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday (April 4) he had done nothing wrong, after lawmakers called for an investigation into allegations

04/04/2016

Ukraine

Poroshenko defends offshore assets amid 'Panama Papers' leak

The Ukrainian President says he's done nothing wrong, as lawmakers call for an investigation into allegations he used an offshore firm to avoid tax.

04/04/2016

Ukraine

Confusion over trial of Ukrainian pilot

Nadia Savchenko's case has been heard by a Russian court

21/03/2016

Ukraine

$2 to deploy, $1,000 to remove: Ukraine's landmine tragedy

The Ukrainian military has revealed to euronews it is deploying devices targeting individuals as well as vehicles in the east of the country.

17/03/2016

Ukraine

Resilience and rebuilding – tales from a war-torn Ukraine hospital

14/03/2016

Ukraine

Ukraine still suffering from Chernobyl fallout

According to scientific tests on behalf of Greenpeace, 30 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, people are still exposed to high levels

10/03/2016

Ukraine

Angry protesters in Kyiv call on Moscow to release pilot Savchenko

Angry demonstrators pelted the Russian embassy in Kyiv with eggs and rocks on Sunday. Protesters were calling for the release of a former military

06/03/2016

Ukraine

Kyiv protests Russian trial of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko

Some 2,000 people have taken part in a rally in Kyiv’s Independence Square, calling for the release of a Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia. Nadia

06/03/2016

Ukraine

Jamala: Ukrainian Eurovision song is about remembering past not politics of present

04/03/2016

Sport

Champions League: Man City beat Dynamo Kyiv to close in on quarter-finals

Manchester City edged closer to securing a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions league after beating Dynamo Kyiv 3-1 in the first leg of

24/02/2016

Ukraine

Germany and France demand more reforms from Kyiv ahead of key talks

The foreign ministers of France and Germany are in Ukraine to urge Kyiv to continue on its reformist path.

23/02/2016

Ukraine

Reforms in spotlight as French and German ministers meet Ukraine's Poroshenko

Foreign ministers from Germany and France have flown to Kyiv, to push Ukraine to move forward reforms needed for the Minsk peace agreement

23/02/2016

Ukraine

Ukraine's Crimean Tatar protest song Eurovision choice likely to irk Russia

Ukrainian music lovers have chosen their entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, and the television audience decided to stick two fingers in

22/02/2016

Ukraine

Ukraine marks two years since Maidan

Thousands gather in Maidan Victims given national honour Ukraine still in the grip of political turmoil Thousands of people have gathered in

20/02/2016

Ukraine

Ukrainian soldiers swapped for rebel fighters and a priest

Three Ukrainian soldiers have been exchanged for five rebel fighters and one Orthodox priest. The swap was made just north of the rebel stronghold of

20/02/2016

Ukraine

Ukraine: four dead as bus trips mine in divided Donetsk

At least four people have been killed after a bus drove over a mine in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.

10/02/2016

Ukraine

IMF warns Ukraine to tackle corruption or bailout stops

The International Monetary Fund has warned Ukraine that it will block its $40bn bailout programme if Kyiv fails to confront crippling corruption.

10/02/2016

Ukraine

Eastern Ukraine struggles to survive across rebel dividing line

No jobs. Little left standing. A long wait to cross a frontier made by a war few Ukrainian farmers understand, and which cuts them off from their market...if they could grow anything. Near Luhansk, li

09/02/2016

Culture news

Ukrainian talent sparkles in Fashion Days Kiev

More than 60 designers presented their 2016 Fall/Winter collections at the fifth edition of Kiev Fashion Days. Ukrainian designer Anna K. is a

09/02/2016

Ukraine

Normal life in East Ukraine waits on demining efforts

Wednesday is the first anniversary of the Minsk agreement that was supposed to end the crisis between Ukraine and Russia. Mapping and clearing the

08/02/2016

Ukraine

Ukraine's economy minister resigns saying he has 'no desire to be a screen for brazen corruption'

Ukraine’s economy minister Aivaras Abromavicius has resigned claiming senior figures within the government of President Petro Poroshenko attempted to

03/02/2016

Ukraine

Life on the frontline in Ukraine a year on from Minsk peace deal

The scars of conflict run deep in eastern Ukraine and not just through the ruined homes. Zolotoe 3 is a village in the Luhansk region just two

03/02/2016