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Ukraine's parliament approves new law banning anti-Semitism

Hate speech directed towards Jewish citizens, buildings, and communities will be punished under the legislation.

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Ukraine is hoping to win big after liberalising its gambling market

Casinos, slot machines and internet betting were banned in Ukraine after a deadly fire at a gaming hall in 2009. More than a decade later, Kyiv is betting big on opening up the market once more.

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Zelenskyy vows strong response after gunmen fire at chief aide's car

More than 10 bullets hit the vehicle during the attack near Kyiv at 10 am local time on Wednesday.

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LGBTQ supporters march in Kyiv and in Belgrade

Thousands of people gathered in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to take part in the annual Pride march in support of the country's LGBTQ community.

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Russian elections in Crimea & eastern Ukraine are 'illegal', says Kyiv

Russia has distributed over 600,000 passports in pro-separatist eastern Ukraine in recent months to encourage residents to vote.

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Ukraine: Regional official among two people killed in Dnipro car bomb

Ukraine's Security Service has launched a terror investigation after a man and a woman were killed in an explosion in Dnipro.

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'Our great state deserves an Olympics,' says Ukraine's president

The next available winter games to bid for are in 2030

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Cycling tours are latest trend in Chernobyl

Keen cyclists are heading to Chernobyl for an active holiday with scenic routes. It's a new type of tourism for the Exclusion Zone, 35 years after the world's worst nuclear disaster.

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'We’re still furious': Oleg Sentsov premieres 'Rhino' in Venice

“Twenty-five years ago, the growth of the criminal world was huge, after the fall of the USSR. President Yanukovych was the same kind of ‘Rhino’ from this world, he was our President who did terrible things," says Sentsov.

Russia

As Nord Stream 2 is completed, Ukraine pledges to continue its fight

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described the new gas pipeline as a powerful geopolitical weapon for Russia.

Money

Ukraine has just passed a new cryptocurrency law. What will change?

Ukraine is the fifth country in as many weeks to set up ground rules for digital currencies, following El Salvador’s move to use Bitcoin as legal tender.

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Nine miners killed after underground lift breaks in eastern Ukraine

The steel cable holding the lift broke as the men descended to the bottom of a mine shaft, emergency services said.

Netherlands

MH17 investigators appeal to Russians for help over missile

The international team investigating the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine has appealed to Russian citizens for information.

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President Joe Biden promises Ukraine that U.S. will be a better ally

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was paying a long-awaited trip to the White House.

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Ukraine's leader to talk with Biden on security, Russian gas

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called Washington's failure to block the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany a grave political error.

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Ukraine 'has very significant international support' over Crimea

It comes as Ukraine marked 30 years since it decided to leave the Soviet Union.

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Ukraine celebrates 30th independence anniversary with military parade

Ukraine celebrates the 30th anniversary of its independence with a military parade, a day after Kyiv and its Western allies agreed to work towards "peacefully" ending Russia's "occupation" of Crimea in a summit that sparked anger in Moscow.

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Ukrainian independence at 30: is an identity its greatest triumph?

“People didn’t feel like Ukrainians. They didn’t have their own identity, but this situation is changing. You can see that people are becoming aware of the fact, that they are one nation. Maybe the war in the East is the reason that they embraced their identity," one onlooker tells Euronews.

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Confusion in Kyiv amid claims Kabul evacuation plane was 'hijacked'

Ukraine's deputy foreign minister claimed an aircraft was "de facto hijacked" from Kabul airport before heading to Iran.

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Ukrainian-born Igor Vovkovinskiy, tallest man in the US, dies at 38

Igor Vovkovinskiy, who was the tallest man in the United States, died of heart disease on Friday in Minnesota, his family said.