Viktor Yanukovych to gain points from Bandera controversy - expert

It will be easy for Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to cancel his predecessor Viktor Yushchenko's January decree to award, amid much media hysteria, the honorary title of Hero of Ukraine to onetime Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera, a Polish analyst said Sunday.

// Mar. 07, 2010 - 17:55 GMT


Nationalists hold rally in Kiev to defend Ukrainian language

Ukrainian nationalist association Svoboda (Freedom) is holding a rally in the ex-Soviet state's capital Kiev to defend the Ukrainian language, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Sunday.

// Mar. 07, 2010 - 14:59 GMT


Latvian ruling party to appeal against ban on Waffen SS march

Latvia's ruling New Era party said on Sunday it would appeal against a decision by the Latvian capital's legislature to ban a demonstration by Waffen SS veterans and their supporters on March 16.

// Mar. 07, 2010 - 12:46 GMT


Ukraine may join Unified Economic Space on WTO terms - Yanukovych

Ukraine will join the Unified Economic Space of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan only on the conditions of the World Trade Organization, President Viktor Yanukovych said on Saturday.

// Mar. 06, 2010 - 19:00 GMT


Ukraine after presidential elections

// Mar. 06, 2010 - 03:22 GMT


Yanukovych's gas consortium plans come under criticism from Tymoshenko

Yulia Tymoshenko whose government was dismissed by Ukraine's parliament on Wednesday has criticized President Viktor Yanukovych's plans to create a gas transportation consortium.

// Mar. 06, 2010 - 03:22 GMT


Riga legislature bans Waffen SS demonstration

The Latvian capital's legislature, the Riga Duma, banned a demonstration by Waffen SS veterans and their supporters.

// Mar. 06, 2010 - 02:58 GMT


Tymoshenko criticizes Yanukovych's gas consortium plans

Yulia Tymoshenko whose government was dismissed by Ukraine's parliament on Wednesday has criticized President Viktor Yanukovych's plans to create a gas transportation consortium.

// Mar. 06, 2010 - 01:55 GMT


Tymoshenko not afraid to bear responsibility for work on premier post

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Friday she is not afraid to bear responsibility for her work on the prime ministerial post.

// Mar. 05, 2010 - 22:58 GMT


Yanukovych suspends membership in Party of Regions

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has suspended his membership in his Party of Regions and gave his powers to his party colleague Nikolai Azarov.

// Mar. 03, 2010 - 20:48 GMT