Siemens CEO’s cheap excuses for Crimea sanctions breach VS the facts
On 23 September 2017, Siemens' CEO Joe Kaeser gave an interview with the German outlet Spiegel in which he said…
EU Parliament demands Russia release 47 Ukrainian de facto political prisoners, urges sanctions
The European Parliament (EP) urges the Russian regime to end repression against representatives of the Crimean Tatar people…
Ukraine’s law enforcers bust gang plotting to blow up Hungarian monuments
On 2 October 2017, Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) reported it detained a gang plotting to blow up a Hungarian…
Lviv: the city with (possibly) the most lions in the world | Photos
The west-Ukrainian city of Lviv could very well be a world record-setter by the number of lions on…
Experts weigh in on Ukraine’s hotly debated new minority language policy
On 28 September 2017, Ukraine's new law on education entered into force. Called to advance Ukraine's badly needed…
Russia set to cut funding of proxy “republics” in Donbas in favor of Crimea – media
The Russian government intends to stop the "humanitarian assistance to certain territories" in favor of financing projects in…
Ukraine’s new education law unleashes international storm over minority language status
On 5 September 2017, Ukraine's Parliament passed a new education law called to advance the much-needed education reform.…
Another “terrorist”? Russian FSB kidnaps, tortures Crimean Tatar to obtain false “confession”
Early morning September 13, unknown people in masks and FSB attire broke into the house where local merchant Renat…
EU Delegation, civic society insist Ukraine show the door to dishonest Supreme Court candidates
As the selection process to Ukraine's top judicial institution, the Supreme Court, enters its final phase, the EU…
Russian FSB accuses Ukrainian teen it abducted of “terrorism”
Russia's FSB has confirmed that the Ukrainian teenager Pavlo Hryb, who went missing in Belarus on 24 August…
Ukrainian Berkut police suspected of Euromaidan massacre now in Russia’s service?
On 20 February 2014, 48 participants of Ukraine's pro-western Euromaidan protests were shot by the Berkut riot police. Shortly after,…
Scandal as Dutch companies help build bridge to occupied Crimea, violating sanctions
The Dutch government will investigate the legality of the participation of two local companies in the construction of…
Russian pranksters “interrogate” Ukrainian missile plant director, find no North Korean trace
As the story that started from the NYT article about Ukraine allegedly supplying missile engines to North Korea…
“Unprofessional slander.” Ukrainian rocket experts slam NYT accusations of North Korean leak
On 14 August 2017, the New York Times published an article by Pulitzer winning journalists William Broad and…