Klitschko leads 15 000 protesters demanding release of ex-PM
Ukraine's world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko has led protesters through the streets of Kiev demanding the release of jailed former prime minister.
Protecting human rights - or hate?
Elton John writes about how the Ukraine now threatens the freedom of gay people to express themselves or even speaking openly about homosexuality.
Former Ukraine minister to be charged with murder
Ukraine's jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko's problems mounted after a prosecutor said he was planning to charge her for a 1996 murder.
Racism could turn Ukraine Euro 2012 into PR disaster
On the eve of the Euro 2012 football championships Ukraine is staring at nothing less than a full-blown PR disaster, writes Luke Harding.
SA women's hockey tops Poland in Olympic qualifier
South Africa scored twice in the second half to get their Olympic women's hockey qualifying bid off to a superb start in New Delhi, India.
Ukraine cold spell takes 101 casualties so far
Thirty-eight more people have died from extremely cold weather in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, bringing to 101 the toll from freezing temperatures.
Bare-breasted protesters upstage Ukraine's Euro draw
Five Ukrainian women have stripped off to protest what they say are plans to turn Ukraine into a 'Euro-brothel' during the 2012 European championship.
Ukraine to save bears from forced vodka drinking
Ukraine's Environment Minister Mykola Zlochevsky vowed on Wednesday to free all bears kept in restaurants for entertainment purposes.
Russia, Ukraine leaders mark Chernobyl disaster
Russian and Ukrainian leaders marked 25 years since the world's worst nuclear disaster on Tuesday as they paid an historic visit to Chernobyl.
Chernobyl's legacy: No likely return to normality
Chernobyl has brought greater cancer risks, economic hardship and homes uprooted -- and no one can predict when it will end.
Postcard from Chernobyl: Vision of apocalypse
Only a Hollywood doomsday movie can prepare a visitor for Prypyat, the ghost town at the epicentre of the world's worst nuclear disaster.
Mushroom-picking and fishing: Life in Chernobyl zone
Hundreds of mainly elderly Ukrainians live within a restricted region around the Chernobyl plant, dispelling the area's reputation as a dead zone.
Bloody Parliament brawl shocks Ukraine
Ukrainian prosecutors on Friday opened an investigation after several opposition deputies were badly injured in a bloody brawl in Parliament.
Dozens killed in Ukraine level-crossing tragedy
Forty people were killed on Tuesday when a bus crashed into a train after apparently jumping a red light at a level crossing in central Ukraine.
Ukrainian security service raids gas firm Naftogaz
Armed men burst into the headquarters of Ukraine's energy firm Naftogaz on Wednesday in what the security service said was part of a criminal inquiry.
Russia, Ukraine still deadlocked after gas talks
Russia and Ukraine failed to resolve a gas row at a meeting in Moscow but will continue talks to end a dispute that has choked off supplies to Europe.
Nine killed, at least 40 missing in Ukraine blast
An explosion ripped through an apartment building in southern Ukraine overnight, killing nine people, including a child, and at least 40 were missing.
Ukraine's Nato prospects 'considerably weakened'
Ukraine's chances of joining Nato have been "considerably weakened" by the country's political crisis, says Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
New Ukraine poll looms as coalition collapses
Ukraine was on Tuesday night facing the prospect of further political instability after the pro-Western coalition formally collapsed.
Twenty-three miners found alive in Ukraine
Rescue workers found 23 miners missing underground after a gas explosion at a Ukrainian colliery and were bringing them to safety on Monday through a narrow ventilation shaft.
