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Ukraine’s civil and criminal high court delayed consideration of an appeal on former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s “gas case” on Tuesday until June 26.

US ambassador to Ukraine meets imprisoned former-premier Yulia Tymoshenko

MOSCOW – Ukraine exported 405,910 metric tons of alumina in January-March, 8.2% more than in January-March 2011, the government reported Monday.The exported alumina was worth $154.83 ...

BRUSSELS -; EU foreign ministers are considering a possible boycott of this year's European football championship matches in Ukraine to protest the alleged abuse of jailed opposition leader ...

EU ministers mull Euro 2012 boycott of Ukraine over Tymoshenko case

European Union foreign ministers are debating Monday a boycott of the Euro 2012 football championship matches played in Ukraine over the treatment of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.

UEFA Euro 2012 trophy arrived in Ukraine and will be exhibited in several locations in a campaign meant to promote the event that the country will co-host with Poland this summer.

UEFA Euro 2012 trophy arrived in Ukraine and will be exhibited in several locations in a campaign meant to promote the event that the country will co-host with Poland this summer.

German chancellor says people in Ukraine are living under dictatorship and repression

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says people in Ukraine are living under dictatorship and repression just like those in its authoritarian neighbor, Belarus. Merkel's comments, made to parliament Thursday, come as Germany continues to pressure Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych to ensure that jailed opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko receives proper medical treatment. "Today, we in Germany and the European Union, live in peace and freedom," she ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel drew a parallel between Ukraine and its authoritarian neighbor Belarus, saying people in those countries are still living under dictatorship and repression.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel drew a parallel between Ukraine and its authoritarian neighbor Belarus, saying people in those countries are still living under dictatorship and repression.

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A supporter of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko holds a poster of her in front of a state-run hospital in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday May 9, 2012.

A white tiger in a Ukraine zoo has given birth to four rare tiger cubs, one of them an albino.

Ukraine's jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko ended a 20-day hunger strike on Wednesday after being transferred from her prison to hospital, the German doctor treating her said.

A supporter of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko holds a poster of her in front of a state-run hospital in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday May 9, 2012.

Ukrainians want EU leaders to boycott politics, not Euro 2012

An undated picture made available on 27 April 2012 shows Yulia Tymoshenko showing her bruises, from alleged beatings by prison guards, in Kachanivska prison in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Andriy Shevchenko recovers from injury in time to be included in Ukraine's 26-man provisional squad for Euro 2012.

Ukraine on Tuesday was reduced to calling off a Central Europe regional summit after most heads of state boycotted it over the treatment of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

German doctor arrives in Ukraine to treat jailed ex-PM Tymoshenko

A German doctor has arrived in Ukraine to help treat the severe back condition of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

A boycott of the European football championships in Ukraine because of the dispute over the treatment of opposition leader Yulia Tymoschenko would be 'a serious error' Ukraine's ...

Ukraine has postponed a regional summit due to a boycott by the leaders of 13 European countries over the treatment of imprisoned former Ukrainian premier Yulia Tymoshenko.

Germany's development minister became the country's first member of government to announce a boycott of the Euro 2012 championships in Ukraine over human rights concerns, in an...

A Russian film released on the eve of Ukraine's hosting of Euro 2012 tells the stirring story of the notorious "Match of Death" played between Soviet footballers and Nazi occupiers in Kiev during World War II.

But the film has reopened still raw wounds in Ukraine and has been accused of anti-Ukrainian bias for its depiction of some locals willingly collaborating with the invading German forces.

Germany captain Philipp Lahm has slammed Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine for the government's treatment of jailed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

Pamela Anderson has been furious over the animal slaughter in Ukraine ahead of the country's Euro 2012 football tournament hosting, urging the sport's bosses to condemn the killings.

Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's jailed and ailing ex-partner, has agreed to be treated in a local clinic.

Ukraine refuses to launch criminal proceedings over the alleged prison beating of ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko and says her bruising probably comes from her bumping into something instead.

Ukraine's jailed opposition leader Julia Tymoshenko has her application to travel abroad for medical treatment rejected.

The Ukraine foreign ministry has denounced a European Union boycott of next month's Euro 2012 football championship, calling it "destructive".

Ukraine failed to anticipate the angry Western reaction to its treatment of jailed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the dispute risks ruining its hosting of the Euro 2012...

Poland and Ukraine, which are co-hosting the Euro 2012 football championship in June, strongly criticised European politicians who said they would not attend matches played in Ukraine in sign of protest against the imprisonment of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

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Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin on Thursday said Ukraine’s former prime minister, Yulia V. Tymoshenko, was welcome to receive medical treatment in Russia.

HE WON fairly in February 2010. But since his election Ukraine's president, Viktor Yanukovych, has mauled his country's fragile democracy and weak institutions.

Ukraine denounces a threatened boycott of Euro 2012 as "destructive" amid concern over the treatment of jailed opposition head Yulia Tymoshenko.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said he was "disturbed" by recent events in Ukraine and expressed concern about allegations that the former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko had been abused in prison.

Football commentator Garth Crooks reckons UK sports minister Hugh Robertson's threatened boycott of the Euro 2012 games in Ukraine "won't achieve anything".

The criticism of Ukraine over the treatment of imprisoned opposition leader Tymoshenko shows no signs of abating. But German Foreign Minister Westerwelle has warned not to abandon...

The criticism of Ukraine over the treatment of imprisoned opposition leader Tymoshenko shows no signs of abating. But German Foreign Minister Westerwelle has warned not to abandon...

The criticism of Ukraine over the treatment of imprisoned opposition leader Tymoshenko shows no signs of abating. But German Foreign Minister Westerwelle has warned not to abandon...

The criticism of Ukraine over the treatment of imprisoned opposition leader Tymoshenko shows no signs of abating. But German Foreign Minister Westerwelle has warned not to abandon...

Ukraine’s hosting of the European soccer championships next month has become one of the most serious diplomatic disputes in its post-Soviet history.

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UEFA meanwhile plays down rumours that Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine could be moved to another country as a result of the spat.

The Dutch caretaker cabinet has threatened to boycott the European Football Championship in Ukraine this summer, if the country doesn't improve the treatment of its...

Dutch ministers and members of the royal family will boycott the forthcoming European football championships in Ukraine unless the situation surrounding jailed former prime minister Yulia ...