Ukraine to begin talks on debt restructuring: minister

Last Updated: Thursday, March 12, 2015, 17:10

Ukraine will begin negotiations with its creditors on restructuring its debt, the finance minister said Thursday.

Yanukovych accuses opposition of increasing tensions in Ukraine

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 19:22

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday accused the opposition of inflaming tensions in the crisis but also admitted for the first time that the authorities had made mistakes.

Russia dismisses Ukraine complaints of tougher border checks

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 18:11

Russian customs on Thursday dismissed complaints from Ukraine that Moscow had introduced tighter border checks on imports as the ex-Soviet country battles the most acute political crisis since its 1991 independence.

Kiev protesters attack building with police inside

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 18:34

Ukraine`s embattled president offered to make a top opposition leader prime minister, but protest leaders vowed demonstrations would continue and violence erupted on Sunday as a large crowd attacked a government hall with police stationed inside.

Protesters, police in standoff in Kiev after sporadic clashes

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 14:05

Protesters and Ukrainian police were on Saturday still locked in a tense standoff in Kiev after a night of sporadic clashes that erupted despite a truce.

Ukraine PM takes hard line on protests, opposition meets President

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 18:55

Ukraine`s prime minister denounced anti-government protesters as "terrorists" on Wednesday, but in what appeared to be his first real move to end weeks of unrest President Viktor Yanukovich held talks with opposition leaders.

Police disperse Kiev protest, activists say one shot dead

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 12:29

Ukrainian police on Wednesday broke through the barricades built by protesters at the scene of clashes in Kiev as activists said that one person had been shot dead by police.

Three players in joint lead at Gurgaon chess tourney

Last Updated: Sunday, January 5, 2014, 00:36

Three players, including top seed Ukrainian Grandmaster Kravtsiv Martyn, were in joint lead after Round 5 of the second Gurgaon International Grandmasters chess tournament, here Saturday.

Ukraine launches hearings against Tymoshenko lawyer

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 17:51

A Ukrainian court on Friday launched controversial hearings against jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko`s attorney that government critics have branded a political show trial.

Activist, journalist beaten in Ukraine amid unrest

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 00:50

A prominent Ukrainian civic activist and journalist was brutally beaten outside Kiev on Wednesday.

Ukraine bans 36 foreigners including Saakashvili: Report

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 16:57

Ukraine has banned entry to former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili and 35 other foreigners suspected of working with the opposition "to destabilise" the country amid mass pro-EU protests, a report said on Tuesday.

Ukrainian riot police withdraw after overnight move on demonstrators

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 20:58

Ukrainian protesters stood their ground on Wednesday after an overnight sweep by riot police and their leaders dismissed an offer of talks from a president they say must quit for favouring ties with Russia over the European Union.