Over recent years shadow business dealings in land and its riches around Konche Zaspa and the reserve Zhukiv Island have become rampant, fuelled by the entrenched corruption of all bodies of power involved

One of the defenders of the Zhukov Island in Kyiv has been killed, and his wife seriously beaten. Such brazen lawlessness demands swift and decisive response from the authorities. The following is a Statement from the Kyiv Environmental-Cultural Centre

Human rights and civic organizations from all over Russia are demanding that the Presidential Decree creating a Commission "on history" be revoked as being against the constitutional prohibition on censorship and State ideology. Please add your voice of support

By Brett Winterford The US Department of Homeland Security is set to kickstart a controversial new pilot to scan the fingerprints of travellers departing the United States. From June, US Customs and Border Patrol will take a fingerprint scan of

Five Muslim community workers have accused MI5 of waging a campaign of blackmail and harassment in an attempt to recruit them as informants: 'Work for us or we will say you are a terrorist'

The US currently has about 139,000 troops in Iraq and 52,000 in Afghanistan By Alex Spillius The Pentagon is prepared for US forces to remain in Iraq for as long as a decade despite an agreement between Washington and Baghdad

By David Cronin French arms sales to Israel are \"in total contradiction\" of European Union rules on the defence industry, the author of a new study has said. Between 2003 and 2007 France issued licences worth more than 446 million

The manipulations of the US District Attorney's Office are trying to prevent the Supreme Court from reviewing the case of the Five Cuban antiterrorists, stated the Round Table, aired by Cuban radio and television on Friday.

Cuban children and adolescents send their peers around the world a message of love and hope on the occasion of celebrations for International Children's Day.

The many countries who feel that Lebanon is their playground are behaving with particular irresponsibility at this moment of historic importance for the Lebanese. It would come as no surprise if some of these countries were actually planning to start

By Lucy Ballinger Children as young as seven are being recruited by councils to act as 'citizen snoopers', the Daily Mail can reveal. The 'environment volunteers' will report on litter louts, noisy neighbours - and even families putting their rubbish

Military companies in the US are considering plans to employ cyber soldiers as the Pentagon moves to establish a cybercommand to manage future cyberwars. The concept of preparing fighting cyberattacks is set to overhaul the idea of war in the

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The Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko has held a meeting with Secretary of General People's Committee of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmudi in a narrow format. At the beginning of the meeting Yulia Tymoshenko

Through the years of independence over 35 thousand of Ukraine's citizens have taken part in international peacekeeping missions in order to maintain peace in various regions of the planet. Participating in international peacekeeping operations facilitates further growth of international prestige

I heartily congratulate you on the last ring day - a nice school tradition, real holiday though it is not contained in any of the calendars. It can be only once in the life of every person. With the mellow

Yulia Tymoshenko has sent a telegram with the words of condolences to the Prime Minister of Bulgaria Sergei Stanishev in connection with a tragedy in a Bulgarian city of Yambol. "On behalf of the Government of Ukraine and from me

I will insist and won't retreat a step so that the budget of 2010 is formed on absolutely new interbudget relations, which envisage significantly bigger amount of financial resources allocated for the local budgets," the Head of Government stressed. Moreover,

During her opening remarks at Wednesday's session of government in Kyiv, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko accused the previous government of stealing money Libya paid for three planes manufactured in Ukraine. "Talks on aviation building are moving forward with difficulty, despite

From the depth of my heart I wish to congratulate you on a warm and perfect holiday - International Children Day. We would like every minute, every day our children, children all around the world to be jolly and happy.Our