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Author: Svitlana Tuchynska of The Kyiv Post

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Yanukovych demands reforms from government

February 27, 2013May 27, 2013 Svitlana Tuchynska of The Kyiv Post Ukraine

A day after returning home from the EU-Ukraine summit in Brussels, President Viktor Yanukovych instructed his government to ensure that

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Second Tymoshenko trial takes off, with third one pending

February 14, 2013February 14, 2013 Svitlana Tuchynska of The Kyiv Post

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, in the second year of a seven-year prison sentence, hasn’t seen the end of

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Chernobyl cleanup workers demand billion euro in unpaid pensions

February 6, 2013 Svitlana Tuchynska of The Kyiv Post

Hundreds of Chornobyl nuclear disaster cleanup workers protested outside Ukraine’s parliament when the legislature held its first session this year

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Wizz Air seeks troubled AeroSvit’s routes

January 24, 2013 Svitlana Tuchynska of The Kyiv Post

AeroSvit, which is undergoing bankruptcy proceedings and has abandoned many of its routes, may never get them back. Wizz Air,

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Yanukovych cancels Kremlin trip, puts Customs Union on hold

December 18, 2012December 18, 2012 Svitlana Tuchynska of The Kyiv Post

Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych postponed his December 18 Moscow trip today during which he was supposed to meet with Russian

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In Ukraine, more people quit smoking as tougher measures adopted

October 26, 2012October 25, 2012 Svitlana Tuchynska of The Kyiv Post

More Ukrainians are giving up the highly damaging smoking habit as legislation toughens bans on advertising, smoking in public places

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Tymoshenko new target for dirty election campaign

June 29, 2012June 29, 2012 Svitlana Tuchynska of The Kyiv Post

As political ads fill billboards and media all over the country ahead of the Oct. 28 parliament elections, Yulia Tymoshenko

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