Ukrainian Wikipedia protests against law curbing free speech
The Ukrainian Wikipedia community is protesting against laws that go into effect on January 21 that criminalise criticism of government
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Yanukovych, opposition leaders want to talk – just not with each other
Both Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and the opposition political leaders delegated representatives to peace talks that kicked off on January
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Protests continue in Kyiv, RFE/RL crew arrested
An RFE/RL reporting crew has been arrested in Kyiv as the protests in the Ukrainian capital have escalated into street
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Ukraine president to talk with opposition
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has promised to talk with the opposition after a day of bloody violence. More than 100,000
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Protesters, police clash in Ukrainian capital
Protesters clashed with riot police in Kyiv on Sunday, as up to 100,000 Ukrainians massed in defiance of new laws
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Ukrainians protest in defiance of new law
Tens of thousands of demonstrators have massed in central Kyiv in defiance of Ukraine’s new legislation that significantly limits their
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Lutsenko hospitalised as Ukraine authorities face political fallout
Ukrainian opposition leader and former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko remains hospitalized in intensive care on January 11, a day after
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Yanukovych denies Chornovol’s accusation that he ordered her beating
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s press service called accusations that he ordered Tetyana Chornovol’s beating groundless and renewed the call for
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Central and Eastern Europe in 2013: Emerging and submerging
There were record floods, changes of government, protests – lots of those – and the European Union got larger by
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