Ukraine bans US musician for 5 years for flag desecrationA US musician who apparently desecrated the Ukrainian flag has been banned from entering the country for five years, the Ukrainian Security Service reported.10:19 07.08.2013
Ukrainian court upholds extradition of Russian extremist - reportKiev's Shevchenkovsky District Court has upheld a previous court ruling to extradite to Russia Mikhail Volkov, who is suspected of having participated in the extremist group BORN.11:07 05.08.2013
Tymoshenko's defense team requests review of gas caseThe lawyers of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko have asked the Supreme Court of Ukraine to review the sentence in the gas case, attorney Sergei Vlasenko told RIA Novosti on Thursday.15:04 01.08.2013
Tymoshenko's attorneys vow to request review of gas caseThe final judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) permits the lawyers of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seek review and quashing of the sentence in the gas case, attorney Sergei Vlasenko told journalists at a news conference on Wednesday.16:29 31.07.2013
Russian opposition activist's application for asylum in Ukraine rejectedThe State Migration Service of Ukraine has rejected an application for asylum filed by Russian activist Philipp Galtsov who took part in riots in Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012.15:44 30.07.2013
Femen activists detained for topless protest in Kiev fined, releasedThree Femen activists and a photographer for the "Russian Reporter" magazine that were detained on Saturday, have been released by the courts' order, a Kiev police spokesman told RIA Novosti11:46 29.07.2013
Investigators wait for concluding testimony in Tymoshenko murder caseThe investigation of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's possible involvement in the murder of MP and businessman Yevhen Shcherban is 90% complete, says deputy head of the Prosecutor General's Office's department for high-profile cases Oleh Pushkar.13:43 15.07.2013
Ukrainian and Russian ombudsmen to sign new collaboration agreementUkrainian ombudsman Valeriya Lutkovskaya and Russian human rights ombudsman Vladimir Lukin are going to sign a new collaboration agreement, the Ukrainian party’s press service reported Thursday.16:55 11.07.2013
Management reshuffle at Nemiroff's Ukrainian subsidiary deemed legalThe High Administrative Court of Ukraine (VASU) has upheld the decision by Nemiroff Holdings Limited to replace the chief executive of its Ukrainian subsidiary.14:31 11.07.2013
Kiev court dismisses gas claims against former president YushchenkoThe High Administrative Court of Ukraine has dismissed the lawsuit against Viktor Yushchenko filed by lawyer Stanislav Batryn to recognize the former president's actions during the gas conflict with Russia in late 2008 and early 2009 as unlawful, Lions Litigate law firm reports.10:20 09.07.2013
Ukraine seeks to resolve Tymoshenko issue legally - Foreign MinisterThe Ukrainian authorities have been trying to find a legal solution to the issue of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, but she has refused to cooperate, says Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara.13:51 05.07.2013
WebMoney Ukraine says tax evasion charges are 'absurd'The recent searches in WebMoney's Kiev office were illegal, and the tax authorities' claim that the payment system is being used in tax evasion schemes is 'absurd,' WebMoney.UA said in a statement on Friday.11:47 14.06.2013
Ukraine freezes $7.5 million in Web Money-linked companies' bank accountsThe Ukrainian tax authorities have frozen $7.5 million held in the bank accounts of local companies which are part of the WebMoney payment system, the Ukrainian Ministry of Incomes and Fees said in a statement.11:25 13.06.2013
Kiev court endorses amicable settlement between Vanco and UkraineThe Pechersky District Court in Kiev has endorsed the amicable settlement between Ukraine and Vanco, the license holder of the Prikerchensky offshore area.15:53 07.06.2013
Tymoshenko asks court to start considering UESU case in her absenceThe jailed former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko has requested the court to start hearing the criminal case over fraud at the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU) in her absence.17:49 06.06.2013
Ukrainian opposition planned to accuse President of MP's murder - reportThere was an attempt to launch a smear campaign by Ukrainian opposition against President Viktor Yanukovych over the murder of businessman and MP Evhen Shcherban in 1996, Ukraine's First Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin said.16:56 28.05.2013
African suspected of smuggling illegal migrants detained in UkraineUkrainian Security Service officers have detained an African citizen in the Kharkov region who is suspected of smuggling illegal migrants from Russia.17:51 27.05.2013
Former Ukrainian President may be probed in MP's murder caseThe Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office is looking into the possibility of former President Leonid Kuchma's involvement in the murder of businessman and MP Evhen Shcherban in 1996.16:50 27.05.2013
Court bans LGBT parade in the Ukrainian capitalThe Kiev District Administrative Court held Thursday that no unofficial public events can be held alongside the city’s official Kiev Day celebrations on May 25, including an LGBT pride parade.10:09 24.05.2013
Tymoshenko's prison diaries go onlineNewspaper Ukrainskaya Pravda has launched publication of "The Truth from Behind Bars," a series of journal entries penned by former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is currently serving out a seven-year prison sentence.14:20 21.05.2013