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Ukraine's Igor Borysik competes in the semi-finals of the men's 200-metre breaststroke swimming event in the 31st European Swimming Championships in Debrecen on May 23, 2012.

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  • Ukraine accepts EU legal, medical experts

    will have "the full right of access to all the necessary documents and information he needs to ensure that the process in Ukraine is 100 percent compatible with international standards.""This is an agreement between Mr. Azarov and me. This is a real step forward   Read more »

  • EU ministers mull Euro 2012 boycott of Ukraine

    in protest during Euro 2012, which is being organized jointly by Ukraine and Poland."We've been very consistent in sending messages to Ukraine about the importance of justice being done and seen to be done," EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said.   Read more »

  • Boycott of Ukraine during Euro 2012 carries risks

    of this sort with sports," Putin said last week.A leading Polish analyst, Marcin Zaborowski, argues that talk of boycotting Ukraine "opens up a broader question about whether international sports events should just be for democratic nations.""If you do that,   Read more »

  • Euro 2012 a political headache for Ukraine

    attend over the Tymoshenko case.Financially, the country is also in a bad shape.The global financial crisis nearly destroyed Ukraine's economy, causing gross domestic product to plunge some 15 percent in 2009 and it has not fully recovered. A $15.6 billion   Read more »

  • Ex-Ukraine PM Tymoshenko leaves jail for hospital

    Health Minister Raisa Moiseyenko said Wednesday that Tymoshenko had been moved from Kharkiv prison to a local clinic.Tymoshenko -- Ukraine's top opposition leader -- has been sentenced to seven years in prison on abuse of office charges. The West has condemned   Read more »

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About Ukraine

Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, Ukraina, /ukraˈjina/) is a country in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north-east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the south-west, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The historic city of Kiev (Kyiv) is the country's capital.

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