14.08.12 | Odessa City Council declares Russian a „regional language'
At a special session on 13 August, the first working day since the contentious language law signed by President Yanukovych came into force, the Odessa City Council voted to give Russian regional language status in Odessa
09.08.12 | Halya Coynash / Yanukovych's record-breaking legislative feat
The President and his Administration still appear to be basking in the illusion that all they need is another 'working group' for the astounding indifference to democratic principles, Ukraine's citizens and the country itself in his signing the language law to pass unnoticed
09.08.12 | Yanukovych signs highly contentious language law
On Wednesday, just one day after even a carefully selected group of 'Ukrainian intellectuals' opposed the Law on the Principles of State Language Policy, President Yanukovych has signed it into law.
02.08.12 | Halya Coynash / Language Law vs. Ukraine's Constitution
On 31 July Parliamentary Speaker Lytvyn changed his stand, taken only 3 weeks earlier, and signed the highly contentious language bill which under the guise of protecting 'regional languages' significantly increases the role of the Russian language.
30.07.12 | Halya Coynash / Flexing Legislative Muscles over Language Law
Ukrainian MPs have been recalled for a special parliamentary session on Monday, 30 July probably to remove the one hurdle to adoption of the extremely controversial language passed earlier this month with brazen infringements of procedure
27.07.12 | OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities urges dialogue and compromise on «divisive' language law
'The disproportionate favouring of the Russian language, while also removing most incentives for learning or using Ukrainian in large parts of the country, could potentially undermine Ukraine's very cohesion,' Vollebaek said. He warned that the law is likely to lead to further polarization of society
26.07.12 | Lutsenko trial: 'Victim' doesn't see himself as such and asks to be left alone
The Judge rejected both Yury Lutsenko's objections that he was not being allowed to question the alleged victim of his alleged offence and the call to abandon a case in which there is no victim of the crime
26.07.12 | Penitentiary Service's changing story regarding Teixeira visit to Yulia Tymoshenko
Following the public statement by the State Penitentiary Service's Press Office that it had given permission for José Manuel Pinto Teixeira to visit former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and that Mr Teixeira did not arrive, the EU Office has set the record straight
26.07.12 | Belarus Leader denied accreditation to attend London Olympics
Russia's Olympics chief says Belarus President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has been denied accreditation by London Olympics organizers to attend the 2012 games,
23.07.12 | ECHR announces public hearing in Tymoshenko case
The European Court of Human Rights is to hold a public hearing into the application lodged by former Prime Minister and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko regarding her detention.

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