The President believes that passing this law “will clarify the response to such key issues as the status of formerly deported individuals, the procedure for gaining this, as well as regulation through current legislation of such questions as land relations, social compensation, etc.

A new handbook summarizing Ukrainian and European experience on considering the needs of national communities at local level has been published in both Ukrainian and Romanian

A sum of over 9,270 million UH was paid in connection with such judgments awarding compensation for moral and material damages in 2006

According to employees of the remand centre [SIZO] in the Poltava region, 13 remand prisoners attempted to cut their wrists on Wednesday because of the unsatisfactory situation with food. The inmates were also angered by the fact that they weren’t allowed daily food parcels from outside.

Ternopil cooperation in the detective inquiry process: the police and criminal thugs work hand in hand, and the prosecutor’s office doesn’t interfere

A disagreement today between Crimean journalists and the press service of Moscow’s Mayor Yury Luzhkov over what questions could or couldn’t be asked reminded many journalists of a style they have (thankfully) become unaccustomed to

A disagreement today between Crimean journalists and the press service of Moscow’s Mayor Yury Luzhkov over what questions could or couldn’t be asked reminded many journalists of a style they have (thankfully) become unaccustomed to

The higher chambers of the Polish Sejm have unanimously passed a resolution calling on the Belarusian authorities to immediately release all political prisoners. The resolution states that in today’s world a person must not be tried for being a member of an opposition party

At a City Council meeting today, 21 February, Kharkiv’s Mayor Mykailo Dobkin expressed his views about the work of journalists and those publications in the media which, in his opinion, are not objective in the way they cover his activities

At a City Council meeting today, 21 February, Kharkiv’s Mayor Mykailo Dobkin expressed his views about the work of journalists and those publications in the media which, in his opinion, are not objective in the way they cover his activities

They took this step in protest at the inaction of the local authorities in paying them the wages owed for ten months work

"These charges are so ludicrous that nobody can be left with any doubt about the political nature of the claims against our clients"

According to unofficial reports, the men were protesting over the conditions in the SIZO and at not being allowed parcels from outside

This unequivocal step by the city authorities has received considerable attention from journalists. It creates a dangerous precedent in restricting the rights of journalists, their freedom to carry out their professional activities and their freedom of speech.

This unequivocal step by the city authorities has received considerable attention from journalists. It creates a dangerous precedent in restricting the rights of journalists, their freedom to carry out their professional activities and their freedom of speech.

President Yushchenko has already instructed Prosecutor General Oleksandr Medvedko to appeal against the court ruling revoking a previous decision to make dubbing of a percentage of foreign films into Ukrainian mandatory

In Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Mayor has arbitrarily decided to close five (!) city schools, one of which has 48% Roma students. The nearest school is 6 kilometres away.

Kharkiv journalists express their indignation over the recent withdrawal of accreditation of one of their colleagues for what the Kharkiv City Council has decided was “unverified information and a slanted approach”

Kharkiv journalists express their indignation over the recent withdrawal of accreditation of one of their colleagues for what the Kharkiv City Council has decided was “unverified information and a slanted approach”

This time it’s on a charge of "attacking a police officer" ...