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Yanukovych signs into law storage facility for used nuclear waste at Chornobyl
05.03.2012
NECU and other environmental organizations have on a number of occasions expressed doubts about plans for a centralized storage facility in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone
Kharkiv’s new “safe” nuclear installation
13.02.2012
In the spring construction will begin in Kharkiv of a nuclear installation. The public receive assurances that the plan is absolutely safe. Yet why then were environmentalists not allowed into the public hearings?
NGOs ask where European Chernobyl money has gone
09.12.2011
The Head of the International Public Coordination Chernobyl Council has written to the European Parliament asking that it investigate how funding allocated by the European Commission for eliminating the humanitarian consequences of the Chernobyl Disaster has been used.
Wall of Officialdom’s Lies
24.10.2011
A “Wall of Lies” has been erected in the centre of Kyiv in the place of a scandal-filled construction site. It will now sport the portraits of officials who are believed to be responsible for unlawful construction work in the city and/or who have not kept their word
Kharkiv authorities open a new front against Gorky Park defenders
04.08.2011
A clone has been created of the environmental organization committed to protecting Kharkiv’s green zones. It bears almost the same name, but is clearly designed to enable the authorities to continue destroying the forest park, while discrediting the real organization
Gorky Park defenders beaten and hospitalized
03.08.2011
There was an escalation in violence on 2 August at Kharkiv’s Gorky Park where activists are trying to prevent new tree felling which is being carried out without any permits, public discussion etc. Loggers and the so-called “municipal guards” beat up 5 of the Park’s defenders, two of whom received serious injuries
Anger over shelving of important environmental plan
02.08.2011
Zeleny Svit [Green World] has issued an open letter to Yanukovych expressing concern at plans to shelve the Nationwide Programme for the Creation of a National Ecological Network in Ukraine for 2000-2015
Ongoing destruction in Gorky Park
02.08.2011
There were attempts again in the morning of 1 August to carry out illegal tree-felling in Kharkiv’s Gorky Park with one of the loggers turning on activists with his saw turned on. And once again, despite the illegality of the destruction, the police are obstructing only the protesters
Gorky Park – and democratic rights – under siege again
30.07.2011
Reports are coming in that after the illegal felling of over two thousand trees in Kharkiv’s Gorky Park and brutal suppression of peaceful protest in May and early June 2010, attempts are again underway to destroy more of the Park. Activists trying to protect the trees – and uphold the law - have been detained by police
Aarhus Convention: Ukraine still not complying
04.07.2011
The latest Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention has warned Ukraine that if it does not begin implementing the recommendations originally issued in 2005, its special rights and privileges under the Convention will be suspended
Kharkiv Court: Police not obliged to respond to calls for help
20.06.2011
On 24 May this year the Kharkiv District Administrative Court rejected a claim filed against the unlawful actions and inaction by the police during the protest in Gorky Park in Kharkiv from late May to early June 2010
Kyiv residents march against criminal destruction of the capital
13.06.2011
On Saturday a march was held for the second time in defence of Kyiv against construction work in the historical area and destruction of architectural places of heritage through such construction
Gorky Park Scandal: One Year on
24.05.2011
One year ago in Kharkiv the scandalous construction was initiated of a road through the city’s Gorky Park. Almost two thousand members of the public tried in vain to stop the barbaric destruction of century-old trees. No criminal investigation against the officials involved has been initiated
Two cities say no to new nuclear power plant
19.05.2011
Construction of two nuclear reactors at the Khmelnytski Nuclear Power Plant is under discussion in Ukraine. The residents of Khmelnytski and Ostroha have come out categorically against the new reactors
Lviv courts inundated by Chernobyl victims’ civil suits
27.04.2011
Victims of the Chernobyl Disaster have become much more active at standing up for their rights in court. However they have to wait years for enforcement of the court rulings
Chornobyl: A Troubled Health Legacy
26.04.2011
Twenty five years ago, on 26 April 1986, the powerful explosion that tore through Chornobyl’s nuclear power plant spewed radioactive material across large swathes of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia.
Leaders accused of neglecting Chernobyl legacy
26.04.2011
Ex-Soviet governments are failing to protect their people from the deadly legacy of the Chernobyl disaster, former cleanup workers and environmental groups charged Monday on the eve of ceremonies commemorating the 25th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear accident
Environmentalists ask Europe to not finance nuclear projects in Ukraine
05.04.2011
Ukrainian environmentalists believe that European banks should not finance the development of nuclear energy in Ukraine, but instead direct investment at energy saving and energy renewal projects
New tree-felling in Kharkiv’s Gorky Park
30.03.2011
Following the scandalous tree felling by the Kharkiv authorities last year which led to the illegal destruction of up to 2 thousand trees and flagrant violations of the right to peaceful assembly and a fair trial, the assurances that this time all will be according to law are difficult to take seriously
Kharkiv environmentalists protest over dangerous new law
23.02.2011
Protests have taken place in a last attempt to convince President Yanukovych of the need to veto the Law on Regulation of Urban Construction
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