Publication: KPNews.com

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

After five days of searching, American doctor still missing in Kyiv (UPDATED)

Dr. Jay Sloop has been missing in Kyiv since approximately 7: a.m. May 14 and was last seen entering the Zamkova Hora wooded park in the capital's Podil neighborhood.© CourtesyKyiv PostSEE ALSOThe search for a retired physician who went missing on the ... [Published KPNews.com - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Kiev, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Kidnapping, US Department of State, US Embassy

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Busy Saturday ahead for Kyiv

Arseniy Yatsenyuk speaks to a fellow passenger on the subway, inviting her to join the Saturday rally.© CourtesySEE ALSOCentral Kyiv will be flooded with people on Saturday, May 18 as a freaky concentration of rallies, protests and entertainment events ... [Published KPNews.com - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Kiev, Khreshchatyk, Arsenij Jazenjuk, protest

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Phase II

New Schengen visa policy explained

Many Ukrainians are still experiencing what they describe as unjust treatment when applying for a visa to EU states.© UNIANSEE ALSOSchengen visas seem to be an ever-green issue in the Ukrainian media. In most, however, one can read irritated stories rather ... [Published KPNews.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: European Union, Ukraine, Phase I, Phase II

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

European Union

Bloomberg: Ukraine carbon offset usage soars as EU ban talk boosts demand

Factories, utilities and airlines snapped up a flood of carbon offsets from Ukraine and Russia to comply with European Union emission targets in 2012 amid speculation the credits would face usage restrictions.© english.ruvr.ruFactories, utilities and ... [Published KPNews.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Ukraine, Carbon Offset, European Union

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Amnesty International

Amnesty International: Discrimination and violent attacks in pervasive climate of homophobia in Ukraine

Some 300 anti-gay activists rally in Kyiv to protest a bill to be considered by members of parliament this week that would prevent discrimination of individuals based on their sexual orientation and a gay pride parade planned for later in May.© Kostyantyn ... [Published KPNews.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Amnesty International, Ukraine, Homophobia

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Yakima Herald: Retired Yakima doctor still missing in Ukraine

The search effort for a retired physician from Yakima missing in Kyiv, Ukraine, focused on a park in the city.© CourtesySEE ALSOThe search effort for a retired physician from Yakima missing in Kiev, Ukraine, is set to focus on a park in the city, searchers ... [Published KPNews.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Ukraine, Kiev, Wholesale, China

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch: New breakthrough for incurably ill in Ukraine

Ukraine’s cabinet of ministers’ approval of new regulations on access to pain medicines will dramatically expand healthcare services for patients with incurable illnesses and reduce unnecessary suffering, Human Rights Watch said May 15.© courtesyUkraine’s ... [Published KPNews.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Human Rights Watch, Ukraine, Patient, Kiev

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

The minimalist approach to fighting corruption

Ever since independence Ukraine has suffered from rampant corruption at all levels, which has turned fighting the phenomenon into a popular cause, but with victories yet to appear.© CourtesySEE ALSOOn Tuesday Ukraine’s parliament adopted a law on implementing ... [Published KPNews.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: Corruption, Anti-Corruption, Anti-corruption Policy, Ukraine

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Opposition to nominate single candidate for Kyiv mayor election soon, says Tomenko

The three opposition factions of Ukraine will approve the principles of their joint participation in the Kyiv elections soon, a leader of the Batkivschyna parliamentary faction, Mykola Tomenko, has said. ... [Published KPNews.com - May 14 2013]

Entities: Mykola Tomenko, Kiev, Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Association, Ukraine

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

The Epoch Times: 200 tons of mercury in abandoned Kyiv factory

An abandoned factory in Kyiv contains 200 tons of mercury that is slowly evaporating and spreading through the city.© Courtesy of Oleksiy Batchenko/oleksiy-b.livejournal.com ... [Published KPNews.com - May 14 2013]

Entities: Mercury, Kiev, Evaporation

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Global Voices: Is Ukrainian right-wing blogger eligible for the Bobs 2013 award?

A screenshot shows Olena Bilozerska's Ukrainian-language LiveJournal blog, which won 46 percent of user votes and became the Bobs international blogger contest User Winner in the Best Blog Ukrainian category.© CourtesySEE ALSOUkraine was having a trouble-free ... [Published KPNews.com - May 14 2013]

Entities: Global Voices Online, Kiev, Ukraine

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Doubts cast on Italian origin of Kyiv’s new chestnuts, municipal spending

Where Kyivans expected to see rosy-red flowers typical of hybrid Italian chestnuts – recently planted with great fanfare – only the usual white ones have bloomed, bringing into question the origin of the trees and the money spent on purchasing them.© ... [Published KPNews.com - May 14 2013]

Entities: Kiev, Khreshchatyk, Ukraine

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The preparation of new programmes was also suspended by the editorial groups of "Exclamation Point" and "Tender News», whose journalists conducted their own investigations of the events leading up to the change in ownership and management of the channel, as well as the steps by which the change in ownership occurred. The investigative editorial groups demand that the station's ownership end its interference in the investigative process, and also guarantee that the results of the investigations be aired on TVi."

Appeal from the Journalists Union of TVi to representatives of foreign governments in Ukraine [Published KPNews.com - Apr 29 2013]

...European Parliament to extend its observation mission in Ukraine, with former European Commission President Romano Prodi saying that the extension "is proof that dialogue works better than attempts to isolate Ukraine."

Herald Online: European leaders welcome Ukraine's commitment to European integration [Published KPNews.com - Apr 22 2013]

...The poster showing Tymoshenko and Lutsenko reads: " Get up Ukraine '(AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)"

New York Times: Yanukovych frees a rival’s allies, but leaves her in prison [Published KPNews.com - Apr 08 2013]

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