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United Press International
| 1 year ago
A Ukrainian court has postponed a hearing in a second trial of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, citing health concerns over her prison hunger strike. Tymoshenko, serving a seven-year sentence in a Kharkov, Ukraine, jail for abuse of power,...
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International Herald Tribune
| 1 year ago
In just over a month, it is to become the first former Soviet republic to host the European soccer championships, an achievement its leaders hoped would showcase its emergence from an authoritarian past and its embrace of Western values. Instead, it...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Germany's foreign minister is threatening to block a political and trade deal between Ukraine and the European Union if jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is not given adequate health care. Guido Westerwelle said on German television Wednesday...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Yulia Tymoshenko was jailed late last year for seven years following what her supporters say was a show trial. Photograph: Reuters The daughter of the jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has said her mother has been "brutally beaten"...
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The Boston Globe
| 1 year ago
Invalid E-mail address Add a personal message: (80 character limit) Your E-mail: Invalid E-mail address Sending your article Your article has been sent. Austria's foreign minister says government officials will boycott Euro 2012 games played in...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Austria's government is to boycott all Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine amid rising anger at the treatment of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. The Austria team did not qualify for the tournament, co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine, but Chancellor...
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B92
| 1 year ago
German FM Chief Guido Westerwelle has criticized Ukraine for the treatment of Yulia Tymoshenko, saying that it could affect the country's EU ambition...In the interview, expressed his concern over Tymoshenko's health and offered that she be treated...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
Prime Minister Tymoshenko, the government will refrain from attending European Championship games in Ukraine," Rosenthal said. Dutch ministers and members of the royal family traditionally attend matches of the Dutch national team at major...
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The Local
| 1 year ago
As Euro 2012 approaches in Poland and Ukraine, soccer has become a political football over the treatment of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Is sport a useful diplomatic tool or should it be free of politics?...German politicians are...
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Reuters
| 1 year ago
Topics Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko shows what she claims an injury in the Kachanivska prison in Kharkiv, in this undated handout picture received by Reuters on April 27, 2012...When Ukraine was named co-host of Europe's biggest...
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Novinite
| 1 year ago
The Netherlands' caretaker government has threatened to boycott the the European Football Championships in Ukraine this summer, if the country doesn't improve the treatment of its prisoners. Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal says this applies in...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Clinton enters Tymoshenko fray In a statement, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the United States "is deeply concerned by the treatment of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and other imprisoned members of her former government." May...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Human Rights Watch Tuesday called for an investigation into allegations ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was beaten by guards at a penal colony. Tymoshenko's lawyer has told the media guards at the Kharkov penal colony had beaten...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
The United States condemned the alleged mistreatment of jailed politician Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine on Tuesday and called for her release. Share This Story Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Washington was "deeply concerned by the...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
Tymoshenko's fast enters 12th day, family worried Kiev: The family of Yulia Tymoshenko voiced fears over her health on Tuesday as the jailed ex-premier extended her hunger strike into a 12th day and Kiev faced a boycott of its Euro 2012 football...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 1 year ago
Breaking News US urges release of former Ukrainian prime minister The United States called for the release of former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday, joining European leaders in condemning the conditions of her imprisonment amid...
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The Local
| 1 year ago
Germany could host Euro 2012 Published: 1 May 12 10:50 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20120501-42271.html Theres still enough time to relocate the European Football Championships to Germany from the heftily criticized Ukraine if...
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The independent
| 1 year ago
The diet of salad and Ryvita; the pressure at work to play with Maltes... This month a group of Dalit (or Untouchables, as they were formerly labelled) students organised a B... Suggested Topics Ukraine faces an embarrassing boycott of next month's...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Top European officials intend to boycott events in Ukraine because of growing concerns about jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a spokeswoman said. Tymoshenko is serving a seven-year prison sentence in Ukraine after being convicted on...
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Novinite
| 1 year ago
Photo by RIA Novosti EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has declared that he has no intention of visiting Ukraine for the upcoming Euro 2012 football championship the country is co-hosting, unless there is a swift improvement in the human...
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Ansa
| 1 year ago
European leaders are reluctant to boycott the part of the Euro 2012 soccer championships that will take place in Ukraine because of alleged mistreatment of the jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi said on...
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The Local
| 1 year ago
Ukraine accused Germany of using "Cold War" methods on Monday as German ministers seemed likely to boycott the European Football Championships in Ukraine amid fears for the health of imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Tensions between...
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Euractiv
| 1 year ago
German Chancellor Angela Merkel could cancel her visit to Ukraine during the Euro 2012 football tournament in June if jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is not released by then, Germany's Der Spiegel magazine reported yesterday (29 April). ...
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Novinite
| 1 year ago
An investigation of the Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office has failed to find evidence to substantiate the allegations of jailed ex PM Yulia Tymoshenko that she was physically abused in prison, a prosecutor has announced. At the end of last week, global...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-04-30 11:10 AM German Chancellor Angela Merkel may boycott the European soccer championship in Ukraine in June amid reports of mistreatment and abuse against...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 1 year ago
A supporter of Yulia Tymoshenko protests in Kharkiv where Ukraine's opposition leader is in prison and which hosts the Germany-Netherlands Euro 2012 game on 13 June. Photograph: Sergey Bobok/AFP/Getty Images Angela Merkel is planning to boycott next...
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Belleville News-Democrat
| 1 year ago
A top German official is urging European governments to boycott Euro2012 soccer championship matches in Ukraine to protest the detention of the country's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen told German...
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France24
| 1 year ago
Ukrainian police with machine-guns stand guard at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev on April 27. Explosions and Western anger over the alleged prison beating of hunger-striking ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko have turned Ukraine's Euro 2012 dreams into a...
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The Courier-Mail
| 1 year ago
S prison service today cast doubt on claims by jailed ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko that she was beaten by guards, saying that she had previously complained of unexplained bruising. "For the first time, Yulia Tymoshenko complained of haematomas under...
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The Local
| 1 year ago
In a dramatic appeal, the daughter of imprisoned former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko pleaded with the German government to save her mothers life before it is too late. Yevgenia Tymoshenko, 32, told the Frankfurter Allgemeine...
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Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
05" Ye, it's absolutely sickening that this criminal who stole from the Ukrainian people is in jail. She deserves to be there ".- Joe , Of Mars, 28/4/2012 5:39 ----- Please don't be so naive. She has been framed by the present Russian dominated...
