Full Coverage: Ukraine

27.04.2008 Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead is a son’s documentary about his dad. But what a dad!

11.04.2008 For 50 years dangerous concentrations of radionuclides have been accumulating in earth, air and water from weapons testing and reactor incidents. Yet serious studies of the effects of radiation on health have been obscured – not least by the World Health Organisation, writes Alison Katz.

06.12.2007 In past years, the HIV epidemic has ravaged the populations of many former Soviet nations, the majority of victims claimed by needle sharing and drug use. Thanks to new programs such as needle exchange and harm reduction, these countries are taking big steps in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

14.11.2007 Severe weather on the Kerch Strait near the Black Sea is blamed for sinking ships transporting oil and sulfur; now that same weather is impeding rescue efforts and cleanup, which is expected to take years.

03.10.2007 As the outcome of the Ukrainian election threatens to peel away the orange revolution, Misha Kechaqmadze traces the success of post-Soviet regimes to stamp out the march to democracy.

19.09.2007 Ukraine is to cover the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor with a vast metal shelter in a long overdue operation designed to prevent the further leak of deadly radiation.

26.07.2007 Primaeval beech forests in the Carpathian Mountains have been inscribed on the UN's World Heritage List, underlining the global importance of this rare forest habitat — the most extensive in Europe.

06.06.2006 Sunday marked the ten-year anniversary of the day Ukraine--then the world's third-largest nuclear weapons state--handed over all its nuclear weapons for disarmament. Couldn't others follow suit?

25.04.2006 Twenty years since the biggest-ever industrial accident - the explosion at Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine - the catastrophe is still unfolding.
* US nuclear industry fires up public relations campaign
* IAEA asked to help clean Iraq
* Red Cross Red Crescent thyroid cancer detection programme can prevent hundreds of premature deaths

20.04.2006 As the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident approaches, the UN Children's Fund says that the number of children who developed thyroid cancer could have been significantly lower if they had been consuming iodised salt in their daily diet at the time of the accident.

18.04.2006 More than 250,000 additional cancers will be caused by the Chernobyl nuclear accident, of which nearly 100,000 will be fatal, according to a report that accuses previous studies - including one by the the International Atomic Energy Authority - of a "shocking" underestimate of the casualties.
* Fallout - the human cost of nuclear catastrophe, post-Chernobyl photographs, see OneWorld UK Events

21.03.2006 GONG će uz još 17 nevladinih organizacija iz Srednje i Istočne Europe i zemalja bivšeg SSSR-a, u sklopu ENEMO-a (European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations), sudjelovati u misiji promatranja parlamentarnih izbora u Ukrajini.

22.02.2006 YK:n pakolaisjärjestö tyrmistyi 11 uzbekistanilaisen turvapaikanhakijan pakkokäännyttämisestä Ukrainan viranomaisten toimesta. UNHCR vaatii pikaista selvitystä ja lisätietoa käännytettyjen kohtalosta.

04.01.2006 The Russia-Ukraine crisis is a reminder that politics, not the market, is driving global energy policies, says Daniel Litvin.

01.12.2005 EU policies toward migration are key to tackling the problem of abuse that includes extended detention in appalling conditions, violence, extortion, robbery and forced returns to face torture or persecution, a leading human rights groups said, prior to the EU-Ukraine summit.

08.09.2005 On 26th April 1986, an explosion occurred in one of the reactors of the nuclear power station in Chernobyl in Ukraine. Over the next ten days more than a thousand people fought to put out the resulting fire, as a radioactive cloud spread across much of northern Europe. Nearly twenty years later, scientists have different opinions about the broader effects on health, the environment, and the social and economic impacts in those countries most affected by the disaster. Listen to a report produced by WREN Media

18.08.2005 As part of The Great Volga River Route project, an International Workshop on Sustainable Development and World Heritage took place on 28-31 July 2005 in Bucharest, Romania.The aim is to link young people through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and engage them in the preservation and promotion of World Heritage and Biosphere sites.

15.04.2005 CHERNOBYL, Ukraine, Apr 14 (IPS) - Almost 20 years have passed since the world's worst nuclear accident, but Chernobyl continues to bring back traumatizing memories for many Ukrainians.

26.01.2005 Ukrainan lokakuisten presidentivaalien väärinkäytökset ovat esimerkki siitä, mihin vuosien huono hallinto voi johtaa. Amnesty International vetoaakin nyt uuteen presidenttiin Viktor Jushtshenkoon, että hän aloittaisi valtakautensa kohentamalla maan heikkoa ihmisoikeustilannetta.

25.01.2005 The rigged October election in the Ukraine was symptomatic of a deeper malaise created by years of poor governance. Amnesty reminds the new President, Viktor Yushchenko, to give priority to cleaning up the country's poor human rights record.