EU seeks Russian energy boost Nov 18, 2009
The EU does not want another Russia-Ukraine gas crisis this winter ... The January crisis was triggered by a price dispute between Russia and Ukraine - and the EU remains wary of these two big neighbours' tense relations ... The EU Energy Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, has ruled out granting a loan to Ukraine to help it pay off its debt to Russia. (BBC News -- Europe)
Did we learn the wrong lessons from the fall of the Berlin Wall? Nov 15, 2009
Especially here in the United States, where rioting mobs helped spark the American Revolution and marchers spurred the Civil Rights movement, there is a particular faith in the power of taking it to the streets, and it was possible to see echoes of those American movements when mass protests erupted in Eastern Europe, or at various times in countries like Ukraine, Lebanon, Burma, the Philippines, or, most recently, Iran. But, historians say, what ultimately matters in authoritarian regimes is... (Boston Globe)
Steve Kroft Wins Paul White Award Nov 10, 2009
In 1990, he was the first American journalist to be given extensive access to the contaminated nuclear power complex in Ukraine. That report also won an Emmy for special achievement in broadcasting. (CBS News -- 60 minutes)
The White House and Abramoff: 70 more contacts revealed Nov 8, 2009
According to this Orwellian double standard, U.S./NATO encirclement of post-Soviet Russia on its borders is alleged to be "defensive," while feeble protest gestures like Russian military flights to Cuba or the bullying of Ukraine are defined as "aggressive" actions that threaten a new Cold War. The knight with the best sword naturally wants to ban the use of shields and armor. (Salon)
Poll: Third of Adults Wanting H1N1 Shot Can Get It Nov 7, 2009
Angus Nicoll, influenza coordinator at the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, said the apparent sudden surge of disease in Ukraine, which has reported at least 86 deaths from flu-like illness, was a feature of H1N1 which is mild in most people and can spread undetected for weeks ... "Then you get a Ukraine thing, where some countries have suddenly been ambushed by the pandemic and have gone over the top in their response." ... Ukraine closed schools, banned public meetings... (Fox News)
Swine flu scare tightens borders around Ukraine Nov 4, 2009
LVIV, Ukraine Russia and Slovakia tightened their borders with Ukraine on Tuesday as the World Health Organization began investigating a suspected swine flu outbreak ... But the WHO said in a statement on Tuesday that most flu cases in Ukraine can be assumed to be H1N1, "as the pandemic virus has rapidly become the dominant influenza strain worldwide." ... As aprecaution, schools and universities across the country will remain closed this week, and officials urged people in western Ukraine to... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Ukraine Closes All Schools To Fight Swine Flu Nov 3, 2009
KIEV, Ukraine -- Urging its citizens not to panic, Ukraine on Monday closed the nation's schools for a week to avoid the spread of swine flu and suggested that nightclubs, cinemas and food markets in the west also shut down. The World Health Organization said Monday there was no evidence that Ukraine had a bad outbreak of swine flu but at the government's request it had sent a health team there to help the country cope ... Ukraine's Health Ministry said Monday that 70 people in the nation of 40... (KIRO TV, WA)
Best from Sunday Nov 2, 2009
The Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company - Named after Pavlo Virsky, a well-known Ukrainian ballet-master, who in 1937 brought together a group of folk dancers in Kiev, The Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company boasts vivid and colorful stage concepts, embracing the beauty of Ukraine and the wisdom, humor and optimism of its people. The wedding of Miss Catherine Floyd and Dr. Steven Bailey was held on Saturday, June 27, at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Atlanta. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Putin tells EU of risk to gas supply via Ukraine: reports Nov 2, 2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, pictured on October 30, warned the European Union on Sunday that gas supplies via Ukraine may be disrupted because of a payment dispute with Kiev, news agencies quoted his office as saying. MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned the European Union on Sunday that gas supplies via Ukraine may be disrupted because of a payment dispute with Kiev, news agencies quoted his office as saying ... Russian gas supplies were cut off to a dozen... (Yahoo! Asia News)
Transcript of a Press Briefing by Caroline Atkinson, Director, External Relations, IMF Oct 23, 2009
On that, as you know, the IMF funding is delivered to the Central Bank, and there are safeguards and controls in Ukraine, as elsewhere ... QUESTIONER: Just coming back to Ukraine, I know a mission is on the ground and there will be probably a news conference afterward. (IMF News)
The World Won't Wait On Washington Indecision Oct 22, 2009
On the Ukrainian front, Russia is ratcheting up heavy pressure on the country to vote for the pro-Russia candidate in the January election, while ambiguous American policy and actions are undercutting pro-Western forces in Ukraine. Last week, The Guardian -- a prestigious leftist British newspaper -- headlined an article thus: "Ukraine fears for its future as Moscow muscles in on Crimea. As Ukraine prepares for its first presidential election since the Orange Revolution, there are signs that its... (Human Events Online)
Ukraine starts election campaign Oct 20, 2009
Ukraine's presidential election campaign is being formally launched, amid hopes it could drag the country out of its political paralysis ... The currency has collapsed, and Ukraine has been forced to accept more than $10bn (6. (BBC News -- Europe)
UN backs Gaza 'war crimes' report Oct 17, 2009
GOLDSTONE REPORT VOTE For: Argentina, Brazil, China, Russia and 21 others Against: US, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovakia and Ukraine Abstentions: Belgium, Bosnia, Burkina-Faso, Cameroon, Gabon, Japan, Mexico, Norway, South Korea, Slovenia and Uruguay No vote: UK, France and 3 others. The Palestinian Authority initially backed deferring a vote, but changed its position after domestic criticism. (BBC News -- Africa)
World Reacts to Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Oct 10, 2009
relations with Russia and offer a fresh start to relations with the Muslim world, there is little so far to show for his fine words" Kind of says it all, right? by jameslouiky October 9, 2009 9:53 AM EDT Compare Obama's accomplishments to Reagan?s Obama freed 0 countries from tyranny, ended no war, brought no one together. Reagan Countries liberated from Communist tyranny during or shortly after RONALD REAGAN's presidency: Afghanistan Albania Angola Bulgaria Cambodia Czechoslovakia East Germany... (CBS News)
Papers split over Tories' reforms Oct 6, 2009
The is unhappy that Saturday's football match between England and Ukraine will be shown only on the internet. "Own goals in football don't come much worse," it says, adding that the TV channels should have worked out a deal. (BBC News -- UK)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Oct 4, 2009
Banned from adopting a 14-month-old boy by the government in Ukraine, Sir Elton John has extended his search for a child. The musician's civil partner, David Furnish, tells Mandrake that the couple have considered adopting a boy in Africa. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
* World News Quick Take Sep 30, 2009
Ukraine has also banned the film, and some Austrian officials have spoken out against it, but have not taken action ... UKRAINE Kiev drops hotel plan. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Behind the golden doors Sep 25, 2009
And it was Mr Medvedev who sent an aggressive and insulting letter to Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine s president, blaming him for supplying arms to Georgia and falsifying history. Indeed, January s presidential election in Ukraine may be the key event in Russia s new political season ... Gazprom, Russia s gas giant, is already muttering belligerently that Ukraine may be unable to pay its gas bill after the vote. (The Economist)
ITV news show scoops Emmy Sep 23, 2009
ITV News was up against competition from Qatar, the Ukraine and Brazil, including two pieces on the Russia-Georgia war from Al Jazeera and the Ukraine's Inter TV channel. In the current affairs category, Al Jazeera was nominated for a documentary on two Palestinian schools in Nablus. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
The Imaginary Pirate of Globalization, Antoine Garapon, Eurozine Sep 23, 2009
"In retrospect, the great event of 1968 in Europe was not Paris, but Prague." Articles on 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine ... Covered as yet: Croatia, Sweden, Austria, Estonia, Ukraine, Northern Ireland, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Hungary. (Harper's Magazine)
AP Interview: Yushchenko optimistic about NATO Sep 22, 2009
Election fever heightens Ukraine political chaos ... Fresh from summer vacation, lawmakers last week were back to the shenanigans that have made Ukraine's parliament a source of entertainment and fod 000016FB der for YouTube ... NEW YORK -- Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko says he is optimistic that his country will join NATO, declaring the tide of public opinion in the former Soviet republic is swinging in favor of membership in the Western military alliance. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Neoconservative Irving Kristol dies Sep 20, 2009
Irving Kristol was born in the New York borough of Brooklyn, the son of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. In the 1930s he was a Trotskyist but he turned his back on his radical left-wing beliefs in favour of liberalism. (BBC News -- Americas)
Pawlenty Raises Specter of Appeasement... Sep 19, 2009
The Fix - Pawlenty Hammers Obama on Missile Defense Decision. The Fix THE FRIDAY LINES. (The Drudge Report)
Obama helps strengthen GENERAL ELECTRIC-Putin ties... Sep 18, 2009
Good Job Democrats and Liberals - betray the Ukraine in the 30's: 20 million Khalaki Dead, betray Eastern Europe in the 40's: 40 million people dead, Betray China: 100 Million dead, and now Barry the Marxist dupe - how many will this Stalinist wannabe be responsible for. He will also be responsible for the revival of the Soviet Union. (The Drudge Report)
Polish Prime Minister Refuses To Take Hillary's Call... Sep 18, 2009
I tell you what; if Obama keeps up with this crap, Putin will build one in Poland, and in the Ukraine, Georgia, the Czech Repbulic, Hungary, et al. Oh wait. Haven't we been there. (The Drudge Report)
Insight: Russia's leading men Sep 17, 2009
He did not regret one bit his scathing letter accusing President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine of stoking tensions with Russia. He could see no chance of Moscow improving relations with Georgia while President Mikheil Saakashvili was still there. (BBC News -- Europe)
Elton 'cannot adopt in Ukraine' Sep 15, 2009
Elton 'cannot adopt in Ukraine ... Sir Elton's civil partnership with David Furnish would not be recognised as a marriage in Ukraine, he added ... However, the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse in Kiev says the question of whether Sir Elton's civil partnership can be recognised in Ukraine could still depend partly on politics. (BBC News -- UK)
Profile: Vladimir Putin Sep 12, 2009
2000: Putin elected president in first round; Kursk submarine disaster; restoration of Soviet national anthem with different words 2003: General election gives Putin allies control over parliament 2004: Putin re-elected by landslide in February; a year of Chechen attacks on civilian targets culminates in Beslan 2005: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's richest man, jailed for tax evasion 2006: Russia briefly cuts gas supplies to Ukraine in January; St Petersburg hosts G8 events 2007: Putin likens US... (BBC News -- Europe)
* Ukraine city mayor assailed over anti-Semitic remarks Sep 5, 2009
Ukraine city mayor assailed over anti-Semitic remarks ... Jewish leaders in Ukraine and Russia on Thursday condemned the mayor of a Ukrainian city who called a presidential hopeful an impudent little Jew, and Russias chief rabbi said he would travel there in a show of support for the local Jewish community ... The incident was a worrying sign of persistent anti-Semitism in a country that lost hundreds of thousands of Jews in the Holocaust, but also evidence of a heated presidential... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Russia Doesn't Have to Be a Bully Aug 31, 2009
"Yanukovych isn't quite the toady that his opponents make him out to be," notes Alexander Motyl, a Ukraine expert at Rutgers University. "I'd bet that he, like every Ukrainian president and PM since 1991, would adopt a moderately pro-Ukrainian and semi-pro-Russian position." If the object of the Kremlin's policies is to drive Ukraine back into the arms of Mother Russia, so far it's not working. (Slate)
African view: Devoured by greed? Aug 31, 2009
Fortune Chris, Ukraine. I am hoping 2 C dat day when bribery & corruption wil be 18 of D past in nigeria, but that day wil not come unless we say no 2 those ingreats called our leader's who steal our money & share it 2 the hoodlums & the negative minded nigerians during election. (BBC News -- Africa)
Dear Viktor, you're dead, love Dmitry Aug 28, 2009
RUSSIA marked the first anniversary of its war with Georgia with a verbal salvo against Ukraine. Russia s president, Dmitry Medvedev, wrote Viktor Yushchenko, his Ukrainian counterpart, an open letter with a familiar litany of complaints: Ukraine was supplying arms to Georgia, complicating the life of Russia s Black Sea fleet (which is based in Sebastopol, a Ukrainian port), signing treacherous pipeline deals with the European Union, kicking out Russian diplomats and falsifying joint Soviet... (The Economist)
Japan PM in gaffe on poor couples Aug 25, 2009
Page last updated at 15:18 GMT, Monday, 24 August 2009 16:18 UK. By Roland Buerk BBC News, Tokyo. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Russia's Moves Raise Doubts About Obama's 'Reset' Aug 24, 2009
Ukrainians holds hold a poster depicting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and a comment reading "No more drinking for Medvedev" in front of the Russian embassy in Kiev, Ukraine ... The much-trumpeted "reset" of relations between Russia and the U.S. was dealt a slap in the face last week as Moscow went on the offensive against Ukraine and Georgia ... "The one thing that could most endanger the reset policy would be really bad Russian behavior in the post-Soviet... (Time.com)
Afghan Poll Legitimacy Hangs on Canadian's Judgment as Fraud Claims Mount Aug 24, 2009
head , who has worked on from Pakistan to Algeria and Ukraine, said 35 of 225 complaints about irregularities were material to the outcome of the Aug. 20 ballot. Kippens agency can order recounts or a repeat of voting where it finds fraud. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Bring back India's money in foreign banks: Advani Aug 24, 2009
Claiming that Indian citizens had deposits USD 1,456 billion followed by Russia (USD 470 billion), UK (USD 390 billion), Ukraine (USD 100 billion) and China (USD 96 billion), Yadav said all this need to be investigated. Saying corruption was 'one of the major issues' to be raised by the NDA in course of electioneering, Yadav urged the Prime Minister to hold immediate consultations with leaders of all political parties on the issue. (India Times, India)
Numbers dont justify reform Aug 22, 2009
With little objection from her citizenry, the U.S.A. consistently sends billions of tax dollars in aid to Columbia, Egypt, Israel, Ukraine and many other countries each year. The U.S.A. proudly does this and much more for others, yet the idea of making it possible for all Americans to have some form of health insurance is met with massive resistance and hailed as being an unAmerican concept that will dismantle the underpinnings of our country. (Longview Daily News, WA)
NZ votes against child smack ban Aug 22, 2009
WHERE SMACKING IS BANNED Austria, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela Source: Endcorporalpunishment. org. (BBC News)
Alleged Mega-Hacker: "Scarface" or Nerd? Aug 21, 2009
Around that time, federal agents said, Gonzalez devised a sophisticated attack to penetrate computer networks, steal credit and debit card data, and send that information to computer servers in California, Illinois, Latvia, the Netherlands and Ukraine. The Justice Department said Gonzalez and others used that attack to mine companies' computers for approximately 40 million credit card numbers. (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)
Cash, Connections Can Get a Kidney in NYC Aug 21, 2009
The operations allegedly took place in Ukraine. Investigators in Israel said they began probing the ring when one of the donors complained that she hadn't been paid. (CBS News)
Liberte, Egalite, Sharia? Aug 12, 2009
For a few days in June, there played out on our television screens exactly the same fairy-tale that had been so successfully peddled in Ukraine at the height of George W. Bush s presidency. What was obviously a battle between two powerful members of the political establishment (in Ukraine, between an incumbent prime minister and a former one; in Iran, between an incumbent president and a former prime minister) was elevated to a Manichean struggle between the forces of good and evil, progress and... (The American Conservative)
Medvedev lambasts Ukraine leader Aug 12, 2009
President Medvedev accused Ukraine of trying to rewrite history. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made a scathing attack on Ukraine's president, accusing him of "anti-Russian" behaviour ... Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko has forged close links with the EU, US and Nato since coming to power in 2004. (BBC News -- Europe)
After A Decade In Power, Putin Not Ready To Quit Aug 10, 2009
U.S. supportfor Georgia and Ukraine, two Westward-leaning countries formerly under Moscow's control, raised suspicions in the Kremlin that Washington was trying to turn them against Russia. Last year's Russia-Georgia war was seen as a climax of those tensions, and serious diplomacy was required by successor administrations in Moscow and Washington to reset the relationship. (CBS News -- World)
Corazon Aquino 1933-2009: The Saint of Democracy Aug 9, 2009
True, in recent years, Aquino's quiet defiance has continued to inspire regime-changing street demonstrations, from the "Reformasi"-chanting crowds who overthrew Suharto in neighboring Indonesia in 1998 to the so-called color revolutions that catalyzed change in places like Georgia (rose) and Ukraine (orange) in the early 2000s. Like People Power, many of these movements gained momentum when the international media broadcast images of thousands upon thousands of people uniting peacefully against... (Time.com)
Did Russia pay high price for winning Georgia war? Aug 7, 2009
He argues that efforts by the US to "encircle Russia" by drawing Georgia and Ukraine into the Western military alliance will continue. "We won a battle in Georgia last year, but we have not won the war," Mr. Dugin says. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
A year after war, Georgia and Russia point fingers over provocations Aug 7, 2009
Russia claims that the US and former Soviet states like Ukraine are for another attempt to seize South Ossetia and its fellow breakaway republic, Abkhazia. "It is highly regrettable that the Americans are going to pump up Mikhael Saakashvili's military machine. That's a strange way to support democracy," Russian State Secretary, Grigory Karasin, told journalists this week. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Study: Dioxin That Poisoned Yushchenko Made In Lab Aug 5, 2009
Study: Dioxin That Poisoned Ukraine's Victor Yushchenko In 2004 Was Made In A Lab ... Still, scientists can't tell where the chemical came from and who was ultimately behind the poisoning of Yushchenko, now the president of Ukraine ... Yushchenko, one of pillars of Ukraine's "Orange" democratic revolution, was poisoned as he campaigned to curb Russian influence on the Ukraine and to strengthen ties with the West. (CBS News -- World)
NATO Refuses to Set Afghanistan Deadline, Says Alliance Will Beat Taliban Aug 4, 2009
NATO-Russia ties were strained by the Bush administrations plan for a missile defense system in eastern Europe and the alliances courting of Ukraine and Georgia as future members ... NATO declared Georgia and Ukraine eligible for membership in 2008, while laying out no timetable ... While Georgia and Ukraine can become members someday, here and now its a hypothetical question, Rasmussen said. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Iran puts more than 100 on trial on conspiracy charges Aug 2, 2009
Iranian leaders have warned for years against any attempt at a foreign-backed popular movement similar to those that ousted governments in Eastern Europe, most recently in Georgia and Ukraine. Mohabbati accused the United States and other countries of masterminding the effort. (Boston Globe)
Communists Defeated in Moldova Election Aug 1, 2009
Locked between Ukraine and Romania, it has the sad distinction of being Europe's poorest country ... Coalitions in the shaky former Soviet republics are rarely stable, as neighboring Ukraine has shown. (Time.com)
China dips its toe in the Black Sea Aug 1, 2009
It all began with United States Vice President Joseph Biden choosing a tour of Ukraine and Georgia on July 20-23 to rebuke the Kremlin publicly for its "19th-century notions of spheres of influence" ... He committed the Obama administration to supporting Ukraine's status as an "integral part of Europe" and Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration ... There is already some evidence of this coordinated Western approach toward Russia in the European Union's "Eastern Partnership" project, unveiled in... (Asia Times Online)
Moldovan Opposition Plans Talks to Break Political Deadlock in Parliament Jul 31, 2009
Moscow supports Transnistria, on the border with Ukraine, and has peacekeeping troops there ... 4 million people, located between Ukraine and Romania, is split between those with a pro-Russian sentiment, led by the ethnic Russian minority, and opponents who advocate closer ties to the West since seeing comparatively prosperous Romania join the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in recent years. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
United Colors of Democracy Jul 30, 2009
In April 2005, President George W. Bush described Ukraine s Orange Revolution, led by Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, as a powerful example of democracy for people around the world. The ideals of the new Ukraine are the ideals shared by Western civilization, he asserted ... In a May 2005 speech in Tbilisi, Bush hailed Georgia s democrats for creating the template for Crayola revolutions: Before there was a Purple Revolution in Iraq or an Orange Revolution in Ukraine or a Cedar Revolution... (The American Conservative)
Country profile: Moldova Jul 30, 2009
Sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, Moldova emerged as an independent republic following the collapse of the USSR in 1991 ... The industrialised territory to the east of the Dniester, generally known as Trans-Dniester or the Dniester region, was formally an autonomous area within Ukraine before 1940 when the Soviet Union combined it with Bessarabia to form the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ... Gas supplies were cut off again for several weeks in January 2009, this time as a result of a... (BBC News -- Europe)
Communists take early lead in Moldova vote Jul 30, 2009
It was the second time in four months that voters in the former Soviet republic wedged between Romania and Ukraine elected a parliament. The previous poll in April was denounced by the opposition as rigged and led to mass street protests and rioting. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Q&A: Parliamentary election Jul 30, 2009
It has also pledged to strengthen co-operation with Romania and Ukraine. TheLiberal Party (PL)was the most successful opposition party in the April poll, winning 13. (BBC News -- Europe)
Moldovan Opposition Parties Lead in Parliamentary Election, Results Show Jul 30, 2009
4 million people located between Ukraine and Romania, is split between those with a pro-Russian sentiment, led by the ethnic Russian minority, and opponents who advocate closer ties to the West since seeing comparatively prosperous Romania join the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in recent years. Our neighbors to the east and west need a real political partner, not a bogus government that makes empty promises, opposition Liberal Democratic Party leader said by... (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Kyrgyz police break up election protest march Jul 29, 2009
Patriarch of Moscow and All-Russia Kirill on Monday arrived in Ukraine on a. . (AlertNet)
Biden's Ukraine, Georgia visit shows U.S. support Jul 25, 2009
TBILISI, July 24 (Xinhua) -- U. S. Vice President Joe Biden is currently paying a visit to Ukraine and Georgia, shortly after U. S. President Barack Obama traveled to Russia in early July. Biden's trip has been widely regarded as a "psychotherapy" visit to Ukraine and Georgia, after Obama's visit to Russia, which was aimed at repairing the badly strained relations between the two nations ... One of Biden's major concerns during the trip is Ukraine's presidential election, which is slated for... (Xinhuanet, China)
Kurdistan: Why it could spark new front in Iraq war Jul 25, 2009
"If we had borders with a neutral state if we had borders with Israel, with Armenia, with the Ukraine, with any other country, it would be better for us. If we had an ocean between us it would be better for us," he says. Ultimate solution must be political. (Christian Science Monitor)
Iran and Russia, scorpions in a bottle Jul 24, 2009
Russia has seen the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) gobbling up the Baltic countries and threatening to "annex" Georgia and Ukraine; NATO is at war in Afghanistan; and the US is still present, one way or another, across Central Asia. Iran and Russia share the same strategy as far as the Caspian Sea is concerned. (Asia Times Online)
Poll: U.S. Image Abroad Surges under Obama Jul 24, 2009
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2009. 71% of Those Surveyed had Confidence in Obama's Handling of World Affairs; 17% Supported Bush in 2008. (CBS News)
Georgia to ask Biden for weapons, observers Jul 23, 2009
Biden to meet with Ukraine's leaders, opposition. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is expected to reaffirm Washington's support for Ukraine's pro-Western course in a series of meetings Tuesday with leaders and opposition representatives ... Ukraine's leaders will be seeking reassurances that Washington's efforts to jump-start strained relations with Moscow will not come at the expense of Kiev's drive to join NATO and integrate with the West. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
• Biden: Ukraine need not worry about US-Russia ties Jul 22, 2009
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, left, and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speak in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Biden arrived in Ukraine for a three-day working visit ... Biden: Ukraine need not worry about US-Russia ties By MARIA DANILOVA Vice President Joe Biden assured a nervous Ukraine that its interests won't be sacrificed as the United States tries to mend ties with Moscow. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Biden: U.S. supports Ukraines NATO bid Jul 22, 2009
Biden: U.S. supports Ukraines NATO bid - Europe- msnbc ... Biden: U.S. supports Ukraines NATO bid ... Sergei Chuzavkov / APVice President Joe Biden, left, and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko leave their meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday. (MSNBC -- Politics)
