RFE/RL BELARUS, UKRAINE, AND MOLDOVA REPORT
07.05.2013
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova. For more stories on Eastern Europe, please visit and bookmark our Eastern Europe page . |
BELARUS
Homes on the outskirts of the Belarusian city of Homel have been inundated with spring floods for several weeks. The situation has forced some residents to live in their attics, while people who own boats are stepping forward to help ferry their neighbors to work and school. (RFE/RL's Belarus Service) More While Freedom House classifies 13 of RFE/RL's broadcast countries as "not free," and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) puts three of RFE/RL’s broadcast countries squarely in the worst category, RFE/RL journalists are still on the ground, determined to report the news. More  Disney Kicks Belarus, Pakistan Out Of 'Mickey Mouse' Club One of the world's biggest merchandising powerhouses, the Walt Disney Company, has decided to cut production of trademarked goods in a handful of countries that include Belarus and Pakistan. More A court in Minsk has sentenced two independent Belarusian journalists to three days in jail. More  Belarus Activist Jailed Over Support For Ex-Candidate More  Belarusian Photos Deemed 'Extremist' A Belarusian court has declared that a book showcasing some of the country's best photojournalism is "extremist." More  Council Of Europe Concerned Over Moldovan Amendments The Council of Europe -- a continental body that promotes the rule of law and democracy -- has expressed its concerns over recent amendments to Moldova's major laws. More  Moldova Gets New Caretaker PM Moldova's Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca has been named the country's new caretaker prime minister. More  Moldovan President's Soviet Past Casts Spotlight On A 'Divided' Generation A newspaper has revealed that Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti, serving as a Soviet judge in 1987, ordered the confinement of a prominent dissident in a psychiatric hospital. As RFE/RL reports, the news has shone a spotlight on the "divided" life lived by Timofti's generation. More  Strasbourg: Tymoshenko Jailing Is Rights Violation The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the detention of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko before and during her trial on abuse-of-office charges was arbitrary and a violation of her rights. More  Ukraine Remembers Chornobyl Disaster Ukrainians have held a memorial ceremony in a downtown Kyiv church to honor the victims of the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear-power plant disaster. More  Back In The U.S.S.R.: The Soviet Union In Color In 1963 Pretend you’re rummaging through an old steamer trunk in a dusty antique store. Hidden amidst some old Frank Sinatra LPs you discover a stack of photographic slides wrapped in a yellowed newspaper. That’s how we’d like to think these 24 photographs of the Soviet Union were discovered. But the truth is, we don’t know much about them. More  Russian TV Host 'Sorry' For Ukrainian Massacre Joke A popular Russian TV host has publicly apologized for joking about the Soviet-era massacre of Ukrainians during a cooking show. Ivan Urgant sparked furor in Ukraine by likening the chopping of vegetables to the slaughter of Ukrainian villagers by the Soviet security services. More |
