RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova Report
06.08.2013
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova.
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Top 10 Wikipedia Controversies in Languages Other Than English
George W. Bush is the most contested topic on Wikipedia's English pages, according to a recent study. But what's stirring controversy in other languages on the online encyclopedia like Persian, Arabic, and Romanian? More 
Belarusians Detained For Giving Out Cards
Two activists from the Belarusian rights group Vyasna (Spring) have been detained in Minsk while distributing cards with the photo of the group's jailed leader, Ales Byalyatski. More 
Belarus's Fisherman-President Boasts Of Catching 57-Kilogram Catfish
A television report in Belarus has aired a fisherman's boast from President Alyaksandr Lukashenka in which the agricultural university grad appears to be trying to one-up Russia's Vladimir Putin, saying he once caught a 57-kilogram catfish. More Hundreds of opposition activists and protesters have gathered in front of a Kyiv courthouse to mark two years since jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was arrested. More In the countries of the former Soviet Union, many patients with cancer and other terminal illnesses die in severe pain because of a shortage of drugs and ignorance about end-of-life care. But in Ukraine, the government has taken steps to ease the suffering of its terminally ill patients. More 
'Tymoshenko Tour' Tracks Former PM's Hometown Roots
A tour agency in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk is capitalizing on the fame of one of its native daughters, jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. More 
EU Eastern Partnership Program: A Status Checklist
RFE/RL takes a look at what the future holds for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine in the run-up to November's Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius, where several decisions about the countries' relationship with Brussels will be ironed out. More |
