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This is a full directory of all 86 articles about Lviv, listed in reverse order, with the most recent article at the top. If you'd prefer to search for some particular article, please use the search facility on the news front page.

As Easy As Pi

March.17.2006

Lviv has just witnessed two decidedly wacky world records, bringing a much appreciated does of fantasy to the late winter gloom. Medical professor Andriy Sliusa...

Swish Hotel Opens Doors

March.8.2006

An exquisite six-story hotel claiming to offer services matching those available in four-star hotels in the West opened its doors last week in the city of Lviv,...

Chimney-sweeps back in business

Feb.6.2006

Lviv's dwindling band of chimney-sweepers is back in demand. The exceptionally harsh winter, coupled with the authorities' pleas for Lvivians to use less gas, h...

Romanian Leader Visits Ukraine

Feb.6.2005

President Traian Basescu said during his visit to Ukraine that Romanians who live in this country should be strong, respected and heard. "I have a request: Y...

Cabinet Cracking Up

Jan.10.2005

Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday voted to sack prime minister Yuri Yekhanurov's government over a controversial gas deal with Russia. A no-confidence motion ...

Infamous Case Arrives In Court

January.9.2006

The trial of three former Interior Ministry officers accused of involvement in the 2000 assassination of journalist Heorhiy Gongadze opened today in the Ukraini...

'He Had Plenty Of Spirit'

Dec.12.2005

A 111-year-old pensioner, thought to be the oldest man living in†Britain, has died. Former Polish army colonel Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski, who was known to ...

Ukraine May Host Euro Cup!

Nov.09.2005

Ukraine's top soccer official on Tuesday expressed delight that a joint bid by his ex-Soviet state and Poland made the short list to stage the 2012 European cha...

EU Verdict Over Cause Celebre

Nov.09.2005

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of Myroslava Gongadze, the widow of slain Ukrainian opposition journalist Heorhiy Gongadze, against Ukrai...

Rallies of the Old Guard

Nov.09.2005

An estimated crowd of 10,000 people took part in an antigovernment picket in front of the government's headquarters in Kyiv on 7 November. The picket, as well a...

Royal Prize For Yushchenko

Oct.19.2005

Queen Elizabeth II on Oct. 17 presented Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko with a prize in recognition of his role in last year's momentous political changes...

Governor Arrested In Florida

Oct.14.2005

A former Ukrainian governor accused of extortion and abuse of power in the country's tumultuous 2004 election was arrested in Florida on an immigration violatio...

Identity In Flux In Ukraine

Oct.7.2005

Many Ukrainian adults believe their country is yet to fully integrate with the rest of the continent, according to a poll by the Razumkov Center. 60.3 per cent ...

Rock Star Marries Political Royalty

Oct.3.2005

Yevhenia Tymoshenko, 25, married Briton Sean Carr, 36, at an Orthodox chapel in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Mr Carr led his bride out to waiting press an...

President Slumps In Polls

Sept.29.2005

Support for President Viktor Yushchenko has plunged after an acrimonious split in the team that led Ukraine's Orange Revolution last year and allegations of mas...

New Cabinet Announced

Sept.29.2005

Ukraineís president this week unveiled most of his new government of technocrats. The new cabinet replaces his Orange Revolution team that he dismissed earlie...

Lawmaker Accused In Killing

Sept.29.2005

A Ukrainian legislative commission investigating the kidnapping and beheading of a journalist five years ago has issued its findings, accusing parliament's spea...

Radioactive Material Found

Sept.29.2005

Ukrainian authorities found radioactive material believed stolen from the now-defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant a decade ago, an official said Wednesday. ...

Tymoshenko removed from wanted list

Sept.26.2005

The office of the Russian chief military prosecutor has removed former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko from the internationally wanted list and cancel...

Parliament Backs New PM

Sept.23.2005

Parliament on Thursday approved Yuri Yekhanurov as Ukraine's new prime minister, pulling the country back from the brink of crisis after less than a year of lib...

Parliament Rejects Choice Of PM

20.Sept.2005

Ukraine's parliament has rejected the candidacy of acting Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov. Yekhanurov won only 223 votes, three less than he needed to be nam...

Tymoshenko Plans Comeback

Sept.13.2005

Ukraine's sacked Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said she plans to win back her post after parliamentary elections next year and then stand for president in 200...

Missing Horse Turns Up In Ukraine

Sept.13.2005

A thoroughbred racehorse that was meant to be a stud in Australia was accidentally sent to the Ukraine, in a mix-up that has resulted in a batch of illegitimate...

Yushchenko Points Finger

Sept.12.2005

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Sunday accused the prime minister he dismissed of having acted in favour of certain business groups in a dispute over a...

Lviv Churchmen To Be Canonized

Sept.12.2005

Pope Benedict XVI is to declare five people saints next month and another 17 candidates are to be beatified soon - an indication that the Vatican's saint-making...

Yushchenko Appeals For Support

Sept.9.2005

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko appealed Friday to the leaders of all parties represented in parliament to support Ukraine's new acting prime minister as ...

Yushchenko Fires Cabinet

Sept.9.2005

President Viktor Yushchenko fired his 7-month-old government Thursday, dismissing his dynamic prime minister - the heroine of the Orange Revolution that swept h...

World Cup First For Ukraine

Sept.6.2005

Jubilant Ukrainian fans drenched their players in Soviet Champagne on Sunday after the team returned to Kiev with a ticket to the World Cup finals for the first...

Orange Turns Bitter

Sept.06.2005

A close aide to President Viktor Yushchenko who was a chief organizer of the Orange Revolution protests said Monday he had resigned from the government because ...

Chernobyl Toll Less Than Feared

Sept.06.2005

Fewer than 60 deaths have been directly attributed to radiation released by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, and the final toll could be thousan...

Ukraine Marks Independence

Aug.25.2005

Ukraine marked its 14th anniversary of independence on Aug. 24, foregoing the traditional military parade for the first time for what the new leadership wants t...

Journalist Honoured By Yushchenko

Aug.25.2005

Journalist Georgiy Gongadze, whose murder in 2000 jolted the administration of Ukraine's former President Leonid Kuchma, was posthumously awarded the country's ...

Moscow Cools On Neighbors

Aug.25.2005

Moscow is to stop giving economic perks to its ex-Soviet neighbors, a Kremlin source was quoted as saying on Tuesday, in a message to Ukraine, Georgia and Moldo...

Ukraine To Join Economic Pact

23.Aug.2005

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko today said that his country will participate in a common economic pact with Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. Yushchenko...

Church Move Triggers Conflict

Aug.22.2005

Ukraine's Eastern Rite Catholics on Sunday moved their church headquarters to Kiev amid protests from nationalists and objections from Orthodox believers whose ...

Ukraine And Poland Jack Up Bid

Aug.19.2005

Ukraine and Poland agreed on Thursday to press on with a joint bid to stage the 2012 European championship and pledged high-level support in the two east Europe...

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