Topic: Eastern Europe

APTOPIX Venezuela Belarus

APTOPIX Venezuela Belarus
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez looks up as he waits for Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko, not seen, prior to a meeting at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Wednesday, March 17, 2010.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) Copyright 2010  AP News
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Ukraine PM exorcises predecessor Tymoshenko's ghost

The glamorous Orange Revolution princess and former premier Yulia Tymoshenko may now be in opposition but her ghosts are still haunting the government offices in Ukraine. Or so her successor insists, who said Friday he had had to ask an Orthodox priest to exorcise Tymoshenko's spirit from his office ...
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Ukraine's Yanukovich to repeal Bandera hero decree

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich will scrap in early May a decree by his pro-Western predecessor that conferred national hero status on a World War Two nationalist leader, a source in his camp said on Friday. Former President Viktor Yushchenko's posthumous honoring of Stepan Bandera, a leader of ...
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Russia's Zaripov claims third gold

Russia's Irek Zaripov won his third gold medal of the 2010 Paralympics on Wednesday when he took victory in the biathlon 12.5km sitting event. Zaripov won in a time of 42min 22.4sec, adding the gold to his 2.4km pursuit and 15km cross-country title. The 26-year-old finished ...
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