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Deaths reported in Ukraine plane crash   At least four people died when a plane made an emergency crash-landing. There were 45 people on board when the AN-24 crashed Ukraine and Shell sign gas deal  Ukraine has signed a major shale gas deal with Royal Dutch Shell - a move seen as an attempt by Kiev to reduce its dependency on Russian gas imports Five die in Ukraine chopper crash  A Ukrainian helicopter belonging to the interior ministry has crashed in the centre of the country, killing all five people on board, officials say Ukraine election 'abuse' deplored  International observers say Ukraine's election has been a backward step for democracy, marred by 'the abuse of power' Shevchenko trades football for politics  Ukraine and Dynamo Kiev striker Andriy Shevchenko is hanging up his football boots to begin a career in politics ahead of the October parliamentary election   Spain defeated Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final Map of Olympic Stadium Kiev Ukraine


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  Spain become the first country to win three successive major international tournaments. Silva, Alba, Torres and Mata score in Olympic Stadium
 Spain are the first side to score four goals in a European Championships final


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2012 Jun.27       Spain reach Euro final after shootout   Spain won a nail-biting penalty shootout against Portugal after a tense goalless draw. Ronaldo never even got to take a spot kick
 Spain became only the second team to reach 3 successive major tournament finals, , beating Portugal 4-2
2012 Jun.24   Italy go through on penalties  Italy beat England 4-2 in a penalty shootout to reach the semifinals of Euro 2012 after their match in Kiev Sunday had ended goalless after extra time
2012 Jun.23   Spain reach semi-finals  Spain waltzed past a feeble France side 2-0 in Donetsk to set up a Euro 2012 semi-final meeting with Portugal 2012 Jun.20   Ukraine expels corrupt Olympic official  Volodymyr Gerashchenko, filmed by the BBC offering 2012 tickets for cash, has been expelled by his country's National Olympic Committee 2012 Jun.19   Rooney heads England into last eight  England 1-0 Ukraine. Wayne Rooney returned with a goal to send England through to the quarter finals of Euro 2012 as Group D winners   France falls but backs into quarters  France limped into the knockout round of Euro 2012 despite a 2-0 loss to Sweden in their final group game 2012 Jun.17   Germany disposes of Denmark to win Group B  Germany advanced without fanfare to a quarterfinal against Greece after grinding out a 2-1 victory over Denmark at the European Championship   Ronaldo double as Dutch exit  Portugal beat the Netherlands 2-1 to book their passage to the quarterfinals of Euro 2012 behind Group B winners Germany 2012 Jun.15   England eliminates Sweden from Euro 2012  Walcott scored shortly after coming on as a substitute and then set up Welbeck for a sublime winner as England rallied for an entertaining 3-2 win   France reign in Ukraine rain  Euro 2012 hosts Ukraine were brought back down to earth after their opening match heroics as France clinched a 2-0 victory in stormy Donetsk 2012 Jun.13   Gomez double sees Germany beat Dutch  Netherlands 1-2 Germany. Germany inflicted a second-successive Euro 2012 on Netherlands in a renewal of one of football's great rivalries 2012 Jun.11   England holds on for draw vs. France  The English held on for a 1-1 draw with France on Monday at the European Championship, giving the Group D favorites one point each   Shevchenko seals Ukraine win  The home fans were thrilled when their all-time leading goalscorer was somewhat surprisingly included in Oleg Blokhin's starting line-up   Denmark stun Dutch  Denmark produced the first major surprise of Euro 2012 as Morten Olsen's side secured a 1-0 win over the Netherlands   Gomez, Germany nip Portugal 1-0  The Bayern Munich striker made a surprise start and knocked in a deflected cross from Khedira in the 72nd minute to give the victory in Group B

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2012 May.29   Ukraine 'should host Euro 2012'  Eugenia Tymoshenko, daughter of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, said the football tournament should go ahead in the country as planned

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2012 Apr.27   Tymoshenko tax evasion trial is delayed  Former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko is going on trial in the city of Kharkiv on charges of tax evasion   27 hurt in blasts; terror probe starts  Four explosions went off in the course of 70 minutes and injured at least 27. President Yanukovych said a special investigation team will be set

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2012 Feb.9     Deep freeze puts strain on Ukrainian EMS
  Suffering in the grip of a brutal winter where temperatures have not risen above freezing in nearly a month, Ukraine has seen a wave of deaths
2012 Feb.7   E. Europe scrambles to deal with brutal winter  At least 250 people have already died across the region during the cold snap, with 135 of them in Ukraine 2012 Feb.3   Cold weather kills 100 in Ukraine  More than 100 people have now died as a result of freezing weather in Ukraine since last Friday. Most who died were homeless people

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2011 Aug.6   Ukrainian court orders ex-PM arrested  Dozens of angry supporters of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko took to the streets in ollowing a court decision to take her into custody 2011 Jul.28   Ukraine mine blast leaves 16 dead  An explosion at a mine in the Ukraine's eastern Lugansk region has left at least 16 people dead. 10 people were unaccounted for 2011 Apr.25   Ukraine remembers Chernobyl blast  Ukraine is marking the 25th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident - at the Chernobyl power plant

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2010 Dec.31   Ukraine reduces stock of uranium  The U.S. Energy Department announced Friday the shipment of 50 kilograms of highly enriched uranium from Ukraine to Russia 2010 Apr.27   Eggs, fists fly in Ukraine parliament  Lawmakers scuffled with each other, throwing punches and eggs, as parliament met to ratify a treaty with Russia that extends the navy presence 2010 Apr.12   Ukraine to remove uranium stockpile  Ukrainian President Yanukovich followed his meeting with President Obama announced that it will get rid of all its highly enriched uranium 2010 Feb.13   Tymoshenko to contest election result  The defeated candidate in recent presidential election run-off, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, has vowed to challenge the result in court 2010 Feb.7     Exit polls report Yanukovych victory
  Exit polls from presidential election indicate opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has narrowly won, 3-6% over his opponent, Yulia Tymoshenko
 He challenged Tymoshenko to quit, but she refused to concede. Under the 59-year-old former mechanic, foreign policy is expected to become more pro-Russian
2010 Feb.6   Tense presidential election run-off starts  PM Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych are competing with a bruising campaign and warnings of mass street protest 2010 Jan.17   Presidential election heads for 2nd round  Partial results showed no candidate would win more than 50% of the vote. Viktor Yanukovych led current PM Yulia Tymoshenko by 37% to 24%

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2009 Dec.21   80 dead in European winter weather  Sub-zero temperatures swept the continent, causing traffic chaos for millions. 42 people have frozen to death in Poland and another 27 in Ukraine 2009 Jul.22   General arrested in death of journalist  Gen. Alexei Pukach has been arrested in connection with the murder of Georhiy Gongadze nearly nine years ago, who found decapitated 2009 May.20   Jadson strike wins UEFA Cup for Shakhtar  An extra time goal from Brazilian midfielder ensured Donetsk won the last ever UEFA Cup final with a 2-1 victory over Werder Bremen 2009 Feb.5   Pirates free arms ship  Pirates who hijacked a Ukrainian ship MV Faina loaded with weapons have received a ransom and have left the vessel 2009 Jan.17     'Gas to flow' after deal  Russian Prime Minister Putin has said agreement has been reached at talks to resume gas exports to Europe via Ukraine shortly 2009 Jan.2   Ukraine ask help from EU in gas standoff  Ukraine has sent a delegation to meet European leaders a day after Gazprom cut its gas supply and as fears mount Europe could be affected 2009 Jan.1     Gazprom cuts off Ukraine's gas  Russian energy monopoly cut off supplies of natural gas to Ukraine after a payment deadline expired

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2008 Dec.26   27 dead after apartment blast  The final death toll from a Christmas Eve explosion in a five-story apartment building has increased to 27 people, including three children 2008 Sep.25       Pirates seize ship carrying tanks
  Ukraine: The ministry says Ukrainian-operated Faina was sailing with 21 people on board under the Belize flag, operated by Ukrainian company
2008 Sep.3   Snap election warning  President Yushchenko has threatened to dissolve parliament and call elections after the collapse of the country's ruling coalition 2008 Jul.27   'Worst storms in 100 years' batter Ukraine  4 days of storms and floods have killed 13 people, including five children, and at least two more are missing 2008 Jun.8   Battle to save 37 miners  Rescue teams are battling to save miners trapped underground after a gas explosion. The rescuers are racing against time amid fears of flooding 2008 Apr.28   Gas company helicopter crash kills 19  Naftogaz' Mi-8 helicopter has crashed into the Black Sea. One person survived 2008 Apr.3   NATO denies Georgia and Ukraine  NATO will not yet offer membership to Georgia or Ukraine after the alliance was split amid strong objections from Russia
 Albania and Croatia were given the green light. US and Czech officials have agreed to base a missile defence radar on Czech soil


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2007 Nov.18     63 killed after coal mine blast
Map of Donetsk Ukraine  A methane blast has ripped through a mine in eastern Ukraine, killing more than 30 miners and leaving about 50 others missing
 The explosion occurred at the Zasyadka mine in the Donetsk region at a depth of more than 1,000 meters. The blast, caused by a build-up of methane gas
2007 Sep.30   Strong showing for pro-West bloc  Orange Revolution allies made a strong showing in parliamentary elections and poised to win a majority that could unseat the prime minister
 Yanukovych took 35.5% of the vote, with Tymoshenko's bloc second on 31.5%. Yushchenko, the president, won just 13.5%
  'No clear winner' in vote  The polls show that parties backing President Yushchenko have a narrow lead over the bloc supporting the Prime Minister Yanukovych 2007 Sep.29   Rivals seek poll victory  Polls have opened in parliamentary election, the latest battle between President Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych 2007 Aug.26   Fraud fear for elections  Opposition leader Tymoshenko believes that the early parliamentary ballot due to be held in September will be rigged
2007 Jul.17   Poison threat from train  Several villages are at risk from a giant cloud that formed after a train carrying a toxic chemical caught fire and derailed 2007 May.26     Crisis calmed: election to hold on Sept. 30   President and prime minister agreed to hold an early parliamentary election, defusing a months-long political crisis
 The announcement followed more than 12 hours of talks between President Viktor Yushchenko and PM Viktor Yanukovych aimed at ending a long-running crisis
  Yushchenko orders troops to Kiev  Ukrainian President has ordered several thousand interior ministry troops to head to the capital amid a political crisis
 Yushchenko held talks with his bitter rival, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, in Kiev
2007 May.25   Leaders spar over troops  Prime minister Yanukovych has denounced an attempt by President Yushchenko, to seize control of the country's interior ministry troops 2007 May.7   Gas pipeline hit by blast  A blast has destroyed a section of one of the main gas pipelines exporting Russian gas to Europe 2007 May.4   President and PM agree early poll  Yushchenko and Yanukovych have agreed to hold early parliamentary elections to end weeks of political deadlock 2007 Apr.3   President and PM in tense stand-off  PM Yanukovych has called the president's decision to dissolve parliament a 'fatal mistake'
 Members of parliament are refusing to obey President Yushchenko's order to prepare for a snap election
2007 Apr.2       President Yushchenko calls early poll
  The President has dissolved parliament and called a snap election, in an escalation of the political crisis
 Lawmakers in parliament vowed to continue to work
2007 Mar.31   Rivals mass in capital  A power struggle inside the government has brought thousands of demonstrators out on to the streets in Kiev

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2006 Aug.22   Mourning for plane victims  A day of mourning has been declared in the Ukraine as investigators probe Russian Tupolev Tu-154 crash     Russia airliner with 170 aboard crashes   The pilot reported a fire on board and heavy turbulence. A jet crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing all on board
 The Tupolev-154, belonging to St Petersburg-based Pulkovo airlines,was flying from southern Russia to St Petersburg. The the crash site, is about 45km north of Donetsk.
2006 Aug.2   President Yushchenko accepts rival as PM  Viktor Yushchenko has said he will back Viktor Yanukovych, for prime minister, ending a 4-month stand-off 2006 Apr.25   Ukraine remembers Chernobyl blast  Ukraine commemorates the 20th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster 2006 Apr.24   Week of Chernobyl commemorations open  International experts gathered for a 3-day conference to discuss the lessons of the accident 2006 Mar.25   Yanukovych leads election  Party of Regions was the top with 32%, a lead of nearly 10% over former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's bloc 2006 Jan.26   Bitter cold kills 181  Another 3,000 people have been treated in hospital as temperatures plunged to -25 C (-13 F) 2006 Jan.3   Russia, Ukraine reach natural gas deal  The Ukrainian natural gas company agreed to a price of $230 per thousand meters of gas 2006 Jan.2   Russia-Ukraine 'gas war' escalates  Ukrainian President Yushchenko has called the supply cut 'unacceptable' 2006 Jan.1   Ukraine gas row hits EU supplies  Hungary and Poland were the first to have supplies disrupted, as Moscow accused Kiev of stealing EU supplies     Russia cuts gas supplies
  Russia has begun shutting off a pipeline after last-ditch talks failed to settle a price dispute

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2005 Dec.28   US to deport alleged Nazi guard  85-year-old John Demjanjuk accused of having been a guard at a Nazi death camp 2005 Dec.27   Ukrainian, Bulgarian troops left Iraq  Poland would reduce troop levels in March, from nearly 1,500 to 900 2005 Sep.20   Parliament no to PM choice  The parliament has rejected the candidacy of acting Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov 2005 Sep.8       Yushchenko fires government  President has sacked his entire 7-month-old government amid political squabbling among its members 2005 Mar.4   Ex-minister 'kills self'  Former interior minister has been found dead on the day he was to be questioned about the killing of a journalist 2005 Jan.23       Yushchenko takes presidential oath  Viktor Yushchenko is placing his hand on a copy of the constitution and a Bible in the Ukraine parliament 2005 Jan.5   Kuchma accepts PM's resignation  The outgoing President, Leonid Kuchma, has formally accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Yanukovych

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2004 Dec.31     PM Yanukovych resigns  'I have made a decision and am formally submitting my resignation' 2004 Dec.29   Cabinet cancels meeting  The opposition barred Prime Minister Yanukovych from entering the government compound 2004 Dec.28   Officials: Yushchenko wins vote  Opposition leader has won presidential election by more than 2 million votes, electoral officials have said 2004 Dec.26       Yushchenko declares victory in re-vote
  Opposition leader is telling supporters it is the dawn of a new political era in the former Soviet republic
  Rivals face off in poll  Yushchenko and Yanukovych faced off in a repeat election that all sides hoped would resolve 's fiercely waged contest 2004 Dec.25   Observers ready for rerun  More than 12,000 observers are moving into place more than double the 5,000 mustered for the first runoff   Court annuls poll change  The court says a key change to the country's election law, limiting voting from home, violates the constitution 2004 Dec.20   Rivals clash in TV debate  Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych was facing opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko 2004 Dec.11     Doctors: Yushchenko Was Poisoned  Opposition leader was poisoned by dioxin during presidential election campaign, his Austrian doctors said 2004 Dec.6   Opposition Says Poll Deal in Hand  Opposition had reached a deal that could end a stand-off with outgoing President Kuchma's government 2004 Dec.4   Deal to reduce the president's powers  Supreme Court annulled last month's presidential vote saying it had been rigged in favor of Prime Minister Yanukovich 2004 Dec.3     Court Orders Re-Run of Rigged Poll
  Supreme Court has annulled the 2nd round of the presidential election - upholding claims that it was fraudulent 2004 Nov.30   Envoys seek breakthrough  International mediators are heading for Ukraine to break the deadlock brought about by the disputed elections 2004 Nov.29   Yushchenko seeks confidence vote  The opposition leader will ask parliament to pass a vote of no confidence in the government of Yanukovych   Judges step into crisis  Supreme Court is considering claims of fraud in the presidential elections, amid calls to prevent the country breaking up 2004 Nov.28     Poll row threatens Ukraine unity  Officials in eastern Ukraine say they will split their region if opposition leader Yushchenko becomes president 2004 Nov.27   Parliament rejects election results  The parliament called for a new vote, nonbinding moves that indicate rising uneasiness with the standoff 2004 Nov.26   Yushchenko Demands New Election  The opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko emerged from a meeting with international mediators 2004 Nov.25     Court puts poll result on hold  The Supreme Court has barred the publication of disputed presidential election results until it examine opposition appeal 2004 Nov.24   Ukraine on brink of 'civil war'  Both sides in disputed presidential election have warned of a civil conflict, as tens of thousands of people protest in Kiev 2004 Nov.23   Ukraine set for talks on crisis  The president and opposition have agreed to hold talks over the disputed elections and huge popular protests   Kiev crowds circle president's HQ  Thousands of opposition supporters have been demonstrating outside government offices in a protest over elections   Poll protest at parliament  Up to 200,000 protesters have marched demanding authorities admit they cheated in a presidential poll 2004 Nov.22     Storm of protest at poll result
  At the start of the Orange Revolution the opposition camped out on the streets after crying foul in a runoff vote in presidential election
 The election commission said Prime Minister Yanukovych had a slim lead over liberal challenger Yushchenko who told thousands of supporters to stay in main square overnight to keep a tent encampment safe from security forces. The nationalist western regions are saying they would recognize only Yushchenko
  Ukraine gripped by vote stand-off  Thousands have thronged major cities to protest against a result they consider flawed 2004 Nov.21   Key election 'rigged'  The Central Election Commission said that Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych held a slight lead. Yushchenko claims rigging   PM leads in key poll  Viktor Yanukovych has a slight lead over his opposition rival Yushchenko in tight presidential run-off   Brisk voting in key poll  Voters are choosing a new president in the decisive second round of a bitter election battle

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2002 Dec.23   Ukrainian plane crash kills 46  A plane was carrying senior Ukrainian aircraft industry officials travelling to the city of Isfahan to test a new plane 2002 Oct.12   10,000 defy Kuchma march ban  Thousands stage one of biggest rallies against President, demanding he quit over corruption and ruining the economy 2002 Jul.31   Coal mine explosions kills at least 19  2 miners were still missing after the blast at more than 1,000 meters underground in Donetsk in southeastern Ukraine 2002 Jul.29   Military blamed for crash  Prosecutor-General said pilot error and poor planning were probably to blame for the disaster 2002 Jul.27   Airshow dead mourned  Ukrainians laid flowers and gathered in churches on Sunday to mourn the 83 people killed     83 die in worst airshow crash
Map of Lviv Ukraine  The Russian fighter jet Sukhoi Su-27 crashed into a crowd at an airfield and exploded in a huge fireball. 115 people were injured

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2001 Aug.19   Mine blast kills 33  250 miners were working underground when occurred the coal dust and methane gas explosion 2001 Jun.23   Pope lands in Orthodox Ukraine  John Paul II visit that has angered followers of the Orthodox church. Pope is hoping to calm inter-church tensions

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2000 Dec.15   Chernobyl down permanently  Nuclear power station has been officially closed down, 14 years after the explosion