Ukraine List

So elections are coming up in Ukraine and the one I am going to be watching is the local election on Serpent Island in the Black Sea. In an attempt to give the island a more substantial status (a democratic one), Ukraine’s Vice Premier, Aleksandr Kuzmuk, announced that there would be local elections on the […]

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In a recent post, I noted that the Ukrainians and Romanians opened a new frontier bridge between the two countries. It was a good mark of cooperation, but one issue that had to be pushed to the background was the current dispute about Serpent Island (Острів Зміїний in Ukrainian). I usually find international boundary and […]

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In mid-January, the new bridge between Solotvino, Ukraine and Sighet, Romania officially opened with Victor Yushchenko and the President of Romania, Traian Basescu, on hand for the ceremony.
The original bridge over the Tysa River was built when the area belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but it was later destroyed by the Germans during World War […]

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