A representative of Reporters Without Borders was denied entry to Hong Kong on Wednesday while attempting to enter the city on a fact-finding mission about shrinking press freedoms there, the organization said. Aleksandra Bielakowska, a Taipei-based advocacy officer for the group, said she had been detained for six hours at Hong Kong International Airport, where…
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More than 35 artists, activists, scholars and others have called on the United States Congress with a call “to do the right thing” and approve funding for Ukraine. The address was published on CNN Opinion. “Together we call upon Congress to do the right thing. Ukrainians are fighting for their existence. On territory that Russia…
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The National Children’s Specialized Hospital Okhmatdyt will begin operating as part of the Medical Guarantee Program from January 1, 2025, according to the website of the Ministry of Health. From July 1, 2024, according to plans, the clinic will change its status to a non-profit state-owned enterprise. Since 2024, Okhmatdyt has already been contracted by…
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Ukraine and Hungary have agreed to open the Velyka Palad-Nagyhódos checkpoint for passenger transport, the press service of the Ministry of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure (Ministry of Reconstruction) said on Monday. In addition, the countries agreed on the possibility of movement of empty trucks weighing more than 7.5 tonnes at the Luzhanka-Beregsurány border…
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The Russian military on Saturday hit a utility facility in Odesa region with a missile, killing a civilian employee, the Southern Defense Forces said. “The enemy continues targeted ballistic strikes in southern Ukraine. After lunch, he launched a missile, presumably an Iskander-M, at Odesa region. It hit a public utility facility, damaging equipment and the…
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Because of the strike carried out by the Russian Armed Forces on Shevchenkivsky district of Kharkiv on Saturday afternoon, there were one dead and one wounded, said the head of the regional military administration, Oleh Synehubov. “According to preliminary data, one person was killed, another was injured. There was damage to civil infrastructure, a car…
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The death toll from the missile attack in Zaporizhia has increased to four people, more than 20 people have been injured, according to head of the Regional Military Administration Ivan Fedorov. “Now everyone is receiving the necessary medical care,” he wrote on the Telegram channel. As previously reported, on Friday, April 5, the occupiers launched…
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U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided selected regions of Ukraine with a hundred more generators, thermal power cogeneration units and emergency vehicles, according to the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. “As Russia continues its brutal attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, USAID has provided Ukraine with…
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The results of a forensic examination carried out in the case of the cottage town of Riviera Village confirm the groundlessness of the accusations against the co-owners and management of the town of developing the lands of the hydraulic structures of Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Station, co-owner of Riviera Village Serhiy Sliusarenko said. “The forensic examination…
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Israeli lawmakers passed a law on Monday allowing the government to temporarily shutter foreign media outlets that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has determined undermine the country’s national security, and the Israeli leader said he would use the new law to block Al Jazeera broadcasts and activities in Israel. Mr. Netanyahu’s government has had a tense…
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