A protest by about 300,000 Ukrainians angered by their government's decision to freeze integration with the West turned violent when a group of demonstrators besieged the president's office and police drove them back with truncheons.

European Union leaders sought to revive a stalled agreement with Ukraine after the former Soviet republic shocked the 28-country bloc last week by opting for closer ties with Russia in a geopolitical tug-of-war.

Birdsong and plant life belie the radioactivity that remains 30 years after Chernobyl meltdown, writes David Brown.

Ukraine has reportedly agreed a deal with a Chinese company to lease 5 per cent of its land to feed China's burgeoning population.

Two days in chilly Ukraine warm the tastebuds of Michael McKerrow.

A woman who fled the biggest nuclear power disaster in history says the Christchurch earthquakes have been far more terrifying.

As nuclear fears rise around the world, Robin McKiere visits the scene of Ukraine's 1986 explosion.

Animals just keep on dying of neglect at the notorious Kiev Zoo.

Kiwi blokes are shipping in mail-order brides, new research suggests, because well-educated New Zealand women turn up their noses at their male counterparts.

A radio promotion offering the chance to win a 'hot' wife from Ukraine has offended New Zealand immigrants from the eastern European country.

A Facebook group aiming stop a controversial "win a wife" radio competition is asking companies to pull advertising from the station.

Watch this video - filmed by a tourist - of two lions attacking their trainer in front of horrified onlookers at a circus in the Ukraine.

Following fast on the declaration of additional help for Hungary, Ukraine has announced that it too will apply for fresh funding; a loan of US$14.9 billion ($21.5 billion) to help plug the country's budget deficit and boost investor confide

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