The health of Ukraine's former Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, is of growing concern. Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years in prison last October for alleged abuse of office over a gas contract signed with Russia in 2009. The EU, the US and Russia have all said the sentence was politically motivated and unfair, however disadvantageous the gas contract might have been. Worse, there are now accusations that the Ukrainian authorities may be trying to kill her through neglect.
Douglas Herbert meets Eugenia Tymoshenko, the daughter of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Considered an icon of the 2004 Orange Revolution, Yulia Tymoshenko is today serving a 7-year jail sentence in a prison camp. She was found guilty of abuse of office tied to a gas deal she signed with Russia while in office. Eugenia Tymoshenko tells how she is fighting for her mother's freedom.
The Czech Republic granted asylum to Oleksandr Tymoshenko (right), husband of Ukrainian opposition leader and ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko (far left) on Friday. Yulia Tymoshenko is serving a 7 year prison sentence on charges of abuse of power.
The EU and Ukraine finalised a landmark cooperation agreement at a summit in Kiev Monday. But European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said the deal would not be signed until Ukraine resolves the case of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who was controversially convicted of abuse of power, has been charged with additional financial crimes, the Ukraine tax office said Friday. Her lawyer described the charges as "absurd".
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A Ukrainian judge sentenced opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in prison Tuesday for exceeding her office in connection with a 2009 gas deal with Russia that prosecutors alleged was biased in Moscow's favour.
Exactly 20 years ago today, the parliament of Soviet Ukraine voted to declare independence, and a new country - the largest in Europe - was born. Yet many of those Ukrainians who ratified that decision en masse in 1991 are less enthusiastic today. Fewer than half say they'd vote for independence again. It isn't a sense of nationhood that's lacking, but faith in their political leaders.
This week, Pope Benedict XVI was in Spain for World Youth Day, but not everyone was pleased to see him - we take a look at the Catholic and secular aspects of Spanish life. Also, it has been 20 years since the coup attempt that led to the fall of the Soviet Union, but some in Moscow say it is not an event to celebrate. And finally, Harry Potter creator J. K. Rowling finds some French magic in her family history.
The European Union said on Friday it was "very concerned" about the worsening health of jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko and called for an independent medical exam. Tymoshenko remains jailed as she faces trial for abuse of power.
