President says opposition leaders have disregarded democracy by taking to the streets in protests which have killed 25 people. Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych said anti-government protesters had "crossed the limits" by taking to the streets to try to oust him from power, as the number of dead rose to 25. In an address to the nation on Wednesday after the bloodiest day since... Forward>>

Anti-government protesters clashed with riot police near Ukraine’s parliament building in Kiev on Tuesday, stoking fresh tensions in a three-month stand-off that shows no sign of abating. Television footage showed police snipers shooting what looked to be stun grenades and rubber bullets from the roofs of nearby buildings, forcing protesters to use makeshift shields to protect themselves... Forward>>

Decision to allow Dmytro Bulatov to receive help comes as president Viktor Yanukovych announces return to work. The Ukrainian government bowed to intense western pressure on Sunday and let an opposition activist fly abroad for treatment after his abduction, torture and then attempted arrest by police outraged critics of President Viktor Yanukovich. The embattled head of state... Forward>>

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Police on Friday opened an investigation into the kidnapping of an opposition activist, who said he was held captive for more than a week and tortured in the latest in a string of mysterious attacks on anti-government protesters in the two-month-long political crisis. Dmytro Bulatov, 35, a member of Automaidan, a group of car owners that has taken part in the protests... Forward>>

US Secretary of State John Kerry to hold talks with 'major figures in the Ukrainian opposition' on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, senior State Department official confirms. In a major show of support for pro-democracy protesters in Ukraine, US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with top opposition leaders for the first time in Germany, senior US officials said on Thursday... Forward>>

Protesters in Ukraine have rejected the terms of a new amnesty law aimed at ending the country's recent unrest. Parliament backed an amnesty for detainees if protesters vacated the government buildings they had occupied and unblocked streets and squares. The opposition has rejected this and protesters remain camped out in central Kiev and still occupy key buildings. The protests... Forward>>

No indication of how long Viktor Yanukovych will be on leave after statement on presidential website. Ukraine's embattled president, Viktor Yanukovych, is taking sick leave as the country's political crisis continues with no sign of resolution. A statement on the presidential website on Thursday said Yanukovych was on sick leave due to an acute respiratory illness and high fever. There was... Forward>>

Final details of the package have not been worked out, but it could be put in place quickly. The Obama administration is preparing financial sanctions that could be imposed on Ukrainian officials and protest leaders if violence escalates in the political crisis gripping Ukraine, congressional aides have said. Congressional aides, who asked not to be identified by name, said they had discussed... Forward>>

Steve Rosenberg visits Kiev's "protest town", which is equipped with food stalls, a church tent, and a makeshift hospital. Ukraine's first post-independence president has warned the country is on the "brink of civil war" as parliament debates an amnesty for protesters. Leonid Kravchuk, president from 1991 to 1994, opened the debate in parliament by urging everyone involved... Forward>>

Ukraine’s prime minister resigned on Tuesday and parliament repealed deeply unpopular anti-protest laws, as President Viktor Yanukovich tried to ease the country away from confrontation and preserve his own job after two months of roiling protests. In what may yet prove a turning point, an emergency parliament session that will continue on Wednesday also moved towards delivering... Forward>>

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich appears bent on crushing the protest movement but the opposition won't go quietly. A right-wing nationalist party is seeking to benefit from the growing violence and has begun warning of a civil war. Dressed in jeans and a down jacket, the parliamentarian who wants to overthrow Ukraine's president by any means necessary is standing in Kiev's Maidan... Forward>>

Dear Victor Fedorovych and members of the parliament, we the oldest generation in the state, gray-haired pensioners, veterans, whose number constitutes about 14 million people of Ukrainian society, assumed responsibility and obligation to teach you a lesson - a lesson of life, history, truth, strength and freedom! Of course, not everyone likes to be lectured, especially such "educated people" as you... Forward>>

Grandparents who are charged with raising their grandchildren already have enough on their minds without adding to the mix the inevitable onslaught of endless childhood demands and the agony of adolescent acting out. But let us not forget that children who are taken in by their grandparents have begun their life’s journey in a deficit situation. Feeling abandoned and cast aside before they reach... Forward>>

WHY MANY SAY "I DO' AGAIN. In a recent column I asked the question, "Do older widows seek remarriage?" And the answer was that most do not. They welcome lovers but value the freedom to pursue individual interests without the constraints of marriage. What about older widowers, men in their sixties and seventies? How do they feel about remarriage? By the time a man has... Forward>>

What is going on in our country can leave indifferent no conscious citizen of Ukraine. The state authority neglected the fundamental principle, which it was supposed to exercise in all actions - that is the principle of state administration determined by the Constitution - “The bearer of sovereignty and the only source of power in Ukraine shall be the people. The people shall exercise power directly and... Forward>>

The supreme authority of Ukraine is its people. Only we and not a gang of noodles freaking out because of money have to be the sovereign in this country determining for the whole state where to go next and what to do. State authorities are only executors of the people's will. If state authorities being employed by a people and financed from its resources are absolutely not able to cope with their duties... Forward>>

Why do people cheat? Studies vary, but research shows that 25% to 60% of men and up to 45% of women will cheat at some point in their marriage. Affairs affect almost one out of every three couples. Who are these people? We Americans never think of ourselves as being the “type” of person to have an affair. In 1973 research showed that 70% of Americans said affairs were always wrong... Forward>>

51 million Americans live in multigenerational homes. Is it right for your family? Have you noticed more people around your neighborhood? That long-gone college grad is back across the street, and Grandma's moved in, too. The older couple next door has a full house — their son, his wife and two kids. The ranch a few doors down was just bought — jointly — by adult children and their parents... Forward>>

641 rural communities, among them 40 urban villages and 601 villages, disappeared in Ukraine during the period from 1991 to 2012 according to the statistics provided by the Department of Communications with the Local Authorities and Local Self-government Institutions of the Verkhovna Rada Apparat. 528 villages and urban villages have disappeared owing to their lack of residency... Forward>>

It's difficult to witness the deterioration of physical or mental abilities in an aging parent, grandparent or other loved one. This is especially true in remembering the days when we, ourselves, were the recipients of their care. Many of my patients' caregivers discuss the transitional challenges they experience when the responsibility for their elderly parents' safety and comfort becomes one of their... Forward>>

Having just observed one of those “how-does-it-feel-to-be ... ?” birthdays, I frequently confound folks when I smile and utter the above reply. Certainly it is an illogical answer for someone meandering through his seventh decade, or as Shakespeare depicts in the noted “Seven Ages” soliloquy in As You Like It: “The sixth age shifts / Into the lean and slippered pantaloon... Forward>>

Pensioners have accused the Government’s of merely tinkering with social care funding reform and creating a “complete mess”. The National Pensioners’ Convention says the new plan lacks sufficient funding to tackle the problems that pensioners face. Setting a cap on care costs of £75,000 would benefit just one in ten older people requiring that amount of care, while the vast majority... Forward>>

:Q: My mother age 87 and stepfather age 91 are still living in their own home. They recently hired a housekeeper to come in once a week so concerns about the condition of the house have been resolved. Unfortunately other issues regarding nutrition, driving and health remain. My step-siblings and I are not in agreement as to whether they can continue to live independently... Forward>>

Carers UK launches inquiry into financial realities of caring for older parents or disabled loved ones as poll shows widespread anxiety about care costs. Young and old share serious anxieties over the cost of caring for a family member who becomes frail, seriously ill or disabled – and say they could not cope on current state help. With an ageing population and people living longer with serious illness... Forward>>

According to Lydia Tkachenko, a leading researcher of the Institute of Social and Demographic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences, only 70% of men and 85% of women in Ukraine have a chance to draw the first pension. The expert added that after reaching the retirement age, the average life expectancy for men is 15, 5 years and for women 20 years. In the demographer's opinion, for developers... Forward>>