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May 14: Day of Remembrance of Ukrainians who saved Jews during World War II
As of January 1, 2020, 2,659 Ukrainians have been honoured by the State of Israel with the title…
Putin’s Ukrainian top-ally Medvedchuk charged with high treason, placed under house arrest. Here are the accusations
UPDATE, 22:10, 13 May. Kyiv’s Pechersky court orders Viktor Medvedchuk under round-the-clock house arrest for two months. On…
New Lviv Museum showcases clandestine avant-garde art outlawed during Soviet era
How Modernism evolved in western Ukraine Although western Ukraine was occupied at different times during the turbulent years…
Is Ukraine getting closer to NATO membership?
On May 6th, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kyiv to reaffirm Washington’s political, economic, and security…
New reservists law in Ukraine: A forced step forward
According to the Ukrainian General Staff, the reserve system reforms introduce a number of key changes (Army Inform,…
WWII “Victory Day” was really “Occupation Day” for western Ukraine and half of Europe
[editorial]If for Western Europe the end of the war meant the victory of democracy, for Ukraine it meant…
Blinken’s debut in Ukraine: A case for managing expectations (Part 1)
Should the Joseph Biden administration confirm the containment goal as part of its overall strategy in Europe, it…
How an American expat pulled the Ukrainian art of Kobzaring back from the brink of extinction
The world knows Taras Shevchenko well. His collection of poems, Kobzar, first published in St. Petersburg in 1840…
Amazing living skyscraper designed by Ukrainian architects wins international competition
Guess Line Architects, an innovative architectural bureau in Lviv, recently won the prestigious international competition eVolo Skyscraper Competition,…
10 things the KGB didn’t want you to know about Chernobyl
At the end of April, we observed the 35th anniversary of the event that has changed the world,…
Why post-Soviet cities look so terrible, and how this can be fixed
Сertain districts in Ukrainian cities are more frequently the subject of local anecdotes than others. Amongst these are…
Six amazing projects bringing life to Soviet ruins in Ukrainian cities
Poor Soviet city planning made Ukrainian cities of the 1990s look gloomy and ruined. Large belts of factories…
Dreaming up a future for teens in war-torn Donbas
[editorial]The children of war in Ukraine’s war zone have already become teens of war. A volunteer program is…
One-on-one with Putin: A reckless adventure for Zelenskyy (Part 2)
To read Part 1, please click here. Elaborating on Putin’s pre-conditions (see EDM, April 28, 29) to such…
Documentary on Gongadze murder explains why Ukraine is what it is today and why journalism matters
An English-language version of the documentary “The Murder of Gongadze: 20 Years of Searching for the Truth” is…
Why does Ukraine celebrate Easter on a different date than most of the world?
Each year, thousands of our readers wonder why Easter in Ukraine is celebrated on a different day than…
Meeting one-on-one with Putin: A reckless adventure for Zelenskyy (Part 1)
Unwittingly, Zelenskyy’s public statements and actions are conveying his vulnerabilities. Disappointed by the Franco-German mediation’s conclusive failure in…
Meet the activists leading Ukraine’s battle for recycling
[editorial]Ukraine has a trash problem. Most goes to overflowing landfills, and only roughly 3% is recycled, while the…
Epiphanius reminds that all Orthodox parishes in Ukraine belong to the Ukrainian church
Over the last 18 months, the number of Orthodox parishes in Ukraine which have voted to change their…
Vasyl Vyshyvany: the Habsburg prince who chose Ukraine
The great Habsburg of Ukrainian history was born on February 10, 1895 on the island of Lošinj (present-day…