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Ukrainian who enabled computer revolution awarded Ukraine’s highest honor in New York
Lyubomyr Romankiw, a US citizen of Ukrainian origin dubbed “the Ukrainian Elon Musk” by Ukrainian media, was awarded…
Sternenko effect, Lithuanian support for Crimean Platform, COVID-19 meltdown | News digest
[editorial]It has been a busy week in Ukraine. Here is a recap of the main events that happened…
“So many Swedish investors opened start-ups in Ukraine” – Sweden’s ambassador on business climate and reforms
[editorial]In the second part of the interview with KYIV NOT KIEV, Swedish Ambassador to Ukraine Tobias Thyberg: told…
Is Ukraine European? Historian Yaroslav Hrytsak answers
[editorial]Popular Ukrainian historian Yaroslav Hrytsak told us: that there is no contradiction between an ethnic and civic nation;…
Why have two revolutions won in Ukraine but none in Russia or Belarus? Historian Hrytsak answers
[editorial]Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus are often perceived as similar post-Soviet Slavic states. And they indeed have a lot…
Independence of Ukraine’s “anti-corruption champion” hangs by a thread
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) was the first link in the chain of anti-corruption infrastructure after the 2014…
Rebellion against uniformity: documentary explores phenomenon of Ukraine’s hodgepodge balconies
The visuals — frightening, ugly, yet still somehow charming monolith apartment blocks — are the key elements of…
“I never actually learned Russian. I only learned Ukrainian” Harvard anthropologist on the new Harvard Ukrainian program
[editorial]Emily Channell-Justice, who heads one of the few Ukrainian academic programs in the world, the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine…
Why has Ukraine succeeded as a democracy, contrary to Russia and Belarus?
[editorial]Why has Ukraine succeeded in being a democracy contrary to Belarus, Russia, and the majority of post-Soviet states?…
“Land of opportunities”: How a Swiss woman fulfilled her dream of an organic tea business in Ukraine
Christina says it is cheaper to run a business in Ukraine, calling it the land of opportunities: The…
On the ancient pillars of Ukrainian democracy: Pylyp Orlyk’s Constitution of 1710
Pylyp Orlyk and his 1710 Constitution is one of the oldest in the modern world and continues a tradition based on ancient Ukrainian pillars of democracy. As one of the first known democratic Constitutions, it describes and institutionalizes the division of power. At a deep, subconscious level the Constitution of 1710 indirectly influenced the Maidan Revolution of 2014.
Ukraine Contemporary Music Festival to be streamed online on 5-7 March
New York, NY: From Friday, March 5 — Sunday, March 7, 2021, the second annual Ukrainian Contemporary Music…
NGOs unite to tell more about Ukraine
The world frequently associates Ukraine with negative things – war, corruption, Chornobyl, and other matters that form a…
Ukraine takes long-overdue action against major domestic pro-Russian actors
On 2 February, the Ukrainian president enacted a decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to…
Transatlantic task force on Ukraine: can Joe Biden energize the Ukrainian reform agenda?
The Kremlin and Ukraine’s oligarchs as allies in making Ukraine fail One of the speakers at that forum,…
Conductor Oksana Lyniv: we should be proud that names of prominent Ukrainians are part of the history of world music culture
On 30 November 2020, Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv was awarded the prestigious Oper! Awards in the category of…
Lesia Ukrainka: Teen idol, beacon of erudition & fervent advocate of European integration
Born Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka in Novohrad-Volynsky, Zhytomyr Oblast in 1871, Lesia suffered immensely from her disease, travelling from…
Protests sweep Ukraine as Odesa court jails civic activist for 7 years, finding him guilty of kidnapping to earn $11
[editorial]This article was updated to include data from an analysis published by Ukrainska Pravda.[/editorial] On 23 February, the…
Lesia Ukrainka’s “laughter through tears” and patriotism despite sorrow: poetic inspiration for a country at war
If reading Taras Shevchenko, the iconic Ukrainian serf-turned-national poet of the XIX century, is like striking a match…
Initiative teaching English to Ukrainian schoolkids now draws volunteers from all continents
For the first time in GoCamp’s history, there were volunteers from all the continents, except of course Antarctica.…