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How did the Ukrainian oligarchy keep going after Euromaidan?
[editorial]Much of Ukraine’s current economic and political voes are explained by the dominance of oligarchs. Sustained by informal…
37 unique photos to remember the Euromaidan Revolution
After the Euromaidan revolution, Ukrainian photographers united to create a photo project to remember the events of 2013-2014…
Keepers of Maidan. How Ukraine is preserving the memory of the Euromaidan Revolution
Olha is from Lviv, but she took part in the Euromaidan Revolution in Kyiv from the first to…
Ukraine sanctions “Putin’s point man” Viktor Medvedchuk and wife
Ukraine has sanctioned pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk and his wife, the head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense…
Euromaidan “key event of state-building,” states Ukrainian Parliament to repel Russian propagandists
The “Revolution of Dignity” is a common perception of 2014 events by most Ukrainians, who commemorate those killed…
Doctors also cry. How a 27-year-old physician saves COVID patients in a Kyiv hospital
“Today, some woman shouted from a hospital’s window loudly ‘I am alive!’” my mom told me during her…
Ukraine finally launches reform of Security Service. And human rights activists are worried
[editorial]The long-awaited reform of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has finally arrived. The tentative removal of economic oversight functions…
Ukraine’s China policy: A (not so) delicate balance
Reporting on the saga of Chinese efforts to purchase Ukraine’s strategic Motor Sich aerospace production company frequently casts…
The future of the pro-Russian project in Ukraine after the ban of Putin pal’s TV channels
Despite the overall positive impact and the enthusiasm of some Ukrainian social networks, Ukraine’s recent sanctioning of three…
Ukrainians deported from Poland in 1944 recall mass killings, explain paths to historical reconciliation
[editorial]Is reconciliation possible? Two Ukrainians deported from Poland in 1944 recall mass killings, explain current Polish-Ukrainian relations.[/editorial] The…
Language protection: what Ukraine can learn from three European countries
[editorial]Ukraine continues attempts to revive its language after centuries of Russification. The latest such attempt, a requirement for…
How a former migrant worker pulled his Ukrainian village from doom to boom
Lately, the cluster farming agricultural model is becoming increasingly popular in Ukraine. Fellow villagers or residents of neighboring…
Dekulakization. How Stalin liquidated the Ukrainian peasant class (Part 1)
[editorial]On January 30, 1930, the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) issued a resolution ‘On measures…
How Ukraine can tame its “judicial mafia”
“Judicial mafia” is a phrase often heard these days in connection with Ukraine’s judges and bodies of judicial…
Tapestry weaving through the eyes of artist Tetiana Vytiahlovska. Symbiosis of colour & texture
[editorial]The 11th From Lausanne to Beijing International Fiber Art Biennale opened online in mid-January, 2021. The exhibition is…
Services in Ukrainian by default: new phase of language law sparks debate
Contents Current situation with Ukrainian: spoken at home but still often unpopular in publicInformal language discrimination stronger than…
Ukraine sanctions TV channels of Putin’s top-tier ally in Ukraine. Here is what they broadcasted
In the late evening of 2 February, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy put into action a decision of the…
Last Lenin statue in Ukraine falls
The last statue of Lenin on public land in those portions of Ukraine controlled by Kyiv was demolished…
Ukraine ready to send experts to Sarajevo to examine 300-year-old icon from Luhansk
During the meeting, Kyrylych underlined that Ukraine had never given official permission for the export of any icon.…
ECtHR’s Euromaidan decision: Ukraine’s chance to redeem justice
[editorial]The recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the Yanukovych government’s violation of human rights…