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Ukrainians worldwide to commemorate Act of Unity on January 22
Around three million people in Ukraine took each others hands and connected Kyiv and Lviv via a real human chain.…
Ukraine’s top-10 startups of 2015
2015 saw many changes in the role played by start-ups and joint venture investors in the Ukrainian financial…
Israel opposes sanctions against Russia
Israel considers sanctions against Russia an ineffective tool for resolving the conflict in Ukraine and believes that the…
A chaplain called “Dad” and father to 33 children
Hennadiy Mohnenko is a chaplain from Mariupol, who founded and runs the orphanage Respublika Pilihrim (Pilgrim Republic). For…
Celebrating Vodokhreshchа (Epiphany), the last of the Ukrainian Christmas and New Year cycle
It is believed that traditions linked with this festive day appeared more than 2,000 years ago. The emphasis…
Recording Ukraine’s revolution — interview with the director of Oscar-nominated film
On January 14 in California the American Film Academy selected the films that will compete for this year’s…
Putin’s top official comes to Kyiv
The unexpected appearance at the Boryspil Airport of the aircraft of Boris Gryzlov, Russia’s recently appointed representative to…
All confessions gather to pray for peace in Ukraine… except Moscow Patriarchate
The joint prayer for peace in Ukraine was held at Mykhailivska Ploshcha (Saint Michael’s Square) in Kyiv. Roman…
Several Western organizations consider Crimea Russian
The campaign against Coca-Cola in Ukrainian social networks has forced the company to apologize for a map that…
Deputy Viktor Yelensky: Moscow Patriarchate loses 70 parishes in two years
In two years, 60-70 parishes of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) have joined the Ukrainian Orthodox Kyivan…
WINTER ON FIRE: Oscar-Worthy Documentary on Ukraine’s Euromaidan Revolution
“Winter on Fire” is a beautiful and important film. It tells the true story of a stunning show…
Three global crises that threaten Ukraine
After the beginning of the war with Russia, Ukrainians discovered the importance of world events for their country.…
New Normal in Russia: Putin Critics Punished with Harsh Prison Terms
In the final days of 2015, as the world’s attention was focused on Syria, refugees and terrorism, Russia…
Betrayal or Victory: what did 2015 bring for Ukraine?
2015 was a year of contrasts for Ukraine. This year’s journey to fulfilling the promise of Euromaidan was…
When crises become permanent: Russia vs. Ukraine
Man is not a pig, Dostoevsky observed; he can get used to anything. But the process of adapting…
Ukraine’s loud arrest of “Poroshenko’s main political opponent”: what you need to know
One of the Dnipropetrovsk-based UKROP party leaders Henadiy Korban has found himself under the spotlight on the morning…
War crimes in occupied Donbas: every second prisoner tortured, 16% witnessed executions
Terror as a Method of Warfare In the spring of 2014, armed thugs started to kidnap and torture people…
Dissident artist Alla Horska murdered 45 years ago
Ukrainian artist Alla Horska was found murdered under mysterious circumstances in her father-in-law’s apartment in Vasilkiv, Kyiv oblast…
Unpunished for Maidan pacification, Berkut militia becomes Ukraine’s New Police
Ukraine’s glamorous new Patrol Police is only the tip of the iceberg in Ukraine’s law-enforcement system reform. A vast…
Evidence on perpetrators of war crimes in Russia’s war in Donbas to be submitted to The Hague
A new 156-page investigative report identifies for the first time perpetrators of war crimes in Russia’s war in…