Win for history in Ukraine: Kyivan Rus archeology site to become museum, not shopping mall
In a triumph of history over commerce, on 19 April 2018, the Kyiv City Council greenlighted a decision…
The rise and fall of Nadiya Savchenko
Nadiya Savchenko, the once-legendary Ukrainian pilot heroically resisting a show trial in Russian jail who was propelled into the Ukrainian…
Ex-Kremlin prisoner Savchenko detained on accusation of coup and terror plot: the evidence
Nadiya Savchenko, the military pilot and ex-Kremlin hostage who after her release in 2016 embarked on a political…
Crimean jailed for Ukrainian flag announces termless hunger strike
Volodymyr Balukh, the Crimean activist who flew the Ukrainian flag over his house in Russian-occupied Crimea, has gone…
Women’s Day in Ukraine is seriously in limbo
International Women's Day, is undergoing an identity crisis in Ukraine. 8 March 2018 is the last time it…
Polish pro-Russian far-right radicals behind arson attempt of Hungarian center in Ukraine
The Governor of Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast Hennadiy Moskal told on 21 February that two Polish radicals from the…
No longer ATO, not yet a war. Ukraine adopts controversial “Donbas reintegration” bill
On 18 January 2018, the Ukrainian Parliament, or Verkhovna Rada, adopted the law on the reintegration of Donbas…
Crimean court sentences activist who flew Ukrainian flag in gravely falsified trial
On 16 January 2017, Volodymyr Balukh, the Crimean farmer who kept raising the Ukrainian flag above his house…
De-facto acquittal for Euromaidan murder highlights everything that’s wrong with Ukrainian justice
It was February 2014. Anti-government protests had been going on in Kyiv’s central square, the Maidan, for three…
Ukrainian lawyer seeking justice for killed sister found dead
Iryna Nozdrovska, a lawyer who had on 27 December 2017 managed to prevent the release of the killer of…
Siemens fails to convince Russian court that it was duped in Crimea sanctions scandal
In its decision published on 21 December, the Moscow Arbitration Court explains why it dismissed the claim of the action of Siemens…
Ukraine’s Health Ministry opens up previously banned 450 professions for women
The Ukrainian Health Ministry has abolished its order #256 banning women from being employed in 450 professions which…
Giving into Russian blackmail will destroy Council of Europe: European intellectuals, Crimean Tatar leaders, Ukrainian NGOs
As reported, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a decision aimed at lifting political sanctions…
A guide to Russian propaganda. Part 4: Russian propaganda operates by law of war
Russian propaganda can be confusing. The fakes and manipulations are endless, often outrageous, and differ depending on their…