From hope to disenchantment: Ukraine’s arduous road toward the EU and NATO
“Ukraine will definitely not be able to become a member of the European Union in the next 20…
Contrary to Dutch fears, Association Agreement doesn’t make Ukrainian migration easier
The fate of the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine is set to be challenged on April…
The Church in the Bloodlands
Cyril Hovorun urges Ukrainian churches to encourage and engage civil society. Ukraine has been riven by civil strife. The winter months…
Entire indigenous population of Crimea endangered with looming Mejlis ban
While the unlawful Russian occupation of Crimea in 2014 is no longer fresh, it is increasingly urgent. There…
As Crimea was occupied, Western countries cautioned Ukraine against “drastic steps”
Today, the National Security and Defence Committee has declassified and published the minutes of the most important high-level meeting…
I vote “yes” in the referendum on the treaty with Ukraine
First of all, I did not read the whole text but only a brief summary of the treaty.…
Prime Minister Yatseniuk keeps his seat. For Now
During one of the Maidan rallies, now-Prime Minister Yatseniuk boasted his phony courage: “If [I have to take]…
Small group doing a big service for disabled Ukrainian veterans
Civil society and the diaspora are helping Ukraine’s wounded soldiers and families one at a time. Ukraine’s blessing…
Appeal of former political prisoner to the Dutch population: vote “yes”!
At the age of twenty-five I became a prisoner in a KGB prison. A Soviet judge found me…
Ukraine’s European integration impossible without decommunization
First of all, I would like to highlight the importance and the urgency of the issues that we…
How I stopped worrying and learned to love Ukraine’s system
People in Ukraine and elsewhere like to decry the ‘system’ that exists in Ukraine, that Maidan apparently stood…
Russian-born director risking his life to deliver Oscar worthy documentary
Evgeny Afineevsky had a wild ride while filming “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom”, the undeniably moving…
Ukraine’s Parliament passed the much-needed 2016 budget
On 24-25 December, when the world was awaiting Christmas, Ukrainian MPs endured a law-making 20-hour marathon. After passing…
Why be concerned about the Memorial to the Victims of Communism controversy in Canada?
More than 8 million Canadians can trace their origins to countries that have been oppressed under Communist regimes.…