Soldiers of Dnipro-1 Battalion go back to school to improve their Ukrainian language
Special Ukrainian language courses have started for soldiers at the military headquarters of the Dnipro-1 Battalion in Dnipropetrovsk.…
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Sergey Loznitsa’s “Maidan” documentary wins grand prize at International human rights festival
The documentary Maidan, depicting the events of Ukraine's Euromaidan revolution, has won the grand prize at the Nuremberg International…
Andrew Tkach’s film “Generation Maidan” and the cinematic propaganda war
This article by Adrian Bryttan first appeared in "The Ukrainian Weekly", September 6, 2015 Why is it so…
A West side story: how Euromaidan changed the culture of a small Ukrainian city
War, Crimea, Oligarchs, Right Sector. Consuming mainstream European news, what else could one possibly expect from an article dealing…
For Russians, Ukraine is a South Korea to Russia’s North, Zhordan says
In Soviet times, “there was no other Russian country with an alternative system” to which Russians could go…
Time for a New Ukrainian Cinema
Julia moved to Kyiv to go to school. She left her home in western Ukraine to attend a…
Nova Europa uncovers Ukraine as a tourism do-it-destination
"If you want to go somewhere on a holiday hotel vacation, then Türkiye or western Europe will have better service,…
Nadiya Savchenko featured in H.C.Andersen fan fiction book as “Steadfast Tin Soldier”
A fan fiction book dedicated to Hans Christian Andersen has a chapter dedicated to Nadiya Savchenko titled "The steadfast…
Christians Celebrate 1,027 Years and Pray for Peace
This Sunday, August 2, 2015 at 18:00 at St. Michael's Square, hundreds of believers representing all Christian denominations…
Special Olympics: Ukraine takes a scientific approach
Special Olympics Ukraine is actively involved in scientific research to help people with intellectual disabilities and is the…
Ukraine remembers the “forgotten” Holocaust victims
Five memorials for Holocaust victims are being dedicated in western Ukraine. They are intended to pay respect to…
Vote online for the winner of the #LetMyPeopleGo contest
The contest for a remake of the lyrics to the famous spiritual Let My People Go launched by…
#FreeSavchenko Space Odyssey episode one released: More guards for Savchenko
The first episode of the video series aiming to bring Nadiya Savchenko's plight to a wider audience has…
Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine dividing Ukrainian and Russian baptists
Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and intervention in Ukraine’s Donbas has left many Ukrainian Baptist communities in a difficult…
Night Serenades: MFA Concert for Ukraine’s political prisoners in Russia
Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today that the National Chamber Ensemble "Kyiv Soloists" will hold a classical…
De-Sovietization in Ukraine: 871 cities, towns and villages freeing their names from the Soviet legacy
Communities of 871 Ukrainian cities, towns and villages will give them new names or return to their historical…
Two major non-Moscow Ukrainian Orthodox churches move toward unity
The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP), two of…
#FreeSavchenko Star Wars remake to bring Savchenko’s plight to wider audience
Princess Nadiya Savchenko has been kidnapped from the planet "Ukraineey." by the Ruskii Empire With opposition growing against…
Vyshyvanka Day 100 years ago and today: interactive map of Ukrainian embroidered shirts
On 21 May 2015, Ukrainians celebrated Vyshyvanka Day. This is a day when people in Ukraine and abroad…
Legend of the vyshyvanka (traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirt)
Recorded by I.M. Rozvadovsky (born 1918) in Terebovlia in 1978 There was a time when people began falling…