Former Ukrainian dissident Yevhen Sverstiuk dies at 86
Famous Ukrainian political prisoner Yevhen Sverstiuk died at the age of 86 after a long illness. This was…
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Artist: we should have not sung on Maidan for so long
Maryna Sochenko stacks sketches and paintings on her easel one after the other in her workshop. They include…
Language and Literacy day in Ukraine: a dictation of unity and a record
“The Ukrainian radio is 90 years old! The story of the Ukrainian radio is a wondrous epoch. Hundreds…
“The winter that changed us.” Remembering why Ukraine is having early parliamentary elections
Early Parliamentary elections in Ukraine are just around the corner, on October 26. President Petro Poroshenko had announced…
Just beauty: what Ukrainians looked like a 100 years ago (photos)
“Only Little Russians and Parisian women know how to dress tastefully! You will not believe how charmingly the…
Donbas culture: understanding it and avoiding mistakes in the future
The pictures of the Donbas we see every day on television are horrible and frightening. And it is…
Ukraine withdraws from participating in Eurovision 2015
Eurovision 2004 winner Ruslana from the stage of Euromaidan in the winter of 2014[hr] The National Television Company…
Writers, publishers counter war and aggression with culture
Halyna Tereshchuk Ukrainian writer Andriy Kurkov brought a big loaf of bread to Lviv from Lithuania. The literature…
Dutch museum returns some items of Crimean Scythian Gold to Kyiv
Liudmyla Strokova, Director of the Museum of Historical Treasures of Ukraine in Kyiv announced that the Allard Pierson…
Amsterdam museum delays return of Scythian treasure
The Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam has postponed the return of the exhibits of the exhibition - Crimea:…
The best sketch for the Order of Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred has been chosen
The Ministry of Culture announced the winners of the nationwide contest for a sketch of the Order of…
Watch: In the name of the future by Maxim Pilipenko
Watch this amazing short film here. We added English sub-titles. Alexey, Business owner, 33 "My wife doesn't want…
Theodor Holman: A Poem for MH17
I am the farmer who saw bodies falling from the sky. And, I got two corpses on my…
A poem for Hope
Famous Ukrainian poet Oleksandr Irvanets dedicated a poem to the heroic Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko. Nadiya was a…
Oksana Zabuzhko: on war, art, and the Putin song
UKRINFORM: Writer Oksana Zabuzhko expresses her views quite emphatically, but her arguments are so devastatingly accurate that it…
Maidan Photographer Given Prestigious Award
Ukrainian photographer Maxim Dondyuk was named this year’s winner of the prestigious Rémi Ochlik Prize. The award was…
Cirque de Soleil actor donates $60,000 to the Ukrainian army
Viktor Kee, a Chernihiv-born actor with the world-famous Cirque de Soleil performance company, has donated $60,000 for the…
Foreign ears: what foreigners are saying about the Ukrainian language
The alien sound of a foreign language may intrigue, confuse, or even evoke cultural shock. Ukrainians like to…
“The wall between us fell”
Alyona Vershinina, “Echo Moskvi” journalist The last time I was in Ukraine was over half a year ago…
Russian actor Mikhail Yefremov: Why don’t you like Rus so much?
“Mikhail, why don’t you like Rus so much?” The question presumes that I will immediately start making excuses,…