Ukraine’s progress since 1991 is reflected in the country’s increasingly enthusiastic and successful participation in Europe’s kitsch but consequential annual song contest
Society
Posted inSociety
Lviv: Ukraine’s EU gateway
Lviv has played a key role in the revival of independent Ukraine’s European identity and has become the country’s cultural capital
Posted inSociety
INTERVIEW: Bestselling British author Alex Shaw is on a mission to introduce global audiences to Ukraine
Ukraine is a recurring theme in the international thrillers of former Kyiv expat Alex Shaw. Much of the action in his latest book, Traitors, takes place in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine
Posted inSociety
English language initiative aims to help Ukrainian combat veterans enter civilian life
US-based NGO seeks to empower Ukrainian military personnel with new language and professional skills
Posted inSociety
Ukraine climbs two positions to occupy twenty-fifth place in 2021 ranking of world’s most powerful armed forces
The Ukrainian military has undergone a dramatic transformation since the outbreak of hostilities with Russia in spring 2014
Posted inSociety
QUARANTINE IN UKRAINE: clarifying the legal status of foreigners who overstay due to COVID lockdown restrictions
The coronavirus pandemic has created huge disruption to international travel throughout the past year and left many foreigners in Ukraine confused over their current legal status
Posted inSociety
COMING SOON: Asters and Tabletochki stage charity fun run to fight childhood cancer
Leading Ukrainian law firm Asters is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary this autumn and has a series of events planned
Posted inSociety
HONORING GARETH JONES: Kyiv names street after British journalist who broke the news of Stalin’s Ukrainian genocide
Jones was one of the very few foreign journalists to report on the Ukrainian famine at a time when international correspondents based in Moscow helped the Soviet authorities to cover up the atrocity
Posted inSociety
UKRAINE’S MEMORY WARS: What can Ukraine’s experience tell us about statue-toppling and the politics of monuments?
Monuments have played a high-profile role in the memory wars at the heart of a national identity crisis that independent Ukraine has struggled with for much of the post-Soviet period
Posted inSociety
Russia is using proxies to quietly occupy Ukraine’s information space
Vladimir Putin’s closest Ukrainian ally is accused of spearheading an ambitious plan to revive Kremlin influence throughout the Ukrainian media