A special postage stamp commemorating one of the most iconic acts of Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion has captured the nation’s imagination and helped introduce international audiences to Ukraine’s unique brand of defiant courage
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Victoire! French state news agency AFP adopts “Kyiv” spelling for Ukrainian capital
More and more international media outlets are switching to the Ukrainian-language “Kyiv” transliteration when referring to the country’s capital city as Ukraine seeks to assert an increasingly independent identity amid an eight-year undeclared war with Russia
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Time Out ranks Kyiv’s Zoloti Vorota among world’s coolest neighborhoods
Historic district in the historic heart of the Ukrainian capital takes sixteenth position in global cool ranking for 2021
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UKRAINE AT 30: Europe’s last great unfinished nation-building odyssey continues
Today’s Ukraine is increasingly democratic and European but has yet to become prosperous or live up to its huge potential
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DANCING RUSSIA GOODBYE: How Eurovision emerged as the unlikely stage for Ukraine’s nation-building journey
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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