Black Sea gas deposits – an overlooked reason for Russia’s occupation of Crimea
The Ukrainian patrol ship “Hryhoriy Kuropiatnykov” slowly leaves the port of Odesa. Aboard the vessel, there are more…
Going global: 600 volunteers from around the world teach kids English at summer camps in Ukraine
During our interview, Canberk Bal, a young man from Türkiye, is wearing a vyshyvanka – a Ukrainian national…
Ukrainian journalist fined for criticizing scandalous French film about Euromaidan to fight back
On June 29, the Paris Court ordered Anna Jaillard Chesanovska, a Ukrainian France-based journalist and translator, to pay…
Newly opened Lviv museum of totalitarian regimes welcomes visitors and researchers from abroad
The “Territory of Terror” memorial museum in the western-Ukrainian city of Lviv is located in a place that…
Self-defense or a blow to democracy? Pro et contra arguments to Ukraine’s ban of Russian Internet companies
On May 15 Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko approved a decision of National Security Council (NSDC) to expand “personal…
Russian propaganda exploits German feeling guilt for attacking USSR – Yuriy Durkot
Since Ukraine gained its independence in 1991, Ukrainian journalist, publicist and translator Yuriy Durkot has been developing Ukrainian-German…
Displaced universities: 18 Ukrainian colleges are exiled in their own country
Since Russia annexed Сrimea and started the war in Donbas in 2014, 18 Ukrainian state universities have been…
Trump’s victory and the new political reality for Ukraine
Once the outcome of the US presidential elections was clear, a roundtable regarding the future of Ukrainian-American relations…
Invisible but exist: Ukrainian people with disabilities struggle not to be marginalized
The successful performance of the Ukrainian team in 2016 Summer Paralympics raised not only sports but human rights issues.…
Paralympics 2016: how Ukrainians fought their way into the Rio top three
From the beginning of 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, the world media’s attention is drawn to Ukrainian…
How a German journalist supports the elderly in Ukraine
According to the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, 20-25% of Ukrainian households are poor. Meanwhile, elderly are the most…
Whose names disappeared from the map of Ukraine? Interactive decommunization map
Until recently, many toponyms in Ukraine carried names from the Soviet era. The “decommunization laws” Ukraine adopted on…
Discovery of America: Ukraine takes first step towards Canadian economic market
For ten days, the Canadian government’s official website’s top news was related to Ukraine, namely – the landmark…
Russia’s new repressive legislature affects not only Russians
Among other things, the law obliges mobile operators, including international ones like MTS, Megaphone, or Beeline, to store…
Farewell to Wassyl Slipak – Opera singer, activist, patriot, soldier
As the international community was being assured that the Minsk agreements are working and there is no war…
At the forefront of civil society: how Ukrainian volunteers serve their country
By the time Russia started its invasion into Ukraine, the Ukrainian army was small, weak, disengaged, and disorganized.…
Crimean Tatars find new home in traditional Lviv
After Russia occupied Ukraine’s peninsula of Crimea on March 2014, thousands of Crimean Tatars were forced to leave their…