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The Gulag, the system of concentration camps through which the Soviet Union carried out murderous political repression, is something many Russians and Ukrainians would rather forget. But while the reg
Jan. 18, 2019
Editor’s Note: Election Watch is a regular update on the state of the presidential race in Ukraine. The country will elect its next president on March 31, 2019, with a possible runoff on April 21. The
Jan. 18, 2019
Three Ukrainian tennis players have cruised past their opponents in the first round of the Australian Open, the first of the four major tennis tournaments of the year, which began on Jan. 14 in Melbou
Jan. 15, 2019
In 2014 and 2015, the French national and Afghanistan war veteran Victor Alfonso Lenta was in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region where he, with a handful of compatriots, worked to establish a so-called “
Jan. 14, 2019
Typically, buses drive around cities and don’t raise any eyebrows as they ply their routes. But this bus is the complete opposite: it dwells off road, and it’s hard to miss when it approaches. Called
Jan. 14, 2019
Editor’s Note: Compared to recent years, Ukraine’s calendar in 2019 is empty of big international events, with no major sports competition finals or music competitions for the country to host, or land
Jan. 11, 2019
After coming to Ukraine in 1998, Danish native Torben Majgaard quickly went from selling second-hand computers in his 20s to creating Ciklum, one of the nation’s five largest information technology ou
Jan. 6, 2019
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I signed Ukraine’s tomos, a document that grants independence to Ukraine’s Orthodox Church, in Istanbul in front of clerics and Ukrainian Preside
Jan. 5, 2019
A Ukrainian soldier was killed on Jan. 1 as Russian-led forces launched attacks on Ukrainian positions in the Donbas, again violating a cease-fire agreed in late December. It was the first fatality th
Jan. 2, 2019
2018 can hardly be described as a great year, but for Ukraine’s national currency the hryvnia it was a good one. Compared to the first day of last year, the exchange rate of the hryvnia has increased
Jan. 1, 2019
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, has called on Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople to prevent the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from gaining independence from the
Dec. 31, 2018
Even when Oleksiy Feliv was very young, everyone around him said he had a clear talent – he was an excellent talker. So when the question of Feliv’s future profession arose, it was natural that they a
Dec. 26, 2018
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill granting veteran status to retired combatants from nationalist, paramilitary formations that were active in Ukraine throughout the mid-twentieth
Dec. 24, 2018
Ukraine’s state-owned PrivatBank on Dec. 21 filed an appeal against a London High Court decision which had set back its attempts to regain billions of dollars that Ukraine’s largest bank claims its fo
Dec. 23, 2018
As a nation ranking 130th in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, Ukraine has had quite a few corruption scandals in 2018. Here’s our top 5: 1. Yanukovych assets The fate of the
Dec. 21, 2018
Let’s be blunt: people aren’t good at fulfilling their New Year’s resolutions. And Ukraine isn’t either. In its first issue of 2018, the Kyiv Post published a list of 18 steps the Ukrainian government
Dec. 21, 2018
The Gulag, the system of concentration camps through which the Soviet Union carried out murderous political repression, is something many Russians and Ukrainians would rather forget. But while the reg
Jan. 18, 2019
Editor’s Note: Election Watch is a regular update on the state of the presidential race in Ukraine. The country will elect its next president on March 31, 2019, with a possible runoff on April 21. The
Jan. 18, 2019
Three Ukrainian tennis players have cruised past their opponents in the first round of the Australian Open, the first of the four major tennis tournaments of the year, which began on Jan. 14 in Melbou
Jan. 15, 2019
In 2014 and 2015, the French national and Afghanistan war veteran Victor Alfonso Lenta was in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region where he, with a handful of compatriots, worked to establish a so-called “
Jan. 14, 2019
Typically, buses drive around cities and don’t raise any eyebrows as they ply their routes. But this bus is the complete opposite: it dwells off road, and it’s hard to miss when it approaches. Called
Jan. 14, 2019
Editor’s Note: Compared to recent years, Ukraine’s calendar in 2019 is empty of big international events, with no major sports competition finals or music competitions for the country to host, or land
Jan. 11, 2019
After coming to Ukraine in 1998, Danish native Torben Majgaard quickly went from selling second-hand computers in his 20s to creating Ciklum, one of the nation’s five largest information technology ou
Jan. 6, 2019
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I signed Ukraine’s tomos, a document that grants independence to Ukraine’s Orthodox Church, in Istanbul in front of clerics and Ukrainian Preside
Jan. 5, 2019
A Ukrainian soldier was killed on Jan. 1 as Russian-led forces launched attacks on Ukrainian positions in the Donbas, again violating a cease-fire agreed in late December. It was the first fatality th
Jan. 2, 2019
2018 can hardly be described as a great year, but for Ukraine’s national currency the hryvnia it was a good one. Compared to the first day of last year, the exchange rate of the hryvnia has increased
Jan. 1, 2019
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, has called on Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople to prevent the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from gaining independence from the
Dec. 31, 2018
Even when Oleksiy Feliv was very young, everyone around him said he had a clear talent – he was an excellent talker. So when the question of Feliv’s future profession arose, it was natural that they a
Dec. 26, 2018
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill granting veteran status to retired combatants from nationalist, paramilitary formations that were active in Ukraine throughout the mid-twentieth
Dec. 24, 2018
Ukraine’s state-owned PrivatBank on Dec. 21 filed an appeal against a London High Court decision which had set back its attempts to regain billions of dollars that Ukraine’s largest bank claims its fo
Dec. 23, 2018
As a nation ranking 130th in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, Ukraine has had quite a few corruption scandals in 2018. Here’s our top 5: 1. Yanukovych assets The fate of the
Dec. 21, 2018
Let’s be blunt: people aren’t good at fulfilling their New Year’s resolutions. And Ukraine isn’t either. In its first issue of 2018, the Kyiv Post published a list of 18 steps the Ukrainian government
Dec. 21, 2018