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Lots of cities have Chinatowns — areas where expat Chinese people live and do business in close proximity. And with good reason. Chinese account for nearly 20 percent of the world’s population. But th
May. 11, 2017
During the press conference after the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest late on May 9, contestants who made it to the final thanked their supporters, shared their feelings and some artis
May. 10, 2017
Many Ukrainians refuse to buy Russian goods and services, but not members of the president’s family, it seems. The 16-year-old son of Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, Mykhailo, the youngest of th
May. 5, 2017
One of the world’s top actresses, Meryl Streep, has called for the freeing of Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian filmmaker sentenced to 20 years in jail after being subjected to a sham trial in Russia. The U.S
Apr. 30, 2017
Much has changed in the fortunes of the 100 richest Ukrainians over the last year, according to Ukrainian weekly magazine Focus, which has published its annual ranking of 100 richest Ukrainians. The t
Apr. 21, 2017
In 1996, Austrian aristocratic scion Julius Meinl V was ready to move back east. The Soviet Union had collapsed and Meinl — the fifth in a line of Julius Meinls extending back to the man who founded
Apr. 21, 2017
Volodymyr Lavrenchuk is chairman of the board of Raiffeisen Bank Aval in Ukraine, the nation’s 5th largest bank with an estimated $1.9 billion in assets and largest foreign lender. Its parent company
Apr. 21, 2017
Movies
Kyiv will roll out the red carpet for some of Ukraine’s biggest film stars this week as the glitz and glamor of Hollywood meet the grit and grace of Ukrainian film on the red carpet outside of the Fai
Apr. 19, 2017
The Pechersk Kyiv Court has arrested Rinat Akhmetov’s shares in monopoly fixed-phone operator Ukrtelecom and its subsidiary TriMob, “protecting the interests of the state and seeking to refund the los
Apr. 14, 2017
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — Oleksandr Senkevych impressed many in November 2015, when he defeated a candidate from the old local elite for mayor of Mykolaiv, a southern provincial capital with a strong pro-Ru
Apr. 13, 2017
People
Ukrainian pop singer Ivan Dorn has found himself in the middle of a scandal after making controversial comments about Russia’s war against Ukraine in an interview with a Russian video blogger. In Dorn
Apr. 13, 2017
Ukraine’s Military Law Enforcement Service is to be reformed into a new military police service in 2017, Major-General Ihor Kryshtun, the acting head of the service, said during a briefing on April 11
Apr. 12, 2017
A Ukrainian startup may have created the successor to the hugely popular Lego and Meccano toys. The startup has come up with an ingenious toy made of small plastic cubes with built-in magnets that all
Apr. 6, 2017
Name: Emil Kurbedinov Position: Private lawyer Key Point: Helping Crimean Tatars fight persecution Crimean Tatar Emil Kurbedinov, a 35-year-old lawyer, has defended several prominent Crimean Tatar act
Apr. 3, 2017
Exiled Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov, 45, was assassinated in front of Kyiv’s Premier Palace Hotel on March 23, the police said, in a gruesome shootout on a busy street corner in the center in Kyi
Mar. 23, 2017
Ukrainians are taking to social media to post pictures of themselves holding a sheet of paper with #FreeKozlovskyy written on it – a campaign to raise awareness of the plight of an academic held in a
Mar. 20, 2017
Lots of cities have Chinatowns — areas where expat Chinese people live and do business in close proximity. And with good reason. Chinese account for nearly 20 percent of the world’s population. But th
May. 11, 2017
During the press conference after the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest late on May 9, contestants who made it to the final thanked their supporters, shared their feelings and some artis
May. 10, 2017
Many Ukrainians refuse to buy Russian goods and services, but not members of the president’s family, it seems. The 16-year-old son of Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, Mykhailo, the youngest of th
May. 5, 2017
One of the world’s top actresses, Meryl Streep, has called for the freeing of Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian filmmaker sentenced to 20 years in jail after being subjected to a sham trial in Russia. The U.S
Apr. 30, 2017
Much has changed in the fortunes of the 100 richest Ukrainians over the last year, according to Ukrainian weekly magazine Focus, which has published its annual ranking of 100 richest Ukrainians. The t
Apr. 21, 2017
In 1996, Austrian aristocratic scion Julius Meinl V was ready to move back east. The Soviet Union had collapsed and Meinl — the fifth in a line of Julius Meinls extending back to the man who founded
Apr. 21, 2017
Volodymyr Lavrenchuk is chairman of the board of Raiffeisen Bank Aval in Ukraine, the nation’s 5th largest bank with an estimated $1.9 billion in assets and largest foreign lender. Its parent company
Apr. 21, 2017
Movies
Kyiv will roll out the red carpet for some of Ukraine’s biggest film stars this week as the glitz and glamor of Hollywood meet the grit and grace of Ukrainian film on the red carpet outside of the Fai
Apr. 19, 2017
The Pechersk Kyiv Court has arrested Rinat Akhmetov’s shares in monopoly fixed-phone operator Ukrtelecom and its subsidiary TriMob, “protecting the interests of the state and seeking to refund the los
Apr. 14, 2017
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — Oleksandr Senkevych impressed many in November 2015, when he defeated a candidate from the old local elite for mayor of Mykolaiv, a southern provincial capital with a strong pro-Ru
Apr. 13, 2017
People
Ukrainian pop singer Ivan Dorn has found himself in the middle of a scandal after making controversial comments about Russia’s war against Ukraine in an interview with a Russian video blogger. In Dorn
Apr. 13, 2017
Ukraine’s Military Law Enforcement Service is to be reformed into a new military police service in 2017, Major-General Ihor Kryshtun, the acting head of the service, said during a briefing on April 11
Apr. 12, 2017
A Ukrainian startup may have created the successor to the hugely popular Lego and Meccano toys. The startup has come up with an ingenious toy made of small plastic cubes with built-in magnets that all
Apr. 6, 2017
Name: Emil Kurbedinov Position: Private lawyer Key Point: Helping Crimean Tatars fight persecution Crimean Tatar Emil Kurbedinov, a 35-year-old lawyer, has defended several prominent Crimean Tatar act
Apr. 3, 2017
Exiled Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov, 45, was assassinated in front of Kyiv’s Premier Palace Hotel on March 23, the police said, in a gruesome shootout on a busy street corner in the center in Kyi
Mar. 23, 2017
Ukrainians are taking to social media to post pictures of themselves holding a sheet of paper with #FreeKozlovskyy written on it – a campaign to raise awareness of the plight of an academic held in a
Mar. 20, 2017
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Ukraine can always benefit from receiving more weapons, but measuring the expected impact of the new American mines provision is more complicated, the expert said.
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