“I am convinced that all constructive forces should unite around my initiative on the holding of a referendum to defend the constitution and guarantee constitutional stability”, Arseniy Yatseniuk wrote in the Kyiv Post on June 26 and also in Ukrayinska Pravda.Full Story 30 June, 15:01 | byTaras Kuzio
On June 27, the eve of Constitution Day in Ukraine, the Ukrainian community celebrated the 45th anniversary of the erection of Taras Shevchenko monument in the American capital.Full Story 30 June, 14:47 | byYuliya Melnyk
Yuriy Lukanov diagnosed the Ukrainians with social schizophrenia, taking the interior minister’s case as an example.Full Story 18 June, 20:33 | byYuriy Lukanov
“You understand, George, Ukraine is not even a nation,” then-Russian President Vladimir Putin was reported as saying to then-U.S. President George W. Bush in 2008. The statement embodies a sentiment that permeates much of the recent hostility between the two neighbors: Russian pomposity. Russia seems to think it runs things around here. It therefore seems pertinent to evaluate this attitude; does Russia have a right to be arrogant? Which, put tongue-in-cheek, is the better nation, Russia or Ukraine?Full Story 12 June, 17:21 | byRoland Sylvester
Integrating into a foreign environment as a teenager is not an easy task, especially if one comes from a newly independent state often labeled as “part of Russia,” “a borderland” or “the home of Chornobyl.”Full Story 8 May, 13:11 | byIryna Pavlova