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The National Police has created a secret department that activists and journalists say could be used to pressure journalists, activists and businesses. The police denied such accusations. The departme
Jun. 10, 2020
Ex-President Petro Poroshenko was charged by the State Investigation Bureau with abuse of office, the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office said on June 10. Poroshenko sees the indictment a
Jun. 10, 2020
The Ukrainian animated film “Foxter and Max,” directed by Anatoliy Mateshko, has won the Grand Prix of this year’s Children Kino Fest, the festival’s website announced on June 7. The Ukrainian family
Jun. 8, 2020
Eyewitnesses have filmed a tornado in the village of Khorly in Ukraine’s Kherson region. Read more here.
Jun. 4, 2020
For the first time since 2016, the Ukrainian version of business magazine Forbes has presented its brand new list of the 100 richest Ukrainians in 2020. After closing in 2017, the magazine relaunched
Jun. 2, 2020
World-renowned Ukrainian composer Myroslav Skoryk, the author of dozens of famous compositions across a wide variety of genres, has died in Kyiv on June 1. He was 81. The cause of death was not disclo
Jun. 2, 2020
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has met with UNICEF Representative in Ukraine Lotta Sylwander to discuss cooperation in the sphere of children’s safety and rights, according to the president’s
Jun. 1, 2020
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has congratulated pupils of the Kyiv Regional Center for Social and Psychological Rehabilitation of Children “Father’s House” in the village of Sviatopetrivske o
Jun. 1, 2020
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include more recent figures on the number of arrests and the charges in the shooting. Three people were wounded during a shootout in the city of Brovary,
May. 29, 2020
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has appointed Ambassador-at-Large Oleksiy Makeyev as his special representative for sanctions policy.n“Oleksiy Makeyev will coordinate the activities of the mi
May. 28, 2020
The Higher Regional Court of Oldenburg in Germany on May 27 rejected the Ukrainian prosecution’s appeal to extradite Oleksandr Onyshchenko, a fugitive former lawmaker, who is wanted in Ukraine for all
May. 27, 2020
Six Ukrainian universities are included in the list of the best in the world, according to the European integration portal. “Six Ukrainian higher education institutions are included in the ranking of
May. 26, 2020
In Ukraine, thousands of babies are born to surrogate mothers every year. Couples — both Ukrainian and foreign — use the services of dozens of surrogacy clinics and agencies in the country. And Ukrain
May. 25, 2020
The Swedish company IKEA, the world’s largest furniture and home goods retailer, has decided to temporarily restrict the ability to place new orders in the Ukrainian online store, IKEA has told Interf
May. 25, 2020
Editor’s Note: This investigation by the Kyiv Post is a part of Blowing Unsmoke, a transnational investigation produced by Organized Crime and Corruption Project (OCCRP) and 10 media partners worldwid
May. 25, 2020
A Ukrainian lawmaker has been found dead from a gunshot to the head at his office in central Kyiv, the Interior Ministry of Ukraine confirmed. Valery Davydenko, 47, an independent member of parliament
May. 23, 2020