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Quarantine measures imposed by the Ukrainian government to curb the spread of COVID-19 have been a success, but the danger is not yet over, Deputy Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said on April 21. With
Apr. 21, 2020
“Marilyn came to us almost by accident. We drove to the village where our dogs were, and someone asked: where do stray dogs come from? We explain: people chuck them out, and then the dogs reproduce. T
Apr. 20, 2020
Melinda Simmons became the United Kingdom’s ambassador to Ukraine only in September, but she’s got ancestral roots to the country. She is one-quarter Ukrainian. Her great-great-grandparents lived near
Apr. 17, 2020
Ending quarantine measures in Ukraine is not feasible until after a steady reduction in cases of COVID-19, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said. “Given today’s anti-record on new COVID-19 cases, I bel
Apr. 15, 2020
Ukraine is demanding an official explanation after an Iranian lawmaker said that his country’s military “did well” when it downed a Ukrainian passenger airliner on Jan. 8, killing 176 people on board.
Apr. 7, 2020
After voting on amendments for 10 hours straight, Ukraine’s parliament has finally passed a law legalizing the sale of farmland and lifting the country’s 19-year moratorium on land transactions. The l
Mar. 31, 2020
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the economic turmoil it has sown, Ukraine has replaced its ministers of health and finance. On March 30, during an emergency session of parliament, lawmakers vot
Mar. 30, 2020
A massive scandal broke in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office on the afternoon of March 29. A lawmaker leaked videos online that appeared to implicate Denys Yermak, the brother of Zelensky’s Chief
Mar. 30, 2020
Serhiy Marchenko, who formerly served as deputy finance minister and deputy head of presidential administration, will be appointed finance minister at an emergency meeting of the Verkhovna Rada on Mar
Mar. 29, 2020
After four days confined to a tiny isolation room at the Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital in Lviv, British citizen Jonathan Rainey told senior medical staff there he would feel safer and healthie
Mar. 27, 2020
Ukrainian Hollywood actress Ivanna Sakhno tested positive for COVID-19, a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Sakhno’s case is a reminder that celebrities are at the same risk of getting the dise
Mar. 22, 2020
Ukraine has identified 15 new cases of COVID-19 on March 20, a record number that brings the total to 41. According to the Center for Public Health, the 41 cases are spread across nine of the country’
Mar. 20, 2020
In an attempt to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Ukrainian government shut down subway systems in large cities. That decision led to serious problems with public transportation in Kyi
Mar. 20, 2020
Pakistan’s most famous businessman in Ukraine, by far, is Mohammad Zahoor. He is the owner of the ISTIL Group of companies who came to Ukraine in 1974 as a university student and then went on to a hig
Mar. 19, 2020
The Ukrainian Navy plans to expand its presence in the Sea of Azov and build a base at the Berdyansk port. Read more here.
Mar. 19, 2020
As more countries ramp up measures to slow the coronavirus pandemic, there is one thing that spreads faster than the virus: misinformation. In fact, there are so many false claims circulating about t
Mar. 18, 2020