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Editor’s Note: The following is an edited transcript of an interview conducted on Dec. 26 with acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William B. Taylor by Brian Bonner of the Kyiv Post, Ivan Verstyuk of No
Dec. 26, 2019
While some may enjoy the unusually warm December in Ukraine, there is one group that is confused by the weather: bears. The warm winter with temperatures reaching 10 degrees Celsius has been preventin
Dec. 24, 2019
In his ministry’s conference room, Alexander Bornyakov, 37, has posters of superheroes and videogame characters. But Bornyakov isn’t just a geek – he’s a serious man with a serious task. Appointed as
Dec. 23, 2019
The population of Ukraine was almost 42 million on Nov. 1, which is less than last year, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine has reported. Read more here.
Dec. 22, 2019
The State Investigation Bureau on Dec. 20 searched the headquarters of the European Solidarity party, led by former President Petro Poroshenko. The party’s official response said the search was conduc
Dec. 21, 2019
After more than three years of President Viktor Yanukovych’s march towards dictatorship, Ukrainians finally had enough. Yanukovych’s misrule included rampant corruption, persecution of his political e
Dec. 20, 2019
In Ukraine, politics has long been fractious. It’s an environment where politicians seek to influence the press and political bloggers actively spar with their opponents on Facebook. In some cases, th
Dec. 18, 2019
Ukrainian headwear designer Ruslan Baginskiy has been a star far beyond Ukraine for a while. So it was no surprise when his latest creation became an instant hit winning the hearts of a number of cele
Dec. 16, 2019
They may be called smartphones, but one man came up with a very dumb way to smuggle them. A 51-year-old Ukrainian citizen was caught at Kyiv’s Boryspil airport on Dec. 10 trying to bring 26 iPhones in
Dec. 12, 2019
Dark and dramatic shots of Kyiv’s Darnitsky Bridge and its nearby industrial spaces have been used in yet another western music video, this time featured in the British rapper Stormzy’s new hit video
Dec. 12, 2019
HELSINKI — Finland became the country with the world’s youngest sitting head of government on Dec. 10 when the Nordic country’s parliament chose a 34-year-old woman who is a prolific user of social me
Dec. 10, 2019
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