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As a nation ranking 130th in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, Ukraine has had quite a few corruption scandals in 2018. Here’s our top 5: 1. Yanukovych assets The fate of the
Dec. 21, 2018
Let’s be blunt: people aren’t good at fulfilling their New Year’s resolutions. And Ukraine isn’t either. In its first issue of 2018, the Kyiv Post published a list of 18 steps the Ukrainian government
Dec. 21, 2018
Every year, linguists choose words that have attracted the most public interest and encapsulated key events. In 2018, many in Ukraine learned a Greek word. This piece of Orthodox terminology, once the
Dec. 21, 2018
Ilya Ponomarev, the Russian businessman and exiled, former member of Russian parliament, says that next year could see the start of a rush on untapped natural gas reserves along the Black Sea’s Ukrain
Dec. 20, 2018
The Ukrainian parliament has passed a law requiring the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate to rename itself to reflect the fact that it is based in Russia. During the Dec. 20 parliam
Dec. 20, 2018
Russia has sent a sniper unit made up of representatives of Chechen nationality to positions outside the Ukrainian-controlled strategic port city of Mariupol in Donetsk region. Read more here.
Dec. 17, 2018
MP Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Opposition Bloc faction in parliament, will be nominated a candidate for president of Ukraine in the elections scheduled for March 2019, the Opposition Bloc party has
Dec. 17, 2018
The Unification Council in Kyiv’s Saint Sophia Cathedral elected the head of the unified Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Dec. 15, the latest step on the path to Ukraine gaining its own national church. E
Dec. 15, 2018
Top 30 Under 30
Name: Anna Bondarenko Age: 23 Education: Bachelor of Laws from Odesa Academy of Law, Master of Non-Profit Management from Ukrainian Catholic University Profession: CEO and founder of Ukrainian Volunte
Dec. 14, 2018
Top 30 Under 30
Name: Zhan Beleniuk Age: 27 Education: National University of Ukraine on Physical Education Profession: Greco-Roman wrestling champion Did you know? Beleniuk has been a junior lieutenant of the Ukrain
Dec. 14, 2018
Top 30 Under 30
Oleksandra Zaritska: Lead singer of band Kazka loves singing in Ukrainian, aims for ‘bigger, better’
Name: Oleksandra Zaritska Age: 26 Education: law, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University Profession: Singer Did you know? As a child, she took ballet lessons The lead singer of the up-and-coming Ukra
Dec. 14, 2018
Top 30 Under 30
Name: Andriy Verkhoglyad Age: 23 Education: Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy Profession: Mechanized combat unit leader Did you know? In late October 2016, Verhoglyad was badly
Dec. 14, 2018
Top 30 Under 30
Name: Ruslan Baginskiy Age: 29 Education: Geography, Ivan Franko Lviv National University Profession: Fashion designer Did you know? One of his hobbies is flower arranging. Ukrainian designer Ruslan B
Dec. 14, 2018
Top 30 Under 30
Name: Natalia Zharkova Age: 29 Education: Kharkiv National University of Construction and Architecture Profession: athlete, architect Did you know? Besides diving deep, Zharkova windsurfs and dreams o
Dec. 14, 2018
Top 30 Under 30
Name: Anastasia Deeva Age: 26 Education: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Profession: Executive director of Network of People Living with HIV charity organization, coordinator of the Unite
Dec. 14, 2018
Israel’s Ambassador to Ukraine Joel Lion has expressed his outrage at the decision by Lviv regional council to announce 2019 the year of Stepan Bandera, the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nat
Dec. 13, 2018