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An adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister and the former head of the counter-narcotics department at the ministry, Ilya Kiva, openly admitted being a “sexist in the direct sense of the word” in an int
Jan. 3, 2017
Former National Police Chief Khatia Dekanoidze had a challenging task: to reform one of the world’s most corrupt and lawless police systems in just one year. The Georgian-born former official became h
Dec. 30, 2016
Billionaire oligarch Victor Pinchuk has supported Ukraine’s integration with Europe through his Yalta European Strategy Conference, but he’s now promoting a different line, writing in a Wall Street Jo
Dec. 30, 2016
Ukrainian chess players Anna Muzychuk and Vasyl Ivanchuk have become the champions of the world in rapid chess championship among women and men, respectively, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysm
Dec. 29, 2016
Fugitive lawmaker Oleksandr Onyshchenko and Radical Party leader Oleg Lyashko have accused President Petro Poroshenko of wrongdoing involving the Ecology Ministry, which approves lucrative licenses fo
Dec. 28, 2016
The Special Monitoring Mission of the OSCE had to evacuate their patrol base in Svitlodarsk, Donetsk region, due to artillery attacks nearby, the mission said in its report for Dec. 22-26 published on
Dec. 28, 2016
English-language television channel and news website Ukraine Today announced on Dec. 26 that it will cease operations on Dec. 30. Ukraine Today was launched on August 24, 2014, Ukrainian Independence
Dec. 27, 2016
SVITLODARSK, Ukraine — As the world celebrated Christmas on Dec. 25, Ukrainian soldiers and Russian-backed separatists were exchanging the dead bodies of their comrades — two for two. These were some
Dec. 26, 2016
The Kyiv Post challenges its non-Ukrainian readers to take a quiz and test their knowledge of the traditions of Christmas celebration in Ukraine. Don’t forget to share the results and challenge your f
Dec. 25, 2016
“Carol of the Bells,” known in Ukraine as “Shchedryk,” started as a traditional Ukrainian folk chant that would probably not have found its way to a worldwide fame had Mykola Leontovych not written th
Dec. 24, 2016
One Ukrainian citizen was among those killed in the terrorist attack in Berlin on Dec. 19, Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk said with reference to the German police data. “I regret to say
Dec. 23, 2016
Editor’s Note: The following article is part of the Ukraine Oligarch Watch series of reports supported by Objective Investigative Reporting Program, a MYMEDIA project funded by the Danish government.
Dec. 22, 2016
Ukrzaliznytsia has received confirmation from Polish Railways that new high-speed Intercity+ Kyiv-Przemysl-Kyiv train pair No. 705/706 is assigned. The train on Dec. 23 will make its first trip from K
Dec. 22, 2016
ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih has won the case on the damage to the environment exceeding Hr 72 million at the Higher Economic Court of Ukraine against the prosecutor’s office of Dnipropetrovsk region, act
Dec. 20, 2016
The Ukrainian government acquired 100 percent of the shares of PrivatBank today, after the Cabinet of Ministers approved a request from the National Bank of Ukraine to place the country’s largest depo
Dec. 18, 2016
Ukraine buys up to nine million tons of coal per year in the occupied territories of Donbas, Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Kistion said in the Left Bank with Sonia Koshkina program. “We receive coal
Dec. 16, 2016