The Ukrainian army captured new positions in the rebel-held parts of Donbas over the last month, while suffering many casualties in the last days of 2016. Heavy battles near the town of Svitlodarsk in
Jan. 12, 2017
U.S. business magazine Forbes has placed Ukrainian Dmitriy Zaporozhets on its list of the 30 most successful people in the world under 30-years-of-age in the Enterprise Technology sector. Forbes’ 30-u
Jan. 10, 2017
The UN has changed the status of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from Eastern European countries to the states of Northern Europe, 112.Ukraine TV channel said quoting deputy of the European Parliament A
Jan. 9, 2017
Kyiv Pechersky District Court has ruled to arrest fugitive Ukrainian businessman Serhiy Kurchenko as a pre-trial measure late on Jan. 3. The Prosecutor General’s Office reiterates that they’re holding
Jan. 4, 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
“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
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
Ukrainian fashion designers like Vita Kin and Natasha Zinko have been popular abroad for years, but smaller Ukrainian clothing businesses are now breaking into foreign markets as well. Ukrainian fur l
Dec. 15, 2016
A vote by the European Parliament to approve visa-free travel for Ukrainians to the European Union has not been postponed until April, Maud Noyon, the press officer of European Parliament President Ma
Dec. 15, 2016
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is firing back on two fronts against exiled member of parliament Oleksandr Onyshchenko, who accuses Ukraine’s leader and his inner circle of top allies of massive
Dec. 11, 2016
Oleksandr Onyshchenko, a fugitive lawmaker from the People’s Will faction, has accused President Petro Poroshenko and his inner circle of massive corruption and released what he says is evidence to ba
Dec. 9, 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. 9, 2016
As the lights were dimmed at the Kyiv Hilton Hotel’s Dallas room in Kyiv, the crowd celebrated the Kyiv Post’s Top 30 Under 30 awards on Nov. 29. The newspaper made its choices of young Ukrainian lead
Dec. 2, 2016
Runaway Ukrainian deputy Oleksandr Onyshchenko announced on Dec. 1 that he has handed FBI agents damaging recordings of Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko. Onyshchenko told Ukrainska Pravda that he
Dec. 1, 2016
Top 30 Under 30
Name: Lesia Vasylenko Age: 29 Education: Masters in international law from the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; LLM at University College London, U
Dec. 1, 2016
Top 30 Under 30
Name: Oleksandr Usyk Age: 29 Education: Lviv State University of Physical Culture Profession: Boxer Did you know? Usyk lost his very first amateur fight Oleksandr Usyk won the World Boxing Organizat
Dec. 1, 2016