College students in Odesa campaign against Ukrainophobia in local high schools

October 17, Valeria Burlakova

The stereotypical image of Odesa Oblast as a pro-Russian region and mainstay of the Party of Regions turns out to be far from reality

October 7, Bohdan Butkevych

"Not all countries will become successful democracies. But I still think of liberal democracy as the only serious alternative"

September 20, Oleksandr Mykhelson

Despite the government’s assurances of “care”, thousands of people in wheelchairs, as they move around in Kyiv, have to clear numerous obstacles almost imperceptible to the eye but very real for wheels

September 14, Natalka Pozniak-Khomenko

With a green light from top officials, Ukraine is turning into one of the biggest drug transit countries on the way to the EU

September 7, Bohdan Butkevych

Police officers admit that the Ukrainian law enforcement system is so corrupt that they themselves have become trapped

August 25, Valeria Burlakova

Ryōji Noyori on chemistry as an integral element of human survival, science in Japan’s prosperity and supranational cooperation against global problems

August 4, Oleksandr Pahiria

John Kampfner, an external advisor on freedom of expression and culture for Google, talks about new authoritarianism and threats to online privacy

July 31, Nataliya Gumenyuk

Children who watch too much TV and play with gadgets prefer visual to verbal communication

July 30, Oleksandr Zakletskyi

The decline of the city in Luhansk Oblast shows how hopeless the current oligarch-controlled economy is as it rules out free entrepreneurship and competition

July 22, Denys Kazansky

While Kyivites were passive in opposition protests in the spring, they could well rise in the future

July 19,

Frustration with the government, the attacks of professionally trained thugs and the lawlessness of the police are the current reality in rebellious Pervomaisk

July 19, Valeria Burlakova

On 22 July 2013 a Nobel Prize-winning chemist Dr. Ryoji Noyori will give a lecture in Kyiv, Ukraine

July 18, The Ukrainian Week

People in a small town of Vradiyivka stand up with the demand to punish two policemen who brutally raped and beat a local female resident and tried to hush up the crime under the protection of highly-placed superiors. Meanwhile, spontaneous protests spark here and there for various reasons. Do local revolts reflect wider social sentiments?

July 8, The Ukrainian Week

Ukraine has often turned a blind eye to international refugee law. This is another blow to its reputation in the world

July 7, Hanna Trehub

Director of the Bureau for Europe of UNHCR speaks on refugees in Europe and Ukraine

July 7, Oleksandr Pahiria

While more and more countries abolish death penalty, most people in authoritarian countries still strongly support execution

June 26, Michael Binyon

A British Russophile shares his views on the spiritual roots of the demographic tragedy affecting the Russian nation

June 14, Bohdan Tsioupine

Why philanthropy is not popular in Ukraine

June 14, Bohdan Butkevych

In Ukraine, an army of street fighters is being established under the supervision of law enforcers

May 31, Oleksandr Mykhelson, Ruslana Velychko

The emerging strategic competition between Germany and Russia will be based on contrasting principles of governance, rule of law, human rights, and economic discipline that will impact on the entire continent.

May 31, Janusz Bugajski

The Ukrainian Week talks to one of the athletes, who earn their living at rallies and in raider attacks, about May 18 and how the fighters end up in politics

May 31, Valeria Burlakova

A year after the championship: broken roads, empty airports and unprofitable stadiums

May 15, Valeria Burlakova