The Ukrainian Week

Church Opposition

Metropolitan Sofroniy Dmytruk talks about the intrigue surrounding the election of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate

14 March, 2012 ▪ Anatoliy Khlivnyi

Dying Out?

Ukraine’s key demographic problem is a high mortality rate caused by the poor health of its population, a demographer says

14 March, 2012 ▪ Bohdan Butkevych

What the Nation Needs…

More than anything else, over the 20 years of its independence, Ukrainian authorities have pretended to solve the nation’s demographics troubles

14 March, 2012 ▪ Andrii Duda

We Were 52 Million

Where did 6 million Ukrainians go?

14 March, 2012 ▪ Oleksandr Kramar

To Heat or Not to Heat (Centrally)

Given the low quality of utility services, particularly heating, many Ukrainians are switching to autonomous heating. The Ukrainian Week has found, however, that this kind of independence is not always justified

12 March, 2012 ▪ Anna Kalenska

Privatization Targets Culture

The Party of power us looking at museums, cultural heritage and “sects”

12 March, 2012 ▪ Viktor Yelensky

I Park Like an Idiot

They’re not waiting for the Ukrainian highway patrol to become honest or for drivers to start respecting the rules. Activists from the social movements “I Park Like an Idiot,” “Road Control” and “I Drive Well and Sober” promote ethical conduct among drivers

12 March, 2012 ▪ Anna Kalenska

A Sense of Rocks and the Steppe

Petro Antyp speaks about the mentality of Donetsk, the color of Ukraine and the Horlivka School of Sculpture

13 February, 2012 ▪ Les Belei

How to Bring Up a Ukrainian-Speaking Child

in a Russian-speaking or bilingual environment

2 February, 2012 ▪ Inna Zavhorodnya

The Dark Side of Bilingualism: the Number of Official Languages Grows, But Problems Do Not Decrease

Several official languages are an inefficient tool in solving language and national issues

2 February, 2012 ▪ Andriy Skumin

Undeclared War: Government Conducts “Creeping DeUkrainization”

The media have recently been overwhelmed with messages signaling constricted use of the Ukrainian language

1 February, 2012 ▪ Andrii Duda

Unreal Realpolitik

Cécile Vaissié: “Democratic traditions work only when the government is balanced by an independent judiciary and freedom of speech”

27 January, 2012 ▪ Alla Lazareva

A Special Period During Peacetime

Why pension reform was bound to trigger protests

26 January, 2012 ▪ Vitalii Melnychuk

Express Train to Nowhere

The Ukrainian Railroad is being reformed at the expense of its passengers and employees

25 January, 2012 ▪ Bohdan Butkevych

How Can We Feed the World? Economist Conferences to Address Food Crisis At Inaugural Summit

Economist Conferences are hosting Feeding the World on February 8th 2012 in Geneva, assembling the most respected names from agribusiness, policy, international agencies, science and the NGO community

19 January, 2012 ▪ The Ukrainian Week

Our Сhildren

Foster families on the rise in Ukraine

16 January, 2012 ▪ Olena Chekan

Just What the Government Prescribed

Since January 1, 2012, health care in Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia regions and in Kyiv will be set on a new track. This pilot project is already popularly known as a “experiment in survival”

12 January, 2012 ▪ Natalia Kommodova

Give It Away

Ukrainians “prepay” coffee and “liberate” books

23 December, 2011 ▪ Anna Kalenska

Cities of the Future

Culture and creativeness are the key factors in city development

23 December, 2011 ▪ Chris Murray

The Portraits of Ukrainian Cities

Shaped by its diverse history, urban Ukraine resembles an impressionistic painting - blurry at a close look, yet unique and vibrant from a more distant perspective

22 December, 2011 ▪ Maksym Karpoverts

Branding Ukraine: Lip-Synching a Happy Tune

A little over six months before the launch of Euro 2012, the Ukrainian government is starting to implement a program to “boost the country's image abroad”, unfortunately forgetting to create any basic foundation first

20 December, 2011 ▪ Zhanna Bezpiatchuk