The Ukrainian Week

1 November, 2021	Breaking news	Russia moves more troops to Ukraine’s borders, raises concerns in Europe, US The buildup of Russian troops on the country’s border with Ukraine over the past week has raised concerns among officials in the U.S. and Europe
3 June, 2021	World	Great Britain, dress right! How British Conservatives and Prime Minister Boris Johnson are taking advantage of new political trends
27 March, 2021	Politics	Pragmatic trust What European Solidarity bet on in Odesa and why it worked
10 March, 2021	Politics	Criticism, cats and debate How the Lviv media showed themselves in the conditions of keen political struggle in the city
1 February, 2021	World	Life after divorce How official exit from the European Union has affected the United Kingdom
8 December, 2020	World	Mutually beneficial precedent What is the significance of the strategic partnership agreement between Ukraine and the United Kingdom?
6 October, 2020	Breaking news	EU to discuss problems of fight against corruption in Ukraine during Ukraine-EU summit The European side intends within the framework of the EU-Ukraine summit to raise the issue of the independence of anti-corruption bodies and the state of fight against corruption in general
21 September, 2020	Breaking news	European officials warn Ukraine risks losing visa-free regime, 1.5 billion euros After three years of a hard-won visa-free regime with the Schengen Zone countries, European Union officials say Ukraine could lose it
13 July, 2020	Politics	Ben Hodges: "If Kremlin will move, there would be massive cyberattacks against Ukraine to disrupt communications, command, and control infrastructure" The Ukrainian Week met with General (ret.) Ben Hodges, former commander of United States Army Europe, now a Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) to discuss possible Russian attack on Ukraine, Western answer on such actions, and the problems of the Black Sea region
10 July, 2020	Breaking news	Ukrainian resorts see 30% growth as coronavirus crisis boosts domestic tourism With European Union destinations still off-limits for Ukrainian tourists, the country’s own Black Sea and Azov Sea resorts are experiencing an early summer boom as Ukrainians seek out holiday options closer to home
22 June, 2020	World	Between COVID-19 and Brexit How the pandemic undermines confidence in the UK government
14 May, 2020	Breaking news	EBRD expecting Ukraine’s GDP to go down by 4.5% in 2020 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is expecting the gross domestic product of Ukraine to fall by 4.5% in 2020
11 May, 2020	World	After-Brexit life What has changed in the United Kingdom since leaving the EU
14 April, 2020	Economics	The danger of “cheap gas” The temporary dip in the price of natural gas on the European market is not a reason for Ukraine to stop expanding domestic extraction
22 January, 2020	World	Ripples on water What future for the EU after Brexit?
13 December, 2019	Breaking news	EU prolongs economic sanctions against Russia over Ukraine for another six months The EU confirms its support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity
24 July, 2019	World	Political games After European elections: a new start?
21 July, 2019	World	The return of threat Why is right-wing populism on the rise around the world
2 July, 2019	Breaking news	Russia again calls UN Security Council over Ukrainian language law The Russian side already tried to gather a council meeting on the law on Volodymyr Zelenskiy's inauguration day on May 20
21 June, 2019	World	Jerry Skinner: “We want to make in the case of clear that this was a deliberate act designed to be a provocation for the August invasion” The Ukrainian Week talked again with an attorney representing the families of those killed in the disaster of the Malaysian MH17 flight in a lawsuit against the Russian Federation in the European Court of Human Rights, on the evidence in this case, and on the possible consequences of the verdict for Russia
10 June, 2019	Economics	The poisonous recipe from Kolomoiskiy The consequences of default for Ukraine
24 May, 2019	Breaking news	EU to invest 4.5 bln in Ukrainian transport industry The European Union is interested in high-level transport cooperation with Ukraine and further development and reformation of the transport sector in accordance with EU norms and standards
22 March, 2019	Politics	Backlash of problems What measures Europe can apply to former ISIS militants
24 February, 2019	World	On the brink of the abyss What is the current situation of Brexit in the United Kingdom
22 February, 2019	Breaking news	Ex-Yanukovych aide to be removed from EU sanctions list The European Union is set next week to remove Andriy Klyuyev, the head of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s presidential administration, from its sanctions list
20 February, 2019	World	The Ukrainian manifesto What should lie at the foundation of Ukraine’s integration into a united Europe so that later on there isn’t an Ukrexit?
6 February, 2019	Politics	The anatomy of Euro-optimism What unreasonable public expectations regarding the EU might get in the way of Ukraine’s eurointegration?
5 February, 2019	Breaking news	Ukrainian political prisoner Gryb allowed to meet with consul Ukrainian political prisoner Pavlo Gryb allowed to see the consul, but after the verdict, as Ukraine’s Ombudsman Lyudmyla Denisova said
5 February, 2019	Politics	Content, not form What model of European integration Ukraine needs
30 January, 2019	Breaking news	Ukrainian natural gas exported to Europe for first time in fifteen years Ukraine has restarted exports of its own natural gas to Europe after fifteen years, exporting a relatively small amount to Slovakia, seemingly to demonstrate to the Ukrainian gas sector how easily it can be done
29 January, 2019	Breaking news	Ukrainian President announces reelection bid, aims for EU membership Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced he will seek reelection in the March presidential election, and vowed to press for European Union and NATO membership
30 December, 2018	Breaking news	Russia widens ban on Ukrainian products Russia has banned chocolate, beer and nappies made in Ukraine, in its latest economic sanctions on Kyiv
26 December, 2018	World	All the Nibelung armies The mark of Russia in international political organizations
11 December, 2018	World	A missile stalemate What ails the European allies of Donald Trump
28 November, 2018	World	A mission to rescue PACE The Council of Europe is preparing to walk back on its principles so that Russia could resume paying its membership fees
26 November, 2018	World	Where the compass points What proportion of Ukrainians really knows what NATO is and how their attitudes differ from those of their EU neighbors
8 November, 2018	Economics	Exports: A successful shift Ukrainian exports to the EU have reached record volumes and continue to rise sharply. But the potential for economic integration is far from being used effectively.
2 November, 2018	World	Populist panic Do we see an understanding of the Russian threat in the European Union?
12 August, 2018	World	EU in a world of bullies Why is it time Europe changed its priorities
9 August, 2018	Society	The camps that raise storms Why a big part of the Roma community is so poorly integrated all across Europe
21 May, 2018	Economics	Act, don’t watch The Kremlin's gas pipelines bypassing Ukraine are a threat to the country's energy security. What can it do to protect itself from upcoming risks
31 March, 2017		Three new paradigms of EU integration Globalisation and interdependence until recently have been seen as the guarantors of peace and cooperation. These have turned out to be the source of conflicts and the instruments of pressure
2 February, 2017		Year of the human In 2017, the world will be defined by three key terms: leadership, populism and human values
26 July, 2016	Politics	Nils Muižnieks: «My fear is that people will forget the suffering taking place in Ukraine» Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks on the human rights situation in Donbas and Crimea, and his further plan regarding these territories
15 July, 2016	World	The scapegoat for all seasons My story is inseparable from my experience as a member of the European Parliament. During my term (2009-2014), I was in a position to witness the debates and political skirmishes in the House that allowed me to anticipate easily what happened recently in the United Kingdom
27 June, 2016		“We do not accept arguments of countries that try to raise the issue of lifting sanctions against Russia” Vice Premier for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration on her priorities and tools, details of Ukraine’s cooperation with NATO, and Ukraine’s overall position on the international arena
25 January, 2016		The Pillars of European Scepticism In countries such as Spain, France or Germany, public perceptions on Ukraine, the Maidan and the war, are a mixture of big-picture frame alongside much confusion
16 December, 2015		Ukraine: European Success Story The most important challenges are to lay genuinely strong and stable political foundations so that Ukraine never swerves away from its European course of reform regardless of any political uncertainties future elections may bring
16 December, 2015		Liquid Evil of Our Times By liquidity of evil, I assume that we live in a deterministic, pessimistic, fatalistic, fear-and-panic-ridden society, which still tends to cherish its time-honoured, albeit out of date and misleading, liberal-democratic credentials
9 December, 2015		Neither Friend nor Foe Who Saved Europe It may take two generations of Ukrainians to rebuild and reorient the country, yet Ukraine won the historic and epic battle for the future
19 August, 2015	World	The Force of Habit The interests and prejudices of officials and diplomats from the UN, OSCE, Council of Europe and other international agencies sometimes affect policy decisions more than they should
8 July, 2015	Economics	A Sea Change on the Gas Market A number of challenges and opportunities are coming Ukraine’s way as the European gas market undergoes a major restructurin
18 June, 2015		"In Ukraine as elsewhere SMEs are the backbone of the future economy" The Ukrainian Week spoke to the President of the European Investment Bank about priorities in cooperation with Ukraine, quality control of projects that receive access to the funding and SMEs as a potential driver of Ukraine’s economy
20 May, 2015		What Orwell Would Make of the Ukraine Crisis It is in Europe’s interests to prevent Ukraine from becoming a failed state and to contribute to its democratic normalisation
14 May, 2015	World	Vytautas Landsbergis: "Ukrainians are now undergoing a long endurance test" The first speaker of the Seimas of the independent Lithuania and EMP until recently on the way Europe is changing its perception of Russia, the shifting "center of Europeanness", and why it is crucial for Ukrainians to resist disenchantment
14 May, 2015		Time to Wake Up Europe won’t bear the cost or the risk for the defences it needs. That won’t change until Europeans are a lot more scared or angry than they are now—which may be too late
12 May, 2015	World	A Struggle for Peace The veterans fought for freedom and a better life in Europe. Can that peace and prosperity now endure in the face of so many new challenges?
13 November, 2014		Freedom For Others Not everyone raised under western democracy considers freedom a universal value. Especially when it comes to the freedom of those whom they are not accustomed to noticing, hearing, or understanding
23 October, 2014		How We Got Rid of Communism Soviet Communism was always reminiscent of the nearly Byzantine sacrosanct structure of symbolic authority, and the fusion of the sacral and secular elements of power
23 October, 2014	World	The Red Thaw in Eastern Europe After 1989, East European Communists transformed into social-democrats. Those who survived lustration remained in politics at home through the 1990s and early 2000s
17 October, 2014	Politics	The Freebooters in the Seas of Gold Discussions about effectiveness of sanctions made fruitful grounds for speculations by those inclined to fish in troubled waters. Some representatives of French business openly ignore the EU restrictions declaring readiness to invest in Crimea and other partnerships with Russia
22 August, 2014	News	CoE appeals for respect of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and international law In a comment on the crossing of the Ukrainian border by the Russian convoy for The Ukrainian Week, Daniel Holtgen, Spokesperson of the Council of Europe Secretary General, says that the CoE appeals to both sides to find an agreement which respects Ukraine’s territorial integrity and international law
19 August, 2014	World	Russia and Europe: The Splendour of Money and the Misery of Philosophy Bribing Western intellectuals and exporting Russia’s peculiar ideology have long been a favourite diversion of Russian rulers
12 August, 2014	World	Rebecca Harms: European leaders and US President Obama have to be clear that they do not accept the zigzag policy of Mr. Putin Rebecca Harms, the President of the Greens-European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament, is one of EMPs who watch the situation in Ukraine closely. During her latest visit to Ukraine, The Ukrainian Week took a chance to speak to her shortly after her return from Eastern Ukraine.
11 July, 2014	News	Ukraine disappointed with EU sanctions against Russia Kostiantyn Yelisieiev, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the EU, is disappointed with the EU’s decision on sanctions against Russia
28 June, 2014	News	European Commission says Gazprom’s threats against reverse supplies of gas to Ukraine are unacceptable The European Commission says that threats to “punish” European companies that supply or transit gas to Ukraine by Gazprom’s CEO Alexei Miller are absolutely unacceptable
27 June, 2014	News	EU delays sanctions against Russia until June 30 EU leaders claim that new sanctions against Russia could be passed anytime, the European Council says in its conclusions on Ukraine passed at the session in Brussels today
11 June, 2014	World	Wolfgang Ischinger: Mr. Putin is challenging the very bases of the vision of European integration The Ukrainian Week talks to Wolfgang Ischinger, German diplomat who was the Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for National Dialogue Roundtables in Ukraine, on his work, European and Ukrainian co-existence with Russia, and security threats of the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia
11 June, 2014	World	No European Joy Without Ukrainian Alloy The EU is beginning to take concrete action against its excessive dependence on Russian gas
9 June, 2014	News	First Bulgaria, then Serbia halt work on South Stream Serbia was forced to halt work on the South Stream gas pipeline, Vice Premier and Transport and Infrastructure Minister Zorana Mihajlović said on Monday
3 April, 2014	News	European Parliament backs decision to cut customs duties on imports from Ukraine About 98% of the customs duties that Ukrainian iron, steel, farm produce and machinery exporters pay at EU borders will be removed by a proposal backed by European Parliament on Thursday.
12 February, 2014	World	The Right Model for the Right Europeans How Vladimir Putin has become an example to European right-wing radicals
12 February, 2014		A Unilateral Cold War of Russia: Debating with a Euroliberal What could be a proper metaphor for a unilateral war – the war that has been waged in the void and with much sound and fury, yet that has no real adversaries? The war waged by the self-chasing ghost? Or that by a Don Quixote stripped of any ideals of chivalry, and confined to the fight against a series of imagined phantom-enemies?
28 January, 2014	News	SOS Kiev: International and European Federations of Journalists launch campaign to support their Ukrainian colleagues The campaign offers Ukrainian journalists support and urges anyone to send in photos or alerts should any attack on a journalist take place
23 December, 2013	Society	Bohdan Futey: “The beating we saw is not just physical, but mental, too. The government wants to evoke fear in people” US Federal Judge Bohdan Futey talks about the new generation of Ukrainians and threats to Ukraine's independence
20 December, 2013	News	FT: West had been ready to loan Kiev €20bn The west was prepared to give Kiev at least €20bn in loans if Ukraine agreed sign a landmark European Union integration agreement last month. This information is available due to an internal EU document seen by the Financial Times.
19 December, 2013		What Happened to Ukraine? The EU should apply a softer and wiser approach to Ukrainian society in terms of freedom of movement. No Ukrainian citizen should feel a poor cousin in EU countries
18 December, 2013		Janusz Bugajski: Washington needs to send a strong message to Putin not to interfere in Ukraine's internal affairs or risk repercussions Thus far the U.S. reaction to the Ukrainian upheaval has been subdued, as the Obama administration evidently fears alienating Russia, which it needs to pursue its Middle East policies. It is time for the White House to specify its options, as Ukraine stands on the brink of outright conflict
17 December, 2013		The West’s Painful Dilemmas The brutal truth is that public opinion in many Western countries cares little for Ukraine – and certainly not enough to risk an open confrontation with Moscow
17 December, 2013		Tough Russia and Doubtful Europe Western diplomats have expressed “concern” over the situation in Ukraine. They “invite participants in the conflict to negotiate” but have hesitated to state a clear stance. This is not without reason
15 December, 2013	Politics	The Mother-Empire Awaits. Why Ukraine could not help but find itself in Russia’s grip There was a brief euphoria. The President’s incomprehensible and unexpected manoeuvre has baffled and disarmed both the opposition and the public, not to mention his loyal subordinates.
13 December, 2013	News	Political experts: Yanukovych’s circle wants to get the most from his defeat As President Yanukovych’s team is dawdling with the solution of the political crisis in Ukraine, it is trying to get the most out of his defeat, comments Viktor Nebozhenko, President of the Ukrainian Barometer think tank
13 December, 2013	News	The Economist on Ukraine: The birth of the nation The people on Maidan were defending something far greater than an association agreement with the EU. They were standing in the way of a police state, defending fundamental European values and defying the post-Soviet order imposed by Russia, The Economist writes
2 December, 2013		Ukraine’s pain is Europe’s shame The EU must now do everything it can to help the Ukrainian people integrate with Europe, bypassing the gangster regime around Mr Yanukovych.
25 November, 2013	World	East European Immigrants in the UK: A Helping Hand, not a Burden Despite the growing outcry over immigration, reports show that many immigrants work much harder than native Britons, contribute huge amounts in taxes, and add to employment opportunities
25 November, 2013	World	HOMO EUROPAEUS Being in the centre of a clash between civilizations of the East and the West, Ukraine is both a detonator and an object of that clash. In many aspects, its choice is crucial to itself - and Europe's future
22 November, 2013	News	*Hanne Severinsen:* There are so many people under the autocratic surface of Yanukovych regime who want to live in a European society Former co-rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for Ukraine Hanne Severinsen says that turning point, which Vilnius summit could become for Ukraine, seems now to have been lost by a Regime that only has their private interests to fight for.
21 November, 2013		Advice at the Sickbed EU member-state embassies should transform into portals between the past and the future, rather than reserves of Euro-robots sending some to heaven, and others to purgatory
20 November, 2013	History	Bread and Law Ukraine’s economic relations were originally European. So were its social lifestyle and institutions
19 November, 2013	News	Opposition gets the parliament to vote for European integration laws as the top priority on Thursday On November 21, the Verkhovna Rada will vote on the European integration laws first thing, Speaker Volodymyr Rybak announces.
5 November, 2013	Politics	Dangerous Games Postponed Association Agreement signing may become an effective tool to put pressure on Yanukovych, but will make Ukraine more vulnerable to Russia
1 November, 2013		Bidding Farewell to Russia Ukraine will remain a friend to a democratic Russia in the future. Now, Ukraine and Russia are bound to bid farewell to one another
21 October, 2013	Politics	Ukraine or Tymoshenko? The ex-premier’s intention to run in the presidential election may discourage Yanukovych from releasing her in exchange for the Association Agreement
21 October, 2013	Politics	Usurpation in the Name of Europe Under the cover of European integration, the government has pushed lobbied initiatives through parliament
16 October, 2013	History	Subjugated Europe Stalin’s moves to establish communist governments in Central and Eastern Europe relied largely on local elements and tools already tested in the USSR
1 October, 2013	Officially	The Ukrainian Parliament should finalise the creation of preconditions for signing the Association Agreement with the European Union Parliamentary Assembly's written declaration No.554
24 September, 2013	Politics	Who Will Win The Game? As the November Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius draws closer, doubts fade that Kyiv and Brussels will sign the Association Agreement. How they see its implementation, is the question
20 September, 2013		How We Lost Armenia
20 September, 2013		Lithuania’s Foreign Minister on EU-Ukraine Relations Linas Linkevičius: Countries are free to choose whom they want to join. Their decision depends on arguments. When someone lacks arguments, temptation arises to use pressure and blackmailing
17 September, 2013	News	*Radio Liberty:* Oligarchs give Ukraine's President crucial support in EU drive Ukraine's oligarchs have benefited in the past from the Soviet-style, opaque politics. But analysts say they are ready to sacrifice some of that to EU regulation, Robert Coalson reports for Radio Liberty