10 March, 2021 | Breaking news | During a seed round, according to its co-founder Dmitry Norenko’s announcement on March 1 |
10 March, 2021 | Politics | How the Lviv media showed themselves in the conditions of keen political struggle in the city |
24 May, 2020 | Breaking news | Seventeen members of a far-right group have been detained for attacking the headquarters of Ukraine’s largest pro-Russia political party in Kyiv |
2 March, 2020 | Culture | Ukraine enters a new decade with a new identity among its museums and art centers |
24 February, 2020 | Breaking news | Eight Ukrainian startups, which were selected by the Ukrainian Startup Fund during a competition, received around Hr 9 billion as seed and pre-seed grants from the state |
4 February, 2020 | Breaking news | Reflecting President Volodymyr Zelensky’s claim that Ukraine is “the most attractive startup in the world,” the government embarked on a new $18 million funding program for Ukrainian tech entrepreneurs |
9 December, 2019 | History | What was concealed in the Stalin Laureate’s biography? |
4 December, 2019 | Breaking news | House Democrats’ impeachment report showed the president’s personal lawyer executing an irregular foreign policy |
17 October, 2019 | Culture | What “unofficial” Ukrainian art was like during the era of socialist realism |
19 July, 2019 | Politics | How popular parties plan to implement rule of law reforms |
24 March, 2019 | Culture | The Ukrainian Week spoke to Halyna and Lesya Telnyuk about how contemporary Shevchenko and Stus are today, the artistic comprehension of the Maidan, and the lessons of the Revolution of Dignity |
15 March, 2019 | Politics | What are the main candidates for president proposing in their platforms and how have these changed from what they proposed five years ago |
13 March, 2019 | Breaking news | The money will be also allocated for replacement of any weapons or defensive articles provided to the Ukrainian government from the inventory of the United States
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13 March, 2019 | Politics | Why Ukraine’s parties are not social lifts and will never be, so unless they change fundamentally |
16 February, 2019 | Culture | Serhiy Zakharov is an artist from Donetsk known for his plywood caricatures of “Novorossia” leaders installed on the city streets in 2014. The installations resulted in his captivity in Donetsk that year. In his interview with The Ukrainian Week, Serhiy speaks about his complex relations with his city and the attitudes of the creative crowd to politicians |
8 February, 2019 | Culture | Ups and downs of modern Ukrainian animation |
6 January, 2019 | Breaking news | Bartholomew I signs the Tomos of Autocephaly, marking the formal independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul |
4 January, 2019 | Politics | The institution of martial law could potentially have two kinds of impact: political and everyday. The question is, will it? |
23 December, 2018 | Breaking news | The FBI seized the painting |
16 December, 2018 | Culture | How Ukrainian cinema faces modern challenges |
12 December, 2018 | Breaking news | More than thirty members from the Democratic and Republican Parties acted as co-authors of the resolution |
1 December, 2018 | Politics | About current situation in Ukraine and martial law |
27 November, 2018 | Breaking news | Prosecutions launched in Crimean court against Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia in Kerch strait on Sunday |
26 November, 2018 | Breaking news | Ukrainian officials say at least six sailors were wounded and denies doing anything wrong, accusing Russia of military aggression |
18 November, 2018 | Culture | Modern non-figurative Ukrainian painting is well-known abroad, but underrated at home |
3 November, 2018 | Breaking news | Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew signed an agreement on November 3 in Istanbul, outlining cooperation between Kyiv and the Patriarchate of Constantinople that paves the way for the establishment of an independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a plan that has angered Moscow |
27 October, 2018 | Breaking news | Ukrainian advertising agency Banda is the agency of the year, according to the prestigious Red Dot design award |
22 October, 2018 | Culture | On September 17, Yuriy Andrukhovych visited Kyiv to present Lithography, his new album with the band Karbido, at the Ukrainian Radio’s Recording Studio. Before that, The Ukrainian Week spoke to him about investments in culture, the new generation of writers and Ukraine’s place in the literature map of the world. |
29 September, 2018 | Breaking news | This latest incident comes about a month after Donetsk separatist leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko was assassinated by a bomb blast at this cafe in Donetsk |
26 August, 2018 | World | Is Europe facing a wave of modern antisemitism? |
3 August, 2018 | When Ukraine is asked today, what it can give to Europe, it doesn’t have to go far: it had once given Ukrainian avant-garde to the world. The task today is to win it back from being associated with the Russian culture by clearly identifying where it actually comes from. | |
29 July, 2018 | Culture | Is there a place for pluralism and tolerance on Ukrainian stages? |
8 July, 2018 | History | Volodymyr Tatlin and his place in the Malevich’s circle in Kyiv |
28 May, 2018 | Society | The appointment of a new ombudswoman revealed that the law on this representative figure needs to be changed to protect the post from political influence |
24 May, 2018 | Politics | The opposition in Ukraine is mostly reactive and it chooses actions that will be most useful for criticizing the current Administration or gaining the attention of a specific part of the electorate. What Ukraine needs most right now is a consolidating program and a party that could present its own alternative for the country |
20 April, 2018 | In the early 2014, a handful of enthusiasts from across the country dreamed of their own space in the mountains. They are now running Khata Maysternya, a vibrant art residence in Babyn, a Carpathian village near Kosiv. Set up in a renovated Hutsul home from the 1930s, the residence offers five hostel rooms, a class and art sessions room, a bathroom and idyllic mountain landscape around. This is also a place to savor authentic food cooked by the locals | |
15 February, 2018 | World | The champions of global competition, including in military AI technology |
22 December, 2017 | Politics | What, ultimately, is the essence and the purpose of Oleh Liashko, the leader of the modern radicals? |
20 November, 2017 | Politics | Ukraine’s Parliament has started to change the electoral system. Will they be able to finish the job and what will change if the reform goes through? |
18 August, 2017 | Culture | A creator the President collar and the author of pieces for the British Crown and the Royal Family of Serbia about the past and present of enamel painting |
17 March, 2017 | Culture | The Ukrainian Week offers a selection of events to attend in March |
3 March, 2017 | Culture | The life and inspiration of Oleksandra Ekster |
2 February, 2017 | Politics | What’s the purpose behind the new party of Vadym Rabinovych and Yevhen Murayev? |
26 January, 2017 | World | In 2017, Ukraine will be a major test of conscience that will force democratic countries to an uneasy choice among values |
18 November, 2016 | Society | A new book analyzes the revolution through the artists' eyes |
19 October, 2016 | Politics | How generations shift in the electoral field of the former Party of Regions clans |
19 October, 2016 | Politics | What the self-proclaimed democratic opposition to the current government wants and can achieve |
30 August, 2016 | World | What shapes Georgia’s foreign policy and perceptions of its course domestically? |
23 August, 2016 | History | The 1920s’ Avant-garde school of artists was ultimately destroyed as class enemies—for hooliganism and pornography |
11 August, 2016 | Politics | High-profile arrests have been expected for a very long time. For over two years now, Ukrainians have been demanding punishment for those in power who were guilty of escalating events on the Maidan and then the war in Donbas. The question “Why aren’t the Regionals being punished?” is hotter than ever, and it’s only recently that the Prosecutor General’s Office has tried to answer it. Now Oleksandr Yefremov, ex-Head of Luhansk Oblast State Administration, then First Deputy Head of the Party of Regions and generally one of the more odious ex-Regionals, is sitting in jail awaiting trial |
19 July, 2016 | Politics | The prospects of two young liberal parties |
19 July, 2016 | Politics | The Ukrainian Week looks at the new parties emerging in the country |
27 June, 2016 | Politics | Elections in the occupied parts of Donbas will boost the strength of the Opposition Bloc in Ukrainian politics. Its strategic goal is to return Ukraine into Russia’s orbit |
20 June, 2016 | Politics | The main conclusion that can be drawn from the appearance of part of the black cash register in the press is that the Yanukovych regime, which considered itself legitimate, really never was |
11 April, 2016 | Politics | A crisis of relations in the victorious team blows up into a real fratricidal war and ends with some of them fraternizing with the one-time enemy. Just over 10 years ago, the country lived through a similar story |
31 March, 2016 | Born on September 11, 1935, the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is one of the most illustrious creators of contemporary academic music | |
16 February, 2016 | World | Experts on how they see Europe coming out of the current crises |
23 December, 2015 | Culture | The life and death of Mike Johansen, Ukraine’s pioneer of magic realism |
17 December, 2015 | The leader of the Democratic Alliance party the results of the local elections, the prospects of small parties and the chances of consolidating new political forces as a counterweight to oligarchic political clubs | |
16 December, 2015 | 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 | |
20 November, 2015 | Power of the People leader on how to win an election without serious cash | |
20 November, 2015 | Politics | Analysis of elections in Eastern Ukraine: old and new parties |
21 October, 2015 | Artist and curator on social role of artists and cultural policy | |
13 October, 2015 | Politics | The Party of the Regions supposedly no longer exists in current Ukrainian politics, but it’s sent several columns out to the local elections |
9 October, 2015 | Politics | Despite its patriotism, Dnipropetrovsk region remains a stronghold of the Party of Regions and oligarchs |
14 July, 2015 | Politics | In an exclusive interview with The Ukrainian Week, the director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NAB) spoke about fighting corruption in the judiciary, the creation of a “corruption registry”, and its regional management of anti-corruption efforts.
Interviewed by Tetiana Omelchenko |
9 July, 2015 | World | Magna Carta as foundation of human rights |
18 May, 2015 | Politics | How and when are Ukraine’s reactionary forces most likely to strike back |
18 May, 2015 | Economics | Cutting access to their financial resources is the most effective way to leave the representatives of the old regime with no chance for comeback |
20 February, 2015 | Culture | Argentinean Tango,Nils Petter Molvaer, Oscar Shorts nights and more... |
3 February, 2015 | Society | Donetsk separatism only truly became a noticeable problem in 2014. Until then, almost no one believed that it existed. |
2 February, 2015 | Economics | If current trends in bilateral trade are maintained, by 2016 Ukraine will be ready to survive even a full-scale Russian trade blockade |
31 December, 2014 | It is necessary to use culture to cure our heads. Only after that should the economy be remedied with a sound mind | |
23 October, 2014 | Politics | The parliamentary election may bring only few “new faces” to parliament |
23 October, 2014 | Politics | The electoral fiasco of the Communist Party in Ukraine does not mean less demand for social populism. It only brings to the political arena new players that are better fits for the new structure of Ukrainian society |
3 October, 2014 | Culture | The Tribe, a new film by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy, silently speaks for the teenagers who cannot speak |
15 September, 2014 | History | Historian Stanislav Kulchytsky speaks to The Ukrainian Week about why the Kremlin needs Ukraine, what threat the annexation of Crimea poses for Russia, what the essence of the problem in Ukrainian-Russian relations is, and how the political Ukrainian nation is emerging |
30 June, 2014 | Politics | What the new President should start with to meet expectations of his voters |
11 June, 2014 | World | EBRD priorities are gradually shifting away from Russia. The investor is setting sights on Ukraine and has already renewed public sector lending |
9 June, 2014 | Society | Without grassroots organization and political parties funded by membership dues, Ukrainians will find themselves disappointed once again by self-serving political leaders. Even worse, the country could face further degradation or loss of sovereignty |
9 June, 2014 | Culture | Street Food Festival, Tori Amos, Leopolis Grand Prix 2014 and more ... |
27 May, 2014 | Culture | Street artist #Sociopath talks about social art |
19 May, 2014 | Culture | Photographs of the French photojournalist Eric Bouvet,the magnetic sound of Pianoboy and Children’s Film Festival |
24 April, 2014 | World | The “referendum” in Crimea revealed Vladimir Putin’s partners in the EU. Most are minority radical parties which, according to his design, have to undermine the EU’s already quite unwieldy system from the inside with Moscow’s support |
3 April, 2014 | Culture | “People often come to museums in the Netherlands. Just to hide away from the rain,” Yulia Lytvynets, Chief Custodian of Ukraine’s National Art Museum, says. The recent revolutionary events changed the angle from which her museum’s staff approached preserving the collection and the museum building and building horizontal relationships between museums and individuals. |
2 April, 2014 | Culture | Renowned gallery-owner and musician talks about on ways to prevent people turning into titushkas, consolidation of artists and futility of fascist methods in culture. |
29 March, 2014 | Culture | Film festivals, Nino Katamadze and ballet-fairy tale. |
18 March, 2014 | The rapid collapse of the Party of Regions left its orphaned electorate feeling betrayed amidst a political vacuum | |
8 March, 2014 | Culture | Jose Luis Merlin, DakhaBrakha and Unity International Jazz Festival |
17 February, 2014 | Politics | The Ukrainian Week talks with Andriy Kurkov, Ukraine’s most translated contemporary Russian-speaking author, about the essence and tempo of social changes, the Russian language and Russian presence in Ukraine. |
3 February, 2014 | What is happening in Ukraine is a direct reaction to the lack of consideration of the authorities for the aspirations of its citizens to be part of Europe and to live in a country governed in accordance with democratic principles and respect for human rights | |
28 January, 2014 | The EuroMaidan began as a protest against President Yanukovych’s decision to disrupt the Association Agreement with the EU. Over the past two months, it has escalated into resistance to the government and President Yanukovych himself | |
20 January, 2014 | News | “The Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum calls upon the European Union to cease all financial assistance to the government of Ukraine, and to impose a travel ban on all 239 Ukrainian MPs who voted on 16 January 2014 for authoritarian new laws,” the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum’s Statement on repressive laws in Ukraine and Azerbaijan claims. |
30 December, 2013 | News | “The Moscow deal further reduces Ukrainian room for maneuver in its foreign and internal policies. Russian loan and cheaper gas price will allow Ukrainian government to freeze major problems in Ukrainian economy until 2015 elections but it is not a support which can solve growing economic instability,” says Wojciech Kononczuk, Head of Department for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova at the OSW (Centre for Eastern Studies) think-tank, in his comment for The Ukrainian Week |
26 December, 2013 | News | Ukrainian opposition MP appeals to foreign businessmen and bankers not to cooperate with the "politicians and businessmen" from the "Party of Regions". |
19 December, 2013 | 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 | |
17 December, 2013 | Culture | An attempt to whitewash Art Arsenal after censorship in the previous show |
30 November, 2013 | News | MP Davyd Zvhania files notice to leave the Party of Regions, his press service reports. |
24 November, 2013 | Culture | Contemporary art from young Ukrainians and a history of escape from the 20th-century avant-garde Odesa-based painters |
23 November, 2013 | News | The statement of the Ukrainian government on suspension of preparations for the Association Agreement will have broad impact on Ukraine, but also on those that support European integration in other Eastern Partnership countries, says Amanda Paul, a Policy Analyst at the European Policy Centre in Brussels, in her commentary to The Ukrainian Week |