While Odesa’s City Council gets to work, the Odesa Oblast Rada is drowning in scandals and remote counties live their own political life

The 2020 Ukrainian local elections brought Kherson region not only new forms of campaigning, but also new faces in politics

Why we cannot allow the newly introduced electricity trade market to turn into a handy tool of concealing deep problems in the sector?

What are the economic heft and special features of Ukraine’s biggest cities?

Opting for imports of coal and electricity from Russia on the background of the still existing gas and nuclear dependence makes Ukraine totally vulnerable to Kremlin's potential blackmail

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

The half-million population of Mariupol in Eastern Ukraine is standing for its right to breathe safely

Industrial depression in the Donbas depopulates towns once built around plants and coal mines

Recently there have been a lot of problems in regard to architecture and public city space. The Ukrainian Week talked about them with Svitlana Shlipchenko, an expert in architecture and urbanism.

Cities adjust to global climate change and the new economic environment

Most flaws of modern Ukrainian cities stem from the soviet construction boom of the 1950s-1970s

Street art becomes make-up for Ukrainian streets

Urban planning is impossible without organising a transportation system. Striking a balance between cars and pedestrians is a political, rather than technical, issue.