The Ukrainian Week

15 March, 2021	Breaking news	Ukrainian wheat prices down, corn up over the past week Ukrainian wheat export prices lost $1-$2 a tonne over the past week after a slight decrease in Russian wheat prices and an expected jump in the 2021 crop, analysts from APK-Inform consultancy said on Monday
5 March, 2020	Science	Lectures in bars Are public talks and lecturing becoming a regular way to spend free time in Ukraine?
2 March, 2020	Culture	From art space to cultural brand Ukraine enters a new decade with a new identity among its museums and art centers
29 February, 2020	Culture	Play this song on YouTube How culture is being absorbed by the internet and what comes after
15 November, 2019	History	Hollywood on the Black Sea coast Odesa in the life of Yuriy Yanovskiy
3 September, 2019	Culture	Myroslav Skoryk: “I wanted to discover my own unique style. I guess it is a natural thing to do for a composer” In his interview with The Ukrainian Week, Ukrainian composer told us about elements of the classical musical piece, about Ukrainian school of composers, as well as connection between public’s musical preferences and their erudition
16 June, 2019	Culture	Jazz Kolo in Ukraine’s cultural space What unites different generations of Ukrainian jazz musicians
8 June, 2019	Culture	History and stunts The role of historical films in modern Ukrainian cinematography
18 February, 2019	Society	Touring country How the war has changed the cultural landscape of the Donbas
31 October, 2018	Breaking news	Ukrainian farmers threshed 57.5 million tonnes of grain from 13.3 million hectares as of October 30 The ministry says the sowing campaign continues simultaneously with the harvesting of grain
10 October, 2018	Economics	Collective farm system How agriculture is developing in Belarus
29 July, 2018	Culture	The Democracy of Theatre Is there a place for pluralism and tolerance on Ukrainian stages?
1 September, 2017	Economics	Cultivating change New growth areas in the Ukrainian agricultural sector are gradually changing the industry
17 March, 2017	Culture	Contemporary video, pottery art, music The Ukrainian Week offers a selection of events to attend in March
31 October, 2016	Economics	Rent seeking on land How the status of land in Ukraine affects its owners and big agribusinesses
23 December, 2015	Culture	Traveller, Hunter and Philosopher The life and death of Mike Johansen, Ukraine’s pioneer of magic realism
21 October, 2015		“Very few cultures are global, so it’s not worth being creative for export” Artist and curator on social role of artists and cultural policy
25 August, 2015	Economics	Back on the Ground Agribusiness becomes the biggest component of Ukraine’s economy. What will it take for the growth to continue?
20 February, 2015	Culture	Calendar of events Argentinean Tango,Nils Petter Molvaer, Oscar Shorts nights and more...
31 December, 2014		Anti-Crisis Communication It is necessary to use culture to cure our heads. Only after that should the economy be remedied with a sound mind
9 June, 2014	Culture	Calendar of Events Street Food Festival, Tori Amos, Leopolis Grand Prix 2014 and more ...
3 April, 2014	Culture	Yulia Lytvynets: “Museums must be open. And to be open, they need to feel safe” “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	Pavlo Gudimov: “A different vision is not a pretext to resort to Russian-like hysteria and absurd politicization of 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	Calendar of Events Film festivals, Nino Katamadze and ballet-fairy tale.
17 February, 2014	Politics	Andriy Kurkov: “I want Ukrainian culture to incorporate everything that belongs to Ukraine” 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.
20 November, 2013	History	Bread and Law Ukraine’s economic relations were originally European. So were its social lifestyle and institutions
20 November, 2013	Culture	Waste No Moment B-movie director Roger Corman talks about dealing with viewer's unconscious mind, new facilities for cinematography and resistance in human nature
15 November, 2013	Economics	Great Opportunities, Great Flaws A failed Association Agreement: German economy is striving towards investing in Ukraine, but faces many obstacles
1 November, 2013	Culture	Night at the Museum, Jazz Groove and New British Films The Ukrainian Week offers a selection of events to attend this month
21 October, 2013		Recipes for Consolidation Ex-Minister of Culture of Latvia, talks about the successes and challenges in integrating the Russian-speaking community in Latvian society
20 October, 2013	Culture	Don’t Wake the Neighbours Norwegian pianist Bugge Wesseltoft combines grand piano and electronic effects at a concert in Kyiv
18 October, 2013	Culture	See and Hear Festival of overtone music,exclusive handmade doll show, Brazilian bossa nova and Industrial Eden
18 October, 2013	World	Recipes for Consolidation Sarmīte Ēlerte, ex-Minister of Culture of Latvia, talks about the successes and challenges in integrating the Russian-speaking community in Latvian society
16 October, 2013	Culture	Giving New Life to Old Traditions Virlana Tkacz, an American theatre director with Ukrainian roots, talks about experimental and accessible theatre, culture on the edge, and the struggle to build an audience
5 October, 2013	Culture	Parajanov, 70s Art and Contemporary Music The first two weeks of October offer a look at the life of a great film director, an alternative portrait of the Soviet 1970s from underground artists, a festival of new German movies and plenty of great music
24 September, 2013	News	*South China Morning Post*: Ukraine to become China’s largest farmer Ukraine will provide China with 3 million hectares of high quality farmland for agricultural purposes, South China Morning Post reports
17 September, 2013	News	*Financial Times:* Corn exports may curb decline in metal exports Already a large wheat supplier to the Middle East, now Ukraine’s corn acreage is expanding as well, writes The Financial Times
9 September, 2013	Economics	The Ukrainian Myth – the Breadbasket of the World Accelerating grain production in Ukraine may feed politicians and oligarchs, but not the country’s jobless rural population or backward economy
21 August, 2013	Navigator	A Village for Fish The submerged village of Bakota in the Podil Tovtry National Park hides historic secrets underwater
19 August, 2013	Culture	Kazimir Malevich and Ukrainian Avant-garde Jean-Claude Marcadé speaks about the obstacles keeping 20th-century Ukrainian avant-garde art from gaining worldwide renown
18 August, 2013	Culture	Forgotten Relics Theatre, Music and Film Theatre reveals theatre and film life in the 20th-century Ukraine. Plus, a selection of events to see this month
12 August, 2013	World	Britons: World's Worst Tourists Cheap flights now bring in thousands of young people on package holidays offering cheap alcohol and a license to behave badly
2 August, 2013	Culture	New Traditions in Apolitical Art Censorship at the Great and Grand show at Art Arsenal
1 August, 2013	Culture	Researching Complexity, Stupidity and Weakness Writer Marina Lewycka talks about Ukrainians in the UK, her writing and the modern era of dishonest people
24 July, 2013	Culture	What to See, Watch and Listen in July The Ukrainian Week offers a selection of art shows, film festivals and concerts to visit this month
23 July, 2013	Culture	WATCH UKRAINE 10 feature films here and coming soon
2 July, 2013	Culture	Nude Interpretation Photographer Roman Pyatkovka talks about conservative Kyiv, the balance of social and personal in his work and the new wave of contemporary Ukrainian photography
30 April, 2013	Culture	Where We Are Paradoxically, Yanukovych's rule is to awaken Ukrainian civil society and sharpen its sensitivity in seeing a departure for the opposite
25 April, 2013	Society	Sociologist Yevhen Holovakha: “In Ukraine, the Greediest, Vilest and Most Immoral End Up at the Top of the Heap” There are many reasons why Ukrainian society is degrading. For one thing, the so-called elites who should be the vanguard of society and whose values influence the rest of society are extremely lowbrow.
21 February, 2013	Security	Food Chains All across Europe supermarkets are clearing their shelves of burgers, frozen lasagne and meat products as millions of angry consumers voice dismay at the latest food scandal.
16 December, 2012		The Spenglerian Fallacy and Europe as a Mutual Rediscovery No matter how popular Oswald Spengler is deemed to become again due to Europe's profound crisis, one thing does not allow me to take him seriously. True, he made many subtle points regarding the decline of Europe between the two world wars, yet one of the most dubious ideas defended by the author of The Decline of the West was on the parallel and separate existence of cultures.
1 November, 2012		Shakespeare as a Modern Sensibility William Shakespeare is likely to have become a modern sensibility. Like Niccolò Machiavelli or his own contemporary and significant other, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare seems to have developed into a modern moral and political sensibility, a criterion of modernity, and even a symbolic design within which we perceive and interpret ourselves and the world around us.
5 October, 2012		Is European Culture a Fantasy? Is European culture a fantasy? Is it more or less so than European politics? These are the questions that cross my mind over and over again when I try to think of how to reverse the ongoing tragedy of the EU – namely, its silent and slow demise, which is a fact of reality, to my dismay.
3 October, 2012	Society	The Future of Ukrainian Museums: Schools, Showrooms or Clubs? Danuta Bilavich on Ukraine’s management of cultural institutions compared to Europe and America.
30 August, 2012	Economics	Charles Beigbeder: “Ukraine’s agricultural potential is the largest in Europe.” Charles Beigbeder, French businessman and owner of the AgroGeneration holding that operates in Ukraine, tells *The Ukrainian Week* why investors are still interested in doing business in Ukraine
27 August, 2012	Investigation	Museum Collection Items For Sale? Ukraine’s cultural heritage is in danger of being privatized
5 June, 2012	Politics	Why Invest in Culture? How Ukrainian officials are distorting Ukrainian culture
2 February, 2012	Culture	The Western Brand The socio-cultural revolution of soviet mods against boring clothes, music and behaviour in the USSR
1 August, 2011	Economics	Inflation Springboard Memories of last-year’s government moves in the agricultural sector are still fuelling prices
6 April, 2011	Economics	FATA MORGANA
6 April, 2011	Economics	With Hammer and Sickle As global demand for grain surpasses the supply, Ukraine’s farm sector is looking at a great opportunity—but only for the chosen few
6 April, 2011	Economics	ECO Eats Growing demand for organic food in Ukraine is encouraging farmers to quit chemicals
23 February, 2011	Economics	Donetsk clan to monopolize Ukrainian grain–export market Who are the people behind the country's largest grain scheme?
8 February, 2011	Economics	Agriculture minister’s markets Over a billion hryvnias in government investments to be poured into wholesale agricultural markets will go to companies close to Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk
2 February, 2011	Economics	Agriculture minister with advantage The government gives multibillion agricultural contracts to companies associated with the Yenakievo-Donesk group controlled by Minister of Agriculture Mykola Prysiazhniuk