How the idea of Ukraine crossed imperial borders from East to West

How the myth that Ukrainians are inclined towards lawlessness is used against them and why a sense of responsibility to your own people is so important

How visible Crimea is a year after annexation internationally, how seriously the threat of its militarization is seen in the West, and why Barack Obama is reluctant to provide effective support to Ukraine

In September, top Ukrainian channel talked about the coalition in power 2.8 times more often than they did about the opposition, the Academy of Ukrainian Press, an international charity fund, reports through Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (ZN.ua)

According to the recent monitoring of media freedom in Eastern Partnership countries conducted by the Yerevan Press Club, Internews Ukraine, and other NGOs over March and May 2013, Ukraine lands 4th with Azerbaijan and Belarus behind, portal Media.am reports

With the presidential election drawing closer in Ukraine, a campaign is unfolding to discredit the mass media

As the civilized world notes the slow death of the printed press, Ukraine is experiencing a real boom in print media

John Kampfner, an external advisor on freedom of expression and culture for Google, talks about new authoritarianism and threats to online privacy

The Yanukovych circle is launching a media purge: Some media moguls have already lost their assets. Meanwhile, new media empires are emerging in Ukraine. The secrecy of their real owners is a typical common feature

The sale of the UMH group to a friend of the Family is not likely to worsen the quality of Ukrainian journalism, since most of it has long become a paid notice board. However, the good news is that from now on, the government will be held responsible for the use of manipulative techniques in the print media

UMH Group and VETEK group signed the sales and purchase agreement for 98% of the media holding’s shares, Korespondent reports based on the UMH Group’s official statement.

Ukrainian newspapers, magazines, radio stations and TV channels are anything but business. Their purpose is anything but the foundation of democracy in society

The Ukrainian press of the early 20th century survived only thanks to a handful of subscribers and funding from selfless donors

David Kramer, president of Freedom House, told The Ukrainian Week about sanctions as a necessary step similar to measures against Russia

The Ukrainian Week would like to inform the Ukrainian and international community of the harassment of the publication after the World Newspaper Congress in Kyiv

Current Ukrainian regime is diligently copying the best models of country’s northern neighbour, and it appears that the former is extremely envious of the latter’s success in constructing its vertical power structure.

If we choose to believe that well-being is more important than freedom, we pave the way for serfdom.

David Kramer and Robert Nurick talk about the latest Freedom House report on nations in transit, including Ukraine, how much the memory of a democratic experience matters and how painful democratic transformations may be

Freedom House’s new report raises the alarm about Ukrainian society and government as Ukraine’s post-Orange Revolution progress continues to plummet

Ukrayinsky Tyzhden will no longer take part in the MMI Ukraine and RMI Regions marketing research conducted by TNS Ukraine.

The press is hard to heal in a sick society. At the very least, it should not be the starting point

The closer the 2012 parliamentary election is, the more actively the government is curbing freedom of expression

Those in power conceal information and instil propaganda clichés instead of building a dialogue with society