The Ukrainian Week

3 March, 2019	History	The forging of unity How the idea of Ukraine crossed imperial borders from East to West
17 July, 2018	Politics	Freedom, not Free-for-all 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
16 March, 2015	World	David Kramer: “We have an obligation to help Ukraine defend itself” 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
30 September, 2013	News	The government gets 3 times more coverage in news than the opposition does 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)
18 September, 2013	News	*Media Freedom in Ukraine*: behind Molodova and Armenia 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
10 September, 2013	Politics	Operation Smear Campaign With the presidential election drawing closer in Ukraine, a campaign is unfolding to discredit the mass media
9 August, 2013	Politics	Alarming News: Why a Mysterious Periodical is Provoking Anxiety As the civilized world notes the slow death of the printed press, Ukraine is experiencing a real boom in print media
31 July, 2013	Society	Freedom For Sale John Kampfner, an external advisor on freedom of expression and culture for Google, talks about new authoritarianism and threats to online privacy
8 July, 2013	Politics	Media & Acquisitions 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
8 July, 2013	Politics	The Hidden is Becoming More Evident 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
1 July, 2013	News	*The Economist*: Ukrainian media market is being prepared for the election in 2015: few independent outlets are left
21 June, 2013	News	Kurchenko buys 98% of Lozhkin’s media holding 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.
30 April, 2013	Society	Mass Media: Between Propaganda and Prestige Ukrainian newspapers, magazines, radio stations and TV channels are anything but business. Their purpose is anything but the foundation of democracy in society
22 February, 2013	History	The Press as a Mirror of National Consciousness The Ukrainian press of the early 20th century survived only thanks to a handful of subscribers and funding from selfless donors
24 November, 2012	Politics	David Kramer: We’ve been talking about carrots for too long. Carrots don’t work. It’s time to have a serious conversation David Kramer, president of Freedom House, told *The Ukrainian Week* about sanctions as a necessary step similar to measures against Russia
27 September, 2012	Politics	Open Letter on Pressure after the World Newspaper Congress *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
21 July, 2012		Freedom Under Pressure 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.
19 July, 2012		It Happens Overnight If we choose to believe that well-being is more important than freedom, we pave the way for serfdom.
6 July, 2012	Politics	Ukraine Still Stands a Chance 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
6 July, 2012	Politics	A Fragile Democracy Freedom House’s new report raises the alarm about Ukrainian society and government as Ukraine’s post-Orange Revolution progress continues to plummet
21 May, 2012		Open Letter from Ukrayinsky Tyzhden Ukrayinsky Tyzhden will no longer take part in the MMI Ukraine and RMI Regions marketing research conducted by TNS Ukraine.
5 March, 2012		Journalism Does not Have to Smell Like The Name of the Rose The press is hard to heal in a sick society. At the very least, it should not be the starting point
7 February, 2012	Politics	Constrained Freedom: the Government is Cleansing the Information Space Prior to the Election The closer the 2012 parliamentary election is, the more actively the government is curbing freedom of expression
27 October, 2011	Politics	Bad Manners Those in power conceal information and instil propaganda clichés instead of building a dialogue with society