The governor of Ukraine's central bank, Yakiv Smoliy, says he is resigning because of “systematic political pressure that denied fulfillment” of his duties

Russian law enforcers raided the houses of Muslim Crimean Tatars in Bakhchysarai in the morning of October 11

It is much easier to take the approach of multiple narratives than to accept that one side is right and the other wrong

NAK Naftogaz Ukraine cuts supply of gas to 11 oblasts to the minimum level necessary to keep the transit system in operation, its press service reports

Passed by the Party of Regions’ and Communist Party MPs in a hand vote, amendments to the Law on the Judiciary and the Status of Judges and procedural laws on additional measures for citizen protection and security may ultimately crush human rights in Ukraine, the Media Law Institute says in a statement

US expressed its grave concern over an emerging pattern of targeted violence and intimidation towards activists and journalists who participated in or reported on the EuroMaidan protests, US Department of State spokesperson Jen Psaki says.

Police is now interrogating the third suspect in the attack on the Ukrainian journalist Tetiana Chornovol, Internal Affairs Ministry press office reports.

EU representatives and EU, US and OSCE diplomats said they are concerned on the increasing pressure on civil society activists and journalists in Ukraine.

Two unidentified men attacked journalist and EuroMaidan activist Tetiana Chornovol on the night of December 24-25

“UCU is clearly high on the list of institutions the police and other authorities are pressuring,” says the Memodandum on complications of relations between the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) and Ukrainian government in 2012-2013 circulated by UCU Senior Vice-Rector Dr. Taras Dobko

How the screws will be tightened should the EuroMaidan fail

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

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.

The Stop Censorship! journalist movement set up a temporary informational centre in front of the Interior Ministry at 10 Bohomoltsya Street, despite interference of the police.

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

Based on a specific mindset, dependence, financial mechanisms, tactics and traditions, the Ukrainian press is closer to its genetic predecessors – Soviet party agitation and propaganda – rather than its modern counterparts in the world

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

Since its inception, the press has performed an important social mission and undergone a long evolutionary process along the path to freedom of expression

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.

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

Even successful industries in Ukraine will have to tighten their belts in two years unless the government revises its economic policy in 2012

The 2012 State Budget entails neither significant increase of fiscal pressure nor pre-election overtures to the electorate

The government’s “anti-corruption” efforts do not affect the roots of the evil

Even top government officials acknowledge the low quality of public administration in Ukraine. Their confessions are comically tragic

Why NBU's regulation fails to curb monetary hunger

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

Stalin used penal battalions in the Red Army as an instrument of repression

The Tax Code cut the number of small business owners in Ukraine and opened the way for the unofficial collection of taxes