The Ukrainian Week

2 July, 2020	Breaking news	Ukrainian Central Bank Chief resigns The governor of Ukraine's central bank, Yakiv Smoliy, says he is resigning because of “systematic political pressure that denied fulfillment” of his duties
11 October, 2017	Society	Russian law enforcers conduct new raids against Crimean Tatar Muslims, detain seven Russian law enforcers raided the houses of Muslim Crimean Tatars in Bakhchysarai in the morning of October 11
17 August, 2015		Truth Out of Fashion It is much easier to take the approach of multiple narratives than to accept that one side is right and the other wrong
13 February, 2014	News	Naftogaz cuts supply of gas to a minimum for 11 oblasts 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
16 January, 2014	News	Media Law Institute: The government ruins the remaining fragments of democracy and imposes a tough authoritarian regime 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
27 December, 2013	News	US expressed its “grave concern” over attacks on EuroMaidan activists 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.
26 December, 2013	News	Police detained the third suspect in the attack on Chornovol Police is now interrogating the third suspect in the attack on the Ukrainian journalist Tetiana Chornovol, Internal Affairs Ministry press office reports.
25 December, 2013	News	Western politicians and diplomats condemn use of violence against EuroMaidan activists EU representatives and EU, US and OSCE diplomats said they are concerned on the increasing pressure on civil society activists and journalists in Ukraine.
25 December, 2013	News	Journalist Tetiana Chornovol is attacked and beaten near Kyiv Two unidentified men attacked journalist and EuroMaidan activist Tetiana Chornovol on the night of December 24-25
24 December, 2013	News	Ukrainian Catholic University reports pressure after support to EuroMaidan “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
23 December, 2013	Politics	A Year without Spring How the screws will be tightened should the EuroMaidan fail
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
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.
27 May, 2013	News	Journalists go on a 24/7 strike in front of the Interior Ministry 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.
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
15 March, 2013	Society	Like Father, Like Son: the Propaganda and the Media 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
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
22 February, 2013	History	The Right to Criticise Since its inception, the press has performed an important social mission and undergone a long evolutionary process along the path to freedom of expression
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.
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
2 February, 2012	Economics	Under the Macroscope Even successful industries in Ukraine will have to tighten their belts in two years unless the government revises its economic policy in 2012
2 February, 2012	Economics	Neither Sticks, Nor Carrots The 2012 State Budget entails neither significant increase of fiscal pressure nor pre-election overtures to the electorate
27 January, 2012	Economics	Operation “Imitation” The government’s “anti-corruption” efforts do not affect the roots of the evil
29 November, 2011		Crisis of Vision Even top government officials acknowledge the low quality of public administration in Ukraine. Their confessions are comically tragic
28 October, 2011	Economics	Tango-Stepping on a Rake Why NBU's regulation fails to curb monetary hunger
27 October, 2011	Politics	Bad Manners Those in power conceal information and instil propaganda clichés instead of building a dialogue with society
27 October, 2011	History	A Death Row Army Stalin used penal battalions in the Red Army as an instrument of repression
30 March, 2011	Economics	Fear and trembling The Tax Code cut the number of small business owners in Ukraine and opened the way for the unofficial collection of taxes