1 August, 2013 | Culture | Writer Marina Lewycka talks about Ukrainians in the UK, her writing and the modern era of dishonest people |
6 March, 2013 | The notion that a foreigner would want to learn Ukrainian is beyond the comprehension of the majority of Kyiv residents. Why waste your time? Why stop to such a level? After all, don’t you see that she’s a toothless hag!?! | |
16 November, 2012 | Culture | Professor Kostiantyn Tyshchenko speaks about the role of modern linguistics in our identity and the rebuttal of the cradle-of-three-brotherly-peoples theory |
31 July, 2012 | Culture | Greifswald University — a centre for Ukrainian studies in Europe |
6 July, 2012 | Politics | The passing of the language law has triggered a parliamentary crisis that could explode into a political one. |
19 June, 2012 | Politics | The June 5th protests that accompanied the passing of a bill that aims to Russify Ukraine showed that while society is ready for radical resistance to the government’s anti-Ukrainian policies, opposition leaders are sitting on their hands. |
19 June, 2012 | Politics | The mistakes made by the protectors of the Ukrainian language and how they can take the initiative into their own hands |
15 June, 2012 | Society | Slavist Yuri Shevchuk on conventional and new scenarios of assimilation, Russification and a pretense statehood |
15 June, 2012 | Society | A number of Ukrainians successfully defend their language rights by using their knowledge of the law |
5 June, 2012 | Politics | A confrontation over language legislation proposed by the ruling party is unfolding in Ukraine. |
18 April, 2012 | It can be argued that Ukrainian-dubbed foreign films and series have done much more to Ukrainise young people than didactic and patriotic admonitions to love the beautiful Ukrainian language. | |
18 April, 2012 | Society | A firm choice of the language in which to speak allows people to shape their environment rather than be shaped by it |
18 April, 2012 | Society | Under the current circumstances in Ukraine, most bilingual people ultimately become Russian-speakers |
2 February, 2012 | Society | in a Russian-speaking or bilingual environment |
2 February, 2012 | Society | Several official languages are an inefficient tool in solving language and national issues |
12 January, 2012 | Raised in a peasant family, Hryhoriy Kochur was exceptionally talented and scaled the mountains of the European spirit | |
12 January, 2012 | History | His translations span 26 centuries, three continents and almost 30 literatures. The Soviets “awarded” him with 10 years in labor camps and the status of a dissident with no right to travel |
12 January, 2012 | History | More books for children are translated into Ukrainian than written in the language. Families seem to prefer “popular” classics and books made into Hollywood films |