Khadija Ismayilova: “Eurovision is an attempt to showcase our medieval Middle East monarchy as a modern European democracy”

To Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev and his administration, this is a chance to show off himself and his country to European guests and instil pride for the state and trust in the government among his crisis-stricken citizens

A Cure for Foreign Affairs

Bernard Kouchner, former French Foreign Minister: "If you want to live in a better world, it's all possible in the EU"

Communists Icons Lose Shine in France

“Share everything!” “No more lay-offs!” “Away with NATO!” “No to global capital!” These and other similar, moth-eaten slogans are brought back by the fans of the hammer and sickle in the run-up to every election in France. And although Paris’ threadbare “red belt” is gradually shrinking, the country still has plenty of die-hard communists

The French Way

Michel Wieviorka told The Ukrainian Week about the reasons for François Hollande election success, sociological intervention and terrorism as a loss of sense

Britain Is Closing Down

Will the UK be the least hospitable host of the Olympics in the recent time?

Marie Mendras: “Orange Revolutions Are Possible Anywhere”

A renowned French researcher of the post-Soviet political space shares her ideas about the probability of repressions in Russia, prospects of new revolutions, and the causes of future misunderstandings between Kyiv and Moscow.

Suicide Moods

Austerity measures aggravate the troubles of European economies

Ultra-Right Movements Intensify In Europe

30 ultra-right parties are now active in Europe. They gain votes in elections, get through to parliaments, affect decision making and even sign agreements with traditional conservative political forces

A European Integration Champion That Satisfies the Kremlin

The newly elected president of Moldova is a compromise figure for those who want to rally politicians and society around the common goal of European integration and restoring the country’s territorial integrity

Bulgaria Is Indeed Abroad

European and pro-Russian sentiments clash in Bulgaria

Faked Equality

Marc-Olivier Padis talks about European multiculturalism and political controversies between France and Germany

Estonian Common Sense

Estonia’s Ambassador to Ukraine Lauri Lepik talks about his country’s path to the European Union, the experience of integrating the Russian-speaking population and establishing business contacts with Kyiv

The Latvian Referendum as a Model for Ukraine

The status of Russian becomes the most acute problem in countries where Russian-speaking communities are large both in absolute and relative terms.

Lesson From Latvia

Seventy-five per cent of Latvian citizens rejected the initiative to grant Russian the status of a state language at a recent referendum, but this is unlikely to stop the politicisation of the “Russian issue” in this post-imperial territory

British Conservatism: a Story of Success

British conservatism is a philosophy of moderation which means that while Conservatives broadly support the established laws, they recognise the continual need for evolution rather than revolution.

Growing Weary of Each Other

Ineffective completion of NATO's anti-terrorist campaign in Afghanistan may question further existence of the Alliance

Russia — a Different Beat

DDT frontman Yuri Shevchuk speaks about the brazen Kremlin leadership and mass and civil society in Russia

A Trade and Demographic Donor for Russia?

Russia’s accession to the WTO signals a renewed effort to draw Ukraine into a Eurasian union

Carte Blanche for the Empire

Given the intensification of leftist, populist and anti-Western rhetoric from Mr. Putin, within the country, the old-new Russian president is going to rely ever more on voters who share his vision of Russia as a “besieged fortress”.

The End of the Thaw: The West is Preparing For Confrontation With the Kremlin

Every movement and all the initiatives made by the West or NATO in Vladimir Putin's eyes are seen as an efforts to harm Russian interests

Diplomatic Advice

Wolf Dietrich Heim, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria in Ukraine, talks to The Ukrainian Week about cooling relations between the EU and official Kyiv, the prospects of Austrian banks in Ukraine and the future of the eurozone

Yuri Afanasyev: Russia Is Ruled by Feudalism

The Russian historian speaks about how myths about the Russian Empire and its rulers are perpetuated and invented on a dramatic scale

Transnistrian Movement

Russia slashes aid to Tiraspol

Time to Arise

French writer and diplomat Stéphane Hessel wrote a book, Time for Outrage, which has sold millions of copies and inspired youth protests across the world

Agitated or Awakening?

The mass protests of Russian “Decembrists” in the country show that Russian society has been re-booted

The Price of Isolation

The pause in European integration makes Ukraine ever more vulnerable to Russia’s economic pressure