The Security Service of Ukraine together with Polish counterparts resolved to hold in Krakow, Poland and Brussels, Belgium the exhibition of archival documents "Unclassified Documents", dedicated to the Great Famine Genocide of 1932-33...
Victor Yushchenko has met with Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, an American astronaut of Ukrainian descent. The President said Ukrainians were happy and excited to know she was the first Ukrainian woman to perform a spacewalk...
With prices rapidly increasing worldwide and a shortage in supply looming on the horizon, Ukraine’s abundant uranium-ore deposits have become a powerful magnet for foreign companies. However, the country’s leadership is not eager to let them in so soon, opting instead to yield monopoly control over the potentially lucrative business to a yet-to-be-established state behemoth, which would need an estimated $2.4 billion in credit to get on its feet...
Ukraine's pro-Western foreign minister resigned Tuesday, saying a monthlong struggle between him and the government dominated by a Russia-leaning party risked damaging the country's international reputation. President Viktor Yushchenko, who had appointed Borys Tarasyuk, accepted the resignation and called it ''a responsible step,'' according to the presidential press office...
Up to 10,000 tonnes of grain of Ukrainian origin is thrown out into the Black Sea every night. It was loaded into portal elevators last summer. It should have been exported, but the cabinet [PM Yanukovych's Cabinet of Ministers] introduced quotas on grain exports from Ukraine...
The Internet newspaper “Observer” ordered a survey on the denominational allegiance of Ukrainian citizens. The general opinion poll was conducted by the Ukrainian Democratic Circle and Ukrainian Sociological Service (Olekandr Vyshniak, doctor of sociology) from 7 to 25 December 2006. All in all, 5,000 respondents were polled, representing Ukrainian adults (above 18) of different sex, age, education, region, and social status, with statistical inaccuracy not exceeding 1.4%. obozrevatel.com posted the news on 24 January 2007...
Some 10,000 of residents of the Sumy city and region have held a demonstration on Independence Square, the central square of the region's capital, to support the People's Self-Defense movement started by ex-minister of internal affairs and president's aide Yurii Lutsenko...
The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc parliamentary faction has asked the parliament of Israel to recognize the Ukrainian famine of 1932-1933, known in Ukraine as Holodomor, act of genocide against the Ukrainian people...
History is taught in many ways and I have chosen what I hope and believe will be one of the most effective in order to help my students at Wisconsin International University of Ukraine (WIUU) understand the history that is a part of their heritage...