Ukraine Explained
Ukraine Explained
February 15, 2018
UkraineConnection: famous people connected to Ukraine
Over the last few centuries, Ukraine has often served as a borderland for empires, and a country where different cultures met and enriched each other.
Ukraine Explained
January 30, 2018
Paid Word: Who Owns Ukrainian Media
Oligarchs own the airwaves in Ukraine. More than 75 percent of Ukrainians regularly watch TV channels owned by Ukrainian oligarchs Viktor Pinchuk, Ihor Kolomoisky,...
Ukraine Explained
January 29, 2018
Modernized Past: How Today’s Ukrainian Culture Combines Tradition And Modernity
In the 19th century Ukrainian culture was often perceived by its neighbours, like the Poles or Russians, as a land of deep-rooted folk traditions, where music, stories,...
Ukraine Explained
January 16, 2018
“Little Russia”: What Ukraine Would Look Like If The “16 January Laws” Had Been Implemented
Exactly 4 years ago, on 16 January 2014, amid the Euromaidan protests, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada attempted to adopt legislation which would legalise the dictatorship...
Ukraine Explained
January 12, 2018
Ukraine: What to Expect in 2018
One should not have wild expectations for Ukraine this year. Although the country is more than a year away from the March 2019 presidential election, structural...
Ukraine Explained
December 22, 2017
Ukraine 2017: Breaking vicious cycle?
Here we will try to make sense of what 2017 brought Ukraine. Many events and trends of the past year will certainly have consequences for what the future holds for...
Ukraine Explained
December 13, 2017
What Ukrainians Really Think: 10 Key Insights from Ukraine’s 2017 Opinion Polls
Ukraine is a complicated, changing country. It’s far too easy to imagine that the proclamations and positions presented by Ukraine’s government and civil society...
Ukraine Explained
December 6, 2017
10 Things To Know About Today’s Ukrainian Army
Ukraine celebrates national armed forces day on December 6th honoring its military. This is an occasion to look into some interesting facts about the Ukrainian Army....
Ukraine Explained
November 24, 2017
Famine And Memory: 10 Things To Know About Holodomor
Since 1998, the fourth Saturday of November has been commemorated in Ukraine as the day honouring the memory for victims of Holodomors, i.e. numerous attempts by...
Ukraine Explained
November 21, 2017
Ukraine’s Transport Potential: Key Facts You Should Know
As they say in real estate, location is everything. Thus Ukraine, the biggest country in Europe and one that is advantageously located, has a major role to play...