Ukraine

Ukraine
June 21, 2018

Ten Ukrainian Technologies You May Already Be Using

What do Snapchat filters, liquid jet scalpels, Uber for yachts, and virtual reality gloves have in common? They are all decisively modern innovations that have emerged...
Ukraine
June 12, 2018

Travel Freedom: How Ukrainians Benefit From The Visa-Free Regime With The EU

This April, my wife and I went to Greece for our honeymoon. It took some effort to organise this trip: we booked our flights, hotel and took care of our insurance—that...
Ukraine
June 4, 2018

Creating new image of Donbas: stories of cultural activists

Can culture survive in the war zone of Donbas among industrial cities? Three activists in the region are proving that it can. Here are stories of people in Donbas...
Ukraine
May 30, 2018

Ukrainian Oligarch Kolomoisky is Losing Influence Over the Oil Market

Four years ago Igor Kolomoisky and his business partners were fully in control of the oil market in Ukraine. That were mining, transportation, refining and the largest...
Ukraine
May 22, 2018

Former Defense Minister Hrytsenko Is Finally Having His Moment in the Sun

Anatoliy Hrytsenko, Ukraine’s defense minister from 2005 to 2007, is finally having his moment in the sun.
Ukraine
May 18, 2018

Ukraine’s New Populists: Who They Are and Why They’re Dangerous

Populists are flourishing almost everywhere. The demand for simple solutions in a complicated world makes their messages resonate.
Ukraine
May 15, 2018

What’s With Trust in Ukrainian Politics

In March 2019, Ukrainians will vote for their next president. The election campaign seems to have actually started. But the question is which politician Ukrainians...
Ukraine
May 14, 2018

Survey Suggests Trouble For Poroshenko in 2019 Presidential Elections

If the Ukrainian presidential elections were to have been held in April 2018, the current head of state Petro Poroshenko would not have won, according to a sociological...
Ukraine
May 11, 2018

Ukraine in a Worldwide Ecology Marathon

As the world turns slowly to face and deal with global climate change and threats of industrial pollution, each country has its own run at sustainability.
Ukraine
April 26, 2018

De-Sovietisation in Ukraine: Successful Reform or Battle with Windmills

On 9 April, 2015, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law «On Condemnation of the Communist and National-Socialist (Nazi) Totalitarian Regimes in Ukraine and Prohibition...