Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s Lawmakers Delay Key Bills To Attend Trump Prayer Breakfast
As many as 50 Ukrainian lawmakers are believed to have attended a religious event in Washington, meaning they were not in Kyiv to tackle crucial legislation. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia’s Global Anti-Libertarian Crusade
One of the surreal twists of the past year in American politics has been the rapid realignment in attitudes toward Russia. Democrats, many of whom believe that Russian interference was key to Donald Trump’s unexpected victory last November, are now the ones sounding the alarm about the Russian threat. Meanwhile, quite a few...
Ukraine’s Lawmakers Delay Key Bills To Attend Trump Prayer Breakfast
As many as 50 Ukrainian lawmakers are believed to have attended a religious event in Washington, meaning they were not in Kyiv to tackle crucial legislation. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
As Kyiv skirts reforms, public faces higher borrowing costs
KYIV – Ukraine must service more than $21 billion of debt over the next two years as it struggles to further unlock a $17.5 billion economic recovery lending program with the International Monetary Fund that has been hampered by compliancy issues. Kyiv has eschewed the principal demand of Western backers and lenders to create an […] …read...
As Kyiv skirts reforms, public faces higher borrowing costs
KYIV – Ukraine must service more than $21 billion of debt over the next two years as it struggles to further unlock a $17.5 billion economic recovery lending program with the International Monetary Fund that has been hampered by compliancy issues. Kyiv has eschewed the principal demand of Western backers and lenders to create an […] …read...
Chicago community marks centennial of Ukraine’s independence proclamation
CHICAGO – Chicago’s Ukrainian community marked the 100th anniversary of the January 22, 1918, historic date when Ukraine’s Central Rada, headed by historian Mykhailo Hrushevsky, declared independence and broke ties with Russia. The Central Rada evolved into the fundamental governing institution of the Ukrainian National Republic and...
Chicago community marks centennial of Ukraine’s independence proclamation
CHICAGO – Chicago’s Ukrainian community marked the 100th anniversary of the January 22, 1918, historic date when Ukraine’s Central Rada, headed by historian Mykhailo Hrushevsky, declared independence and broke ties with Russia. The Central Rada evolved into the fundamental governing institution of the Ukrainian National Republic and...
What Europeans Can Learn from Donald Trump
With his abrasive manners and his “America First” rhetoric, Donald Trump has not made many friends in Europe—and for good reason. The U.S. President’s idea of America’s interests is crude, often clouded by mercantilist dogma, and only rarely accompanied by a strategy and a follow-up. Still, Europeans would do well to pick up on a few...
Ukraine’s Legendary Athlete Carries Olympic Flame In South Korea
Ukrainian Olympic Committee President and pole-vaulting legend Sergey Bubka carried the Olympic flame in the South Korean city of Gangneung on February 8, a day before the opening ceremony for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. The six-time world champion and former world-record holder, who won Olympic Gold in 1988, was taking part in...
Ukraine’s Legendary Athlete Carries Olympic Flame In South Korea
Ukrainian Olympic Committee President and pole-vaulting legend Sergey Bubka carried the Olympic flame in the South Korean city of Gangneung on February 8, a day before the opening ceremony for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. The six-time world champion and former world-record holder, who won Olympic Gold in 1988, was taking part in...
