Section: US & Canada
UNA Organizing Report for 2016
UNA National Secretary Yuriy Symczyk was unanimously elected to the position on November 18, 2016, due to the unexpected passing of Christine Kozak, national secretary of the Ukrainian National Association since 2002. The following annual report prepared by Mr. Symczyk outlines the status of operations and highlights various initiatives that have...
N.Y. Ukrainians attend Crimean Tatar iftar
NEW YORK – On Thursday, July 22, members of the United Ukrainian American Organizations of New York (also referred to as UCCA-NY, a local chapter of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America) attended an iftar held at the American Association of Crimean Turks (AACT) Mosque. The community iftar is a nightly meal during the month […] …read...
New England Selfreliance convenes annual meeting
HARTFORD, Conn. – The Ukrainian Selfreliance New England Federal Credit Union convened its 58th annual meeting on April 30 at the Ukrainian National Home in Hartford, Conn. Dr. Paul Szwez, the chairman of the board of directors, brought the meeting to order and established that a quorum was present. Father Paul Martyniuk, the pastor of […]...
Plast scouts attend Petrykivka art workshop
SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – Children from the Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization’s Newark branch, which is based in Whippany, N.J., visited the Ukrainian History and Education Center in South Bound Brook, N.J., for a Petrykivka workshop and demonstration by Sophia Shyprykevych. “We are delighted that children in the U.S. are being given a...
Tucker Carlson Is Doing Something Extraordinary
Over the last two nights, something fascinating has broken out on the Tucker Carlson show: A genuine, and exceedingly bitter, debate between conservatives on foreign policy. On Tuesday, Carlson told retired Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters he thought the U.S. should team up with Russia to defeat ISIS. Peters responded that, “You sound like Charles...
How Did Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Pop Up In Spain?
The Ebola-like virus is found mainly in North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.(Image credit: Adam Cuerden) …read more Source:...
Team Trump’s Gotcha on Ukraine-DNC ‘Collusion’ is Total B.S. and Trump Aides Know It
The White House and its allies have a plan to make the Donald Trump Jr. Russia-email scandal go away. The plan, which shows no sign of being able to make “Fetch” happen, relies on deliberate misrepresentation, wishful thinking, and bizarre false-equivalence. It involves making the entire story about the Democratic Party and Ukraine. at The Daily...
Russia Tells NATO to Stop ‘Demonizing’ Planned War Games
Russia sought to reassure NATO on Thursday that its war games in September would respect international limits on size, but NATO’s chief remained wary about their scale and scope. Russia and Belarus aim to hold maneuvers that some NATO allies believe could number more than 100,000 troops and involve nuclear weapons training, the biggest such...
WATCH: Trump and France’s Macron set aside differences on climate pact in news conference
PARIS — President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron set aside lingering differences on climate change during their meeting in France on Thursday, asserting that it shouldn’t prevent them from working together toward a post-war roadmap for Syria and to enhance Mideast security. Trump, standing alongside Macron at a news...
How the Ukraine War Spilled Into the U.S. Election
Foreign meddling in campaigns may be the new normal. …read more Source:...
