Section: US & Canada
Ukraine, EU Hopeful About US Support for Russia Sanctions
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko expressed guarded optimism Thursday that a U.S. administration under president-elect Donald Trump will continue to back sanctions against Russia. At a summit with top European Union officials in Brussels, Poroshenko said Trump had raised the annexation of Crimea and the conflict in the east of Ukraine in...
With Hospitals Destroyed, Aleppo Could Be ‘Next Madaya,’ Doctor Warns
days after the last functioning hospitals were bombed out of operation in the eastern part of Aleppo, activists are warning that the city could become “the next Madaya.” More than a quarter of a million people living in eastern Aleppo now have no access to urgent medical care. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday that while some...
Ukraine’s President Confident Of Continued U.S. Support
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has expressed confidence in continued U.S. support for his country after having spoken to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on the phone about Russian “aggression.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Claims Russia’s Borders ‘End Nowhere’ At Geography Event
“Russia’s borders end nowhere,” Russian President Vladimir Putin declared at the annual award ceremony of the national geographic society in Moscow to roaring applause, broadcast live on state television on Thursday. “This is a joke,” Putin declared, as the cameras panned to the hall full of grinning government officials, including Minister...
On Euro-Maidan’s third anniversary, many see the revolution as incomplete
KYIV – Dmytro Zhytniy can’t lift anything heavy, and is unable to run or jump. On January 23, 2014, when authorities started kidnapping members of the so-called Auto-Maidan – the roving protest on wheels – riot police ambushed and abducted Mr. Zhytniy on a Kyiv side street called Kriposny Provulok while the trained heavyweight boxer […]...
Poroshenko, Tusk Discuss Phone Calls With Trump
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said U.S. President-elect Donald Trump had raised “Russian aggression” against Ukraine during a phone call in the last few days, while European Council President Donald Tusk said Trump had adopted a more “promising” approach to Ukraine than during the election campaign. (AP) …read...
Ukraine could leverage trade deal with Canada to enter American market
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly OTTAWA – The doors to further trade deals may be closed once President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20, but Ukraine could have an exporting path to the United States via the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA), according to a Ukrainian Canadian member of Parliament. Borys Wrzesnewskyj, who...
Reflections on Ukraine and the election just past
Early in November, Bishop Borys Gudziak spoke at the University of Notre Dame’s Nanovic Institute about Ukraine and its three democratic revolutions in the past quarter century. To explain why they were necessary, he outlined the country’s tragic 20th century history – wars, a genocidal famine, terror, mass emigration, enormous...
Hungary scrapping visa fees for Ukrainians, backs EU waiver
Hungary’s prime minister says his country is eliminating fees on visas for Ukrainian citizens. …read more Source: FOX...
Kyiv Chamber Choir performs concert of sacred and folk music in Washington
WASHINGTON – Choral music lovers in this area received a very welcome present from the Kyiv Chamber Choir on November 6 at the National City Christian Church: an emotionally and artistically moving concert of Ukrainian sacred and folk music. This was the last of nine concerts on the Ukrainian choir’s 10-day 2016 “Sounds of Ukraine” […]...
