Section: US & Canada
Soviet Media: Sanitizing Chernobyl
In the days, weeks and months after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, facts were hard to come by. Especially if you were watching Soviet media at the time. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia suspends Crimean Tatar Mejlis for ‘extremist activities’
The Russian Justice Ministry has suspended the Crimean Tatars’ highest ruling body due to what it called “extremist activities,” marking a fresh escalation in Moscow’s crackdown against a group that has broadly opposed Russia’s forcible annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. The ministry said in an April 18 statement...
Groysman or Hroysman?
Mariia Budiakova, press officer of the Embassy of Ukraine in the United States, asked by The Ukrainian Weekly and Svoboda how the name of Ukraine’s new prime minister should be spelled in English and Ukrainian, responded that in English his name is written Volodymyr Groysman, while in Ukrainian it is Володимир Борисович Гройсман (Volodymyr...
Going forward: Three steps
The two-year battle to defend Ukraine from Russia calls for an assessment. High marks go to Ukraine’s ATO forces. Originating with the young protesters from the Maidan, the fighters had little but their bare hands to repel the invader. Not only have they withstood Russia, virtually on their own, but their endurance is accumulating other […]...
Ukraine’s reshuffled Cabinet of Ministers
Continuing the listing from last week, following are the Cabinet ministers approved on April 14 by the Verkhovna Rada. (The brief profiles were prepared by Kyiv correspondent Zenon Zawada.) Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak, 51: He has served for 18 months, largely responsible for managing finances and personnel rather than developing military...
UAYA branches complete “Warming Hearts with Warmth” project
NEW YORK – For the second consecutive year, the Ukrainian American Youth Association (UAYA) in the United States, in conjunction with the worldwide governing body of the organization, were the “angels” that St. Nicholas relied upon to bring joy to children in Ukraine under the auspices of a humanitarian project called “Warming Hearts with...
AP Exclusive: Ukraine children eat food tainted by Chernobyl
Viktoria Vetrova knows the risk her four children take in drinking milk from the family’s two cows and eating dried mushrooms and berries from the forest. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Obama’s royal holiday: Lunch with queen, dinner with princes
LONDON — Most people send a card, call, or post on Facebook for someone’s birthday, but President Barack Obama went the extra mile on Friday — thousands of miles, actually — to deliver 90th birthday greetings to Queen Elizabeth II over lunch at Windsor Castle. Britain’s oldest and longest-serving monarch celebrated her birthday a day...
OSCE Concerned About New Ukraine Cinema Law
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic has warned that recent legislative steps in Ukraine could limit free media and the free flow of information. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Lithuania govt websites hit by cyberattacks for 3rd time
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanian officials say government websites have been hit by cyberattacks for the third time this month. The latest so-called denial-of-service attacks disrupted the websites of Parliament and the ministries of finance, defense, agriculture and others for about 30 minutes on Thursday. Police launched an investigation...
