Month: August 18, 2017 8:29 am

WASHINGTON – Jamestown Foundation President Glen E. Howard called on U.S. government officials and members of Congress to direct their…...

KERCH, Ukraine – For years and even decades, residents of the Crimean city of Kerch have tended orchards and gardens…...

PHILADELPHIA – Pope Francis has appointed the Very Rev. Andriy Rabiy as auxiliary bishop for the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of…...

Far from the peak physical form required for a finals match, Elina Svitolina battled through exhaustion and overwhelmed still another…...

KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The annual Miss Soyuzivka contest, sponsored by the Ukrainian National Association, was held at Soyuzivka Heritage Center…...

Report: North Korea makes own engines WASHINGTON – The Reuters news agency is quoting U.S. intelligence officials as saying they…...

NEW YORK – Sunday, August 6, was “Heritage Sunday,” a collaborative event presented by the Center for Traditional Music and…...

TORONTO – This year marks 50 years of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC), the international coordinating body for Ukrainian communities…...

JAMAICA PLAIN, Mass. – A unique program, “Our Songs, Our Legacy,” showcasing the rich musical heritage of three ancient cultures…...

KYIV – The persecution of ethnic Ukrainians, Crimean-Tatars and Russians who take pro-Ukrainian stances by the occupying Kremlin regime in Crimea continues unabated and is reaching anomalous proportions.

“Neglect of human rights [on Ukraine’s territory of Crimea] is coming to an unprecedented scale, cynicism and absurdity,” said Crimean Tatar leader and lawmaker Mustafa Dzhemilev on August 9.

OTTAWA – Since taking up his post as Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada in late 2015, Andriy Shevchenko has spent most of his time with journalists talking to them about Russian aggression in his country.

So when there’s a good-news story, such as the official launch of the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) on August 1, the 41-year-old former journalist and Ukrainian national deputy hauled out the wine, cheese and fresh cherries on July 28 for media invited to the Ukrainian Embassy to first hear from the ambassador and officials from both countries about how CUFTA will benefit both – in Ambassador Shevchenko’s words, Canada, “the symbol of the free world,” and Ukraine, “a new frontier of the free world.”

OTTAWA – Lt. Col. Joshua Kutryk, a Ukrainian Canadian, and Dr. Jennifer Sidey were welcomed to Canada’s astronaut corps on…...