Month: November 17, 2017 9:26 am

WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation has announced the launching of its Biotechnology Initiative, which will support the advancement of biotechnology…...

Ukrainian Canadian Congress announces $25,000 contribution  OTTAWA – The dedication of the site for Canada’s Memorial to the Victims of…...

WASHINGTON – The Ukrainian National Information Service (UNIS), the Washington bureau of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), marked…...

NEW YORK – This year marks the 70th year since the ethnic cleansing of Ukrainian Lemko lands known as Akcja…...

WHIPPANY, N.J. –  A commemorative concert held here at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey on Saturday, October…...

U.S. and Russia differ on peacekeepers After talks on the conflict in eastern Ukraine, U.S. and Russian envoys say their…...

HARTFORD, Conn. – On Saturday, October 14, Hartford-area residents had an opportunity to view “Recovery Room,”  a dramatic, award-winning documentary…...

PHILADELPHIA – Steven Pifer was the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine in 1998-2000; his 27-year diplomatic career focused on U.S. relations…...

PHEONIX – Under the leadership of the Melikian Center’s new director, Prof. Keith Brown (formerly of Brown University), the Critical…...

EAST CHATHAM, N.Y. – The Plast New York branch’s adult scouts (age 18-35) organized Merit Badge Weekend on Friday-Sunday, September…...

ELLENVILLE, N.Y. – In mid-September, the students and faculty of St. George Academy (SGA) embarked on the first annual SGA…...

KYIV – Ukraine’s reformist yet occasionally obdurate legislature, the Verkhovna Rada, moved ahead this week with more bills to further enhance a constantly overdue pro-European agenda on the back of promises of the 2014 Revolution of Dignity.

A more representative electoral bill was approved in the first of two readings on November 7. It foresees replacing half of the nation’s 225 voting districts, in which single candidates got elected based only on who receives the most votes, with regional political party lists, whereby candidates get elected based on the proportion of votes their party receives.