Author: Staff

Twenty-five years ago, on February 19, 1994, the Ukrainian National Association celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding with a gala concert at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Leaders remember Heavenly Hundred  Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and European Council President Donald Tusk on February 19 honored the memory of the Heavenly Hundred, the victims of Maidan clashes in the center of Kyiv during the Revolution of Dignity five years ago. “We, together with President of the European Council Donald Tusk, have honored the...

It’s been four years since the second Minsk agreement aimed at halting the war in Ukraine was signed. Clearly, it has failed.

Fifteen years ago, on February 22, 2004, the Ukrainian National Association marked its 110th anniversary. The newspaper published a yearlong feature focusing on the UNA’s history. This year marks the 125th anniversary of the founding of the UNA on February 22, 1894.

Record 44 candidates for president Ukrainian election officials said a record 44 candidates have registered to run in the country’s March presidential election. President Petro Poroshenko is seeking a second five-year term and has vowed to press for European Union and NATO membership for the country. Recent polls indicate former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and...

January 22 marked the centenary of a momentous event in the history of Ukraine. It was on January 22, 1919, that all Ukrainian lands, east and west, were consolidated into one independent and sovereign Ukrainian state in the aftermath of the first world war. The Act of Union brought about the unification of the Ukrainian National Republic and the Western Ukrainian National Republic – the fulfillment of a long-held dream. 

Twenty-nine years ago, on February 10, 1990, the Popular Movement of Ukraine for Perebudova, commonly referred to as Rukh, was registered as an official organization by the Ukrainian SSR’s Council of Ministers. On that day, the government sent signed legal papers acknowledging the official status to the Kyiv offices of Rukh. 

Kyiv approves NATO program for 2019

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers reported that it has approved the draft Presidential Decree on Approval of the Annual National Program (ANP) under the auspices of the NATO-Ukraine Commission for 2019.

Poroshenko announces re-election bid

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced he will seek re-election in the March presidential election, and vowed to press for European Union and NATO membership. Speaking to thousands of supporters on January 29, the confectionary magnate said that a “feeling of deep responsibility before the country and... before past and future generations” led him to decide to run for a second five-year term in the March 31 vote...

Tymoshenko launches bid for presidency

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has officially announced she will run for president, with polls showing her as the front-runner in the March presidential election. “A great country is my goal, from which I will not back down a single step. That is why I am running for president today,” she told a congress of her opposition Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party in Kyiv on January 22.

Russian court extends sailors’ detention A Moscow court has prolonged the pretrial detention of 24 Ukrainian sailors detained by Russian forces who attacked three Ukrainian Navy vessels in the Black Sea in November. On January 16, the Lefortovo district court ruled that four of the sailors will remain in jail until April 24, pending further...

U.S. warship at Romanian port  A U.S. naval warship has arrived at a Romanian port, a show of force by the United States in the Black Sea, which Russia is closely watching. The USS Fort McHenry is the first U.S. ship to enter the Black Sea since a naval standoff between Russian and Ukrainian forces...