Attacks against the Roma community have become disturbingly common in Ukraine since the start of 2018. On Saturday 23rd June, a group of young people stormed into a Roma camp in the city of Lviv in...
She was in the bathroom when three gun shots sounded outside of her apartment in Kyiv. Arkady Babchenko’s wife ran out to find her husband lying face down in the entrance to their apartment...
About 3500 thousand attended the LGBT Pride March on Equality in Ukraine’s capital, making it the record largest Pride demonstration in Kyiv. The number of participants was said to be roughly...
Good morning, gentle readers! This week we're exploring refugees, hip hop, the aftermath of the Women's March, and much more. Reading anything great at the moment? Drop a link in comments – we'd...
Following recent bloodshed, the ouster of President Yanukovych, and new elections set for May, Ukraine is at a crossroads. It will probably remain there for some time, inspiring many overwrought...
Well, the holidays are over, and sure enough, more clashes between protesters and riot police have erupted in Kiev. If you haven’t been paying much attention to what is happening in the Ukrainian...
Last month, Mykola Azarov made Ukraine look like a wonderfully modern and enlightened nation when he famously said that conducting reforms "is not a woman's business." Since then, plenty of people...
When history is being made, you focus on the mundane details, such as the snow that swirled down on election day in Kyiv. At the local voting precinct, the first representatives of the electorate to...
As a holiday gift to myself and readers, I sat down recently to speak to my friend, translator, and Ukrainian feminist, Maria Dmytrieva, who's famous as Mary Xmas in LiveJournal circles. What follows...
Kyiv's Gogolfest has both grown and remained distinctly itself - not the easiest feat to pull off. Combining theater, music, visual art and workshops, the festival is the brainchild of Vlad Troitsky,...
