Monument commemorates 100th birthday of Stepan Bandera
by Zenon Zawada

Verkhovna Rada approves 2009 budget by slim majority
by Zenon Zawada

Pittsburgh community welcomes Ukraine’s first lady
by Nickolas Kotow

ANALYSIS
Ukraine beefs up defenses with an eye on Russia
by Taras Kuzio
SBU stops separatism in its tracks
by Taras Kuzio

NEWSBRIEFS
Landmark year for U.S.-Ukraine relations
Ukraine mourns on December 26
Medvedev to Ukraine: pay up
Rada votes no confidence in NBU
Rada dismisses SPF chair
Pinchuk a top Clinton donor
Serial killer is sentenced
NBU coin honors Symonenko

NEWS ANALYSIS: Little room for compromise with Russia over missile defense
by Pavel Felgenhauer

Our Ukraine party takes action against dissident members

Authorities suspect gas leak in Crimean apartment explosion

Recent poll shows Ukrainians’ attitudes toward the West and Russia
by Maria Kulczycky

Columbia University conference “visualizes” the Holodomor
by Oksana Zakydalsky

The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: December

EDITORIAL
Stalin as hero

CHRISTMAS PASTORAL
The star of Bethlehem

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
“Time traveling” at the museum
Russia’s paranoia – 007-style

Faces and Places by Myron B. Kuropas
Mila and Mervusya

Stepan Bandera Timeline

Holodomor Awareness Week marked in Winnipeg
by Dr. Roman Yereniuk

Parma designates a portion of the city as “Ukrainian Village”

Conference examines Ukrainian Catholic Church in 21st century
by Iryna Ivankovych-Bloshchynska

Ukrainian wedding traditions is theme of UNWLA Day
by Bozhena Olshaniwsky

HOLIDAY GREETINGS

Soyuzivka’s Datebook

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