No. 21, Sunday, May 24, 2009

Shakhtar wins UEFA cup
by Yuriy Borysov
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

U.S. ambassador bids farewell to Ukraine at frank press conference
by Zenon Zawada

Controversial aide Viktor Baloha resigns from Presidential Secretariat
by Zenon Zawada

Heritage Foundation grant of $5,000 supports newspapers’ archives project

ANALYSIS
Gazprom’s murky games in Hungarian gas network
by Roman Kupchinsky
Eurasia Daily Monitor
RosGas to control 20 percent of Hungarian gas distribution
by Roman Kupchinsky
Eurasia Daily Monitor

NEWSBRIEFS
Yushchenko honors U.S. ambassador
Presidential Secretariat chief resigns
Yushchenko accepts resignation
Baloha on reason for resignation
Ulianchenko to head Presidential Secretariat
Ulianchenko heads OUPU council
Victims of repression remembered
14,191 victims’ names are known
Crimean Tatars hold world congress
Ukraine seeks FSB documents
Crimean Tatars demand land
Lytvyn comments on Victory Day
Ukraine-Russia interparliamentary ties
Lytvyn: entry into NATO not vital
Diplomats don’t have Lutsenko file
Younger Lutsenko sues Bild
Rada investigating incident
Ukraine’s Loboda 12th at Eurovision

Estonian president urges West to ‘pay attention to what is going on’

Ukrainian celebrities join campaign to protect women
by Hugh Biggar
United Nations Development Program

Friendship blossoms between Arlington and Ivano-Frankivsk
by Ed Lytwak

Maritime community shows generosity to orphanage in Ukraine
by William Hryb

Ukrainian Human Rights Committee meets with Kerry

OBITUARY
Oleksa Bilaniuk, 82, president of UVAN, professor of physics

UAV members attend Vietnam Veterans’ Remembrance Day ceremonies

The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: April

EDITORIAL
“Neighborly” Russia

FOR THE RECORD
Remembering Volodymyr Ivasiuk

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
“Mayemo to scho mayemo...”
A commitment to all Ukrainians

NEWS AND VIEWS
Kyiv disputes Moscow’s claim few Ukrainians in Russia want native language schools
by Paul Goble

Faces and Places by Myron B. Kuropas
Tarasko’s tours

Randy Bachman, attired in Ukrainian shirt, honored as Officer of Order of Canada

IN THE PRESS
Campaign in Ukraine, an assessment of Lenin

FILM REVIEW: “Taras Bulba,” propaganda made in Russia
by Illya M. Labunka
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

INTERVIEW: Ukrainian writer Viktor Neborak

Neborak speaks in Washington

SPORTSLINE

Ukrainian pro hockey update by Ihor Stelmach
At the 2008 NHL draft with Stars’ top pick Tyler Beskorowany

UMANA Foundation sponsors CPR, first aid training for camp counselors
by Maria Hrycelak

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE
Florida cultural center holds annual meeting, elects officers
by Vira Bodnaruk
Elizabeth students bring joy to orphans in Zaporizhia

NOTES ON PEOPLE
Ukrainian immigrant is valedictorian at LIU
by Alka Gupta
Elected five times to Board of Ed
Cited as scholar in high school

OUT AND ABOUT

Soyuzivka’s Datebook

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

 

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