A surprise visit from Ruslana

Arrest in Gongadze case spawns yet another scandal
by Danylo Peleschuk
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

Pylyp Orlyk’s Constitution of 1710  is found in Moscow archives

New election bill moves ahead as presidential election approaches
by Danylo Peleschuk
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

ANALYSIS
Vice-President Biden’s mission to Kyiv
by Roman Kupchinsky
Eurasia Daily Monitor

Biden urges democratic reforms, backs Georgia’s NATO ambitions
RFE/RL

NEWSBRIEFS
Election law is amended
CEC warns presidential candidates
Sevastopol wants more for fleet’s basing
Russian patriarch arrives in Ukraine
Kirill visits Kyiv-Pecherska Lavra
Yushchenko, Kirill discuss Church unity
Payments to depositors to be resumed
Poland to open two more Consulates
Ukrainian TV news blacked out in Poland
IMF welcomes new bank law
Biden pledges support for Georgia
Agreement with NATO is in effect
Lytvyn comments on NATO
Ukraine to dispose of arms
Police halt transfer of Russian missiles
Security services have new powers

NEWS ANALYSIS: Washington tries to reassure Ukraine
by Danylo Peleschuk
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

Russian patriarch visits Kyiv, but motives are questioned
by Breffni O’Rourke
RFE/RL

IN THE PRESS: Biden’s diplomacy

SBU says Rodina party leader implicated in murder, ethnic unrest in Odesa
by Zenon Zawada

INTERVIEW: Pavlo Kyrylenko on culture war in Odesa
by Zenon Zawada

The Ukrainian National Association Forum
SEEN AT SOYUZIVKA
N.Y. governor greets festival at Soyuzivka

EDITORIAL
Strategic partnership moves ahead

Reporter's notebook by Zenon Zawada
Psyops in Ukraine’s regions

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Odesa Ukrainians call for assistance
Kuropas column wrong on Obama
No surprises in Kuropas column

COMMENTARY
Russian special services again play the “Jewish card” against Ukraine 
by Paul Goble   

26th Conference on Ukrainian Subjects held at University of Illinois
by Iryna Ivankovych-Bloshchynska

“Ukraine and the World” is theme of conference at Chernihiv university
by Roman Yereniuk

Ukraine Analyst receives grant from Dopomoha Ukraini Foundation

BOOK NOTES
Images of Ukrainians in the Delaware Valley
A history of Edmonton’s Ukrainian Catholic cathedral
Peasants, nobles and colonists in southern Ukraine, 1774-1905

Sanctuary Project captures Ukrainian religious culture in Canada

Ruslana makes surprise visit to Plast’s Vovcha Tropa camp
by Markian Hadzewycz
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

PHOTO FOLLOW-UP: Soyuzivka’s Ukrainian Cultural Festival

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE
UCCA Illinois Division elects new president at annual meeting
by Katya Mischenko-Mycyk

Selfreliance Foundation supports Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Diaspora
by Nadia Zajac

Chicago’s UIMA presents artworks by Dubovyk, Fedorouk

OUT AND ABOUT

Soyuzivka’s Datebook

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

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