No. 32, Sunday, August 9, 2009

NEWS ANALYSIS: Moscow patriarch concludes 10-day visit to Ukraine
by Danylo Peleschuk
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

Kyiv cites subversive activities of Russian diplomats in Ukraine
by Danylo Peleschuk
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

Activists mark 50th anniversary of Captive Nations Week

ANALYSIS
Ukraine-U.S. relations: new prospects in the wake of Joe Biden’s visit
by Vladimir Socor
Eurasia Daily Monitor
Medvedev dresses foreign policy setbacks as achievements
by Pavel K. Baev
Eurasia Daily Monitor

NEWSBRIEFS
Experts examining skull fragments
Kyiv responds to Russian accusations
Is ex-MP Lozynskyi in Israel?
IMF’s third tranche arrives
Police smash human trafficking ring
Hryvnia rate may reach 10 to $1
Experimental border checkpoint
Kyiv to Warsaw: save news program
Holodomor film wins prize
Ukraine’s Jamala wins in Jurmala
German ship set free by pirates

NATO’s new chief outlines priorities in Afghanistan, Russia
by Ahto Lobjakas
RFE/RL

INTERVIEW: Mykola Kokhanivskyi speaks on destruction of Lenin statue
by Danylo Peleschuk
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

Congressional hearing focuses on results of Moscow summit
by Michael Sawkiw Jr.
Ukrainian National Information Service

The Ukrainian National Association Forum
Brooklyn Ukrainian Group conducts sixth annual clean-up at Soyuzivka

EDITORIAL
Soyuzivka’s great success

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
National awareness on the decline
Vasyl Luchkiw and the UPA

From a Canadian Angle by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn
Half apologies are no apologies

Faces and Places by Myron B. Kuropas
Bye-bye, Baba?

FILM CLIPS: “Kimjongilia,” documentary about North Korean regime
by Thaya Salamacha

GENERATION UKE
Mix-tape release party to be held for Adrian “Age” Olesnyckyj in NYC
by Yarema Belej
Dislocados releases “La Salida,” first salsa music album from Ukraine

Canadian scholars complete research trip to Ukrainian communities in Brazil

BOOK NOTES
Anthracite region’s Slavic groups are focus of new pictorial history

Two awarded inaugural S.N. Luckyj Prize in literary translation
by Olena Wawryshyn

Voloshky, Popadiuk headline “Steppes: A Ukrainian Journey”
by Anne Ehrhart

Ninth annual “Vatra” in Ellenville celebrates Lemko culture
by Halyna Semenyak

Ukrainian pro sports update: Tennis by Ihor Stelmach
Ukraine’s stars and future stars

San Diego community presents “Celebrating Ukraine”
by Vera Skop Knianicky

OUT AND ABOUT

Stefanyshyn-Piper to be guest of honor at Ukrainian Folk Festival in Lehighton

UKELODEON For The Next Generation
Fifth grader delivers speech about the Holodomor
Seattle’s Wolverines enjoy Plast
Mishanyna

Soyuzivka’s Datebook

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