Yushchenko honors Bandera with Hero of Ukraine title
by Zenon Zawada

As runoff nears, election battles erupt between Tymoshenko,Yanukovych forces
by Zenon Zawada

“Freedom in the World 2010”: A global erosion of freedom
Freedom House

ANALYSIS
Russia reflects on ramifications of presidential election in Ukraine
by Pavel K. Baev
Eurasia Daily Monitor
A look at Russian policy objectives in Ukraine’s presidential election
by Vladimir Socor
Eurasia Daily Monitor

NEWSBRIEFS
Russian envoy arrives in Ukraine
Poroshenko on relations with Russia
Tymoshenko speaks on Unity Day
PRU insists on Lutsenko’s dismissal
Tomenko: no grounds for Rada elections
Holodomor sentence goes into effect
Six injured in train explosion
Brazil establishes Ukrainian day
Yanukovych on Nord Stream project
Olympic broadcasts in 22 languages
Delta to resume flights to Kyiv
Ukraine fourth in space launches
Poroshenko on European integration
A third of Ukrainians use the Internet

ANALYSIS: Russian-brokered diarchy would best suit Moscow in Ukraine
by Vladimir Socor
Eurasia Daily Monitor

European Union’s energy security may depend on Ukraine’s runoff
by Alexandros Petersen
RFE/RL

Berezovsky: Ukraine vote is “key” for West’s future
RFE/RL

NEWS ANALYSIS
Yanukovych and Tymoshenko: foreign and security policies
by Taras Kuzio
Eurasia Daily Monitor

No surprises in first round of Ukraine’s presidential election
by Pavel Korduban
Eurasia Daily Monitor

Memorial service at Kennedy Center honors Roman Terleckyj
by Yaro Bihun
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

OBITUARIES
Jaroslaw Kurowyckyj, community activist and New York businessman, 77
by Marta Danyluk
Roman Kupchinsky, analyst, author, champion of the Ukrainian cause, 65

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM
Branch 175 elects new board and convention delegate
Woonsocket welcomes St. Nicholas
In memoriam: Yaroslava Zorych, longtime UNA activist in Canada

EDITORIAL
There is a choice

Election Notebook by Zenon Zawada
Yushchenko scorns Tymoshenko

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Donated health kits at work in Ukraine
A thank-you from veterans
Survival tips not appreciated

PERSPECTIVES BY Andrew Fedynsky
Ordinary people – remarkable lives

IN THE PRESS: On TV in Ukraine

COMMENTARY
Loss and redemption of the patriotic agenda
by Oksana Bashuk-Hepburn

FOR THE RECORD
Borys Wrzesnewskyj speaks on Canada-Ukraine relations

Special TWG conference to focus on Ukraine’s presidential election

Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter Initiative meets in Toronto
by Oksana Zakydalsky

New developments at UCU highligted in Philadelphia and Chicago
by Matthew Matuszak

BOOK NOTES: The media and freedom in post-Communist world

Canadian Bandurist Capella completes a most ambitious season
by Michael Wawryshyn

“Kozak” or “Cossack”

Christmas Carol Concert presented in Glendale, Calif.
by Alexander Rivney

CAMPAIGN WATCH

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE
Parish honors Myron Kuropas
Minneapolis celebrates Hutsulschyna
by Svitlana Uniat
2010 welcomed at Scranton Malanka

SPORTSLINE

High School Civil Liberties Award recipient is announced by UCCLF

Kinofest NYC 2010 preparing premiere at The Ukrainian Museum

OUT AND ABOUT

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

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