No. 50, Sunday, December 14, 2014

Profile of the Cabinet: Ukraine’s new ministers
by Zenon Zawada

Ambassador to Ukraine says U.S. and Europe must help Ukraine
by Yaro Bihun

Biden: Ukraine can’t ‘blow’ another chance to change
by Luke Johnson
RFE/RL

ANALYSIS
In annual address, Putin pledges to stay the course, hits a dead end
by Pavel K. Baev
Eurasia Daily Monitor

NEWSBRIEFS
NSDC reports on “silence regime”
No agreement on new peace talks
OSCE Ministerial Council discusses Ukraine
10,000 soldiers get lifesaver training
Russian gas flows resume to Ukraine
Saakashvili rejects government post
NATO chief blasts Russia for military activity

Interview: Ukrainian ‘cyborg’ describes nine days defending Donetsk airport
RFE/RL

Sen. Portman meets with U.S. ambassador to Ukraine

Sacral Heritage workshop looks at Church decision-making in view of demographic changes

EDITORIAL
Season of giving

REMEMBERING THE HOLODOMOR
White House banality
by Askold S. Lozynskyj

NEWS AND VIEWS
When “high culture” merges with terrorism
by Adrian Bryttan

BOOK REVIEW: The life of Vasile Avramenko
by Orysia Paszczak Tracz
BOOK REVIEW: Koliada in a Carpathian Village
by Maria Sonevytsky

Alexander Motyl presents his latest novel in Boston
by Peter T. Woloschuk

BOOKNOTES
A novel about family history

Yuri Turchyn to perform in Winter Solstice Concert
by Christina Kotlar

UNA Christmas Card Contest for Children

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE
“Spotlight on Ukraine” at the Miami Book Fair International
by Oksana Piaseckyj
Community holds memorial service for Holodomor Victims
Bees and beekeeping at community event
UCCA reports major donation to UUARC from proceeds of September banquet
Parma cathedral celebrates 90th anniversary
“Maidan – Through Patience to Hope” exhibited at U. of Alberta
Philadelphia area students send greetings to Ukrainian soldiers

Club Suzie-Q Week offers local adventures, Ukraine insights
by Anisa Handzia Sawyckyj with Yuri Mykolayevych

UKELODEON
For the love of Ukraine, showing our support
by Adriana Buniak
New York students remember Holodomor
by Daria Kozak-Tymets
Plast’s Orlykiada competition: the winning group’s perspective
by Ruta Odulak
New Haven schoolchildren send messages to Ukraine’s soldiers

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