At the height of the Cold War, the Ukrainian diaspora played an active role in influencing public opinion regarding the Soviet Union. What is seldom mentioned is the...
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A much-shared tweet from a highly questionable source accusing Volodymyr Zelensky of banning Ukraine’s Orthodox Church and arresting priests is way off the mark. ...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere over the past few days, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time...
MPs in Montenegro have passed a controversial law on religion that could see the country’s biggest church stripped of property and other assets, fueling a row with...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Russian authorities in the illegally-occupied Ukrainian Crimean peninsula have released Archbishop Klyment of Simferopol, a head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Local...
Currently leading in all opinion polls, Yulia Tymoshenko officially launched her campaign to become Ukraine’s president on January 22, with a rally in the...
Orthodox Ukrainians celebrated Christmas on January 7, their first as part of an independent church. The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew, the de...
Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko called for a declaration of martial law on November 26 following Russia’s illegal seizure of three Ukrainian navy...
A huge new cathedral, the largest Orthodox church in the world, has been consecrated in the Romanian capital Bucharest. Tens of thousands of people attended, many having...
So far, heavens have not fallen, but the repercussions of a decision by the Patriarch of Constantinople to approve the independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church are...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (pictured above), the head of global Orthodox Christianity, has announced that Ukraine will be granted its own church independent of...
Next month, Europe’s leading budget airline will begin regular flights from Ukraine to a host of EU destinations. This is the latest milestone in a Ukrainian aviation...