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Go-A will represent Ukraine with an authentic Ukrainian song at Eurovision 2020

Muscovy feared Ukraine Ruthenia’s knowledge so deeply it destroyed entire libraries. What was erased — and why this history still matters today — uncovered by EMPR.media.

Ukraine creaded flying drone that search for unexploded ordnance objects and mines, allowing soldiers to risk their lives less.

The night between October 31 and November 1 is not just the Halloween Night but also the Veles Night marked in Ukraine. Turns out these two holidays have very much in common.   It is believed that the Veles Night (the Night of Veles or Velesova nich in Ukrainian) is a night of big power, when the border between the […]

Ukrainian musical romance film “Hutsulka Ksenya” directed by Olena Demyanenko was awarded the Grand Prix at the Mt. Fuji - Atami Film Festival in Japan

Digital rights are at the center of the current edition of the International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival Docudays UA taking place in Kyiv, Ukraine between March 22 and 30. “In 2012 a new term was coined – ‘digital rights’. Back then the Human Rights Council of the United Nations adopted a resolution stating that the same rights that people […]

More than 100 years ago, on March 17, 1917, the Ukrainian Central Rada (UCR) was founded in Kyiv. It was the first representative body of the Ukrainian people in modern history and the first parliament after the proclamation of the Ukrainian People’s Republic. The overthrow of the Russian monarchy prompted the establishment of UCR. After that, councils of workers’ and […]

These prominent Ukrainian women’s multifaceted activities have influenced the development and establishment of the Ukrainian state. They made a significant contribution to culture, art, education, sports, science, literature and other spheres of life in Ukraine. Over centuries of history, they have been genuinely interested in Ukraine and its socio-economic development. Grand Princess Olha of Kyiv An outstanding historical figure, one […]

To the memory of the 50th anniversary of Kuzma Skryabin (Andriy Kuzmenko), Ukrainian artists prepare tour with the concert program "Skryabin.Simfo"

Champions League Final in 2018 took place in Kyiv. The central stadium of Ukraine’s capital has hosted only three football matches of such a high status. In 1975, at the times of the Soviet Union, the return match of UEFA Super Cup between Dynamo and Bavaria was played at the Republican stadium in Kyiv. In 2012, the Olimpiyskiy National Sports […]

Cannes Film Festival program “Un Certain Regard”, chaired by actor and director Benicio del Toro, awarded the prize for best director to Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa for the drama film “Donbass”.

Many English people will know of the old Saxon Kingdom of England, Alfred the Great and his ancestors, the Kingdom of Wessex ruled by the ancestors of a semi mythological Cerdic (“Cerdicingas” in the old English) and the defeat of Harold Godwin(e) at the famous Battle of Hastings in 1066. Those of us who also know something of old Kyivan […]