Interview
Ukraine Interviews: Frontline Voices, Commanders & Expert Conversations
Director of war: First ever long interview of Ukraine’s Security Service Head
Highlights from Petr Shuklinov’s interview with Vasyl Hrytsak, Chief of Ukraine’s National Security, published in liga.net.
Jun 24, 2016
ONUKA on the 30th anniversary of Chornobyl nuclear disaster
“Radiation is invisible—but its impact isn’t.” ONUKA reveals how Chornobyl shaped identity, memory, and truth in one of EMPR.media’s most haunting interviews.
Apr 26, 2016
Yevhen Marchuk: USSR missile troops located in Ukraine were pointed to U.S. There are 1,5K of nuclear warheads, 30 Hiroshimas each
At the height of the Cold War, Soviet missile troops stationed in Ukraine aimed thousands of nuclear warheads at the United States—an unseen frontline of global nuclear deterrence.
Apr 11, 2016
Svitlana Aleksievych: Victimhood is a dangerous mindset
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] Highlights from an interview conducted by hromadske.tv with Svitlana Aleksievych, Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer, who awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Apr 9, 2016
A story of ‘Platforma’ Art-zavod: From tacky plant to cultural city cluster
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Last year, silk plant of the Darnitsky district in Kyiv has been revitalized and transformed into the «Platforma» (Platform) Art-zavod. One of the first opportunities to see the renewed location was the festival of street-food.
Mar 9, 2016
Aivaras Abromavicius: ‘Reshuffling old methods is not reform’
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Highlights from the first interview with Aivaras Abromavicius, the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine after his scandal resignation announcement, conducted February 5, 2016 by Natalia Nepriakhina for RBK-Ukraine.
Feb 6, 2016
Rebecca Harms: you must work to bridge the gap between civil society and institutions
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] On 13 October Kyivites met Rebecca Harms, Member of the European Parliament from Germany, co-chair of the Group of Greens/European Free Alliance and Ukraine’s long-standing supporter within the public meeting organized by Open Ukraine Foundation.
Oct 21, 2015
Controversial monument in Mukacheve reveals problems of local Roma community
27 September, 2015 | 14:52 by – EMPR – On 3 September a bronze monument to a Romani person with a broom was installed in Mukacheve, Zakapattia region.
Sep 27, 2015
International artists catalyze changes to urban space of Mariupol. Interview with German artist Danielle Rosales
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Danielle Rosales is a Paris-based graphic designer of German and Cuban origin. Together with her colleague Robin Coenen she is working over a project designed to change perception of Mariupol’s urban space by its residents.
Aug 27, 2015
German historian: There are many lies about the Ukrainian liberation movement
German historians are researching the real history of Ukraine. Natalia Pysanska for radiosvoboda.org.
Jun 14, 2015
The U.S. has done quite a bit to support Ukraine but it needs to do more. Interview with David Kramer
To-the-point and frank-wrap-up speech of David Kramer, Senior Director for Human Rights & Democracy with the McCain Institute on the closing day of Kyiv Security Forum enjoyed full attention of the audience. EMPR caught up with Mr. Kramer on the…
May 31, 2015
How Ukrainians in khaki uniforms took over the Russian pavilion at the Biennale
A group of anonymous Ukrainian activists staged a “vacation” inside the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
May 9, 2015