The invention of movable type and printing presses in Germany around 1450 had a tremendous and lasting influence on the cultural, social, religious, and scientific development of Europe. As the printing technologies spread throughout the continent and allowed for a quicker and wider dissemination of knowledge, they became a major catalyst for both the Reformation and the later scientific revolution...

Each year migratory birds find their way home. Only cranes in my mind are somehow always flying far off into the horizon. Illogical of course, and my theme, anyway, is political struggle, slogans, calls of “Ukraine for Ukrainians”. Yet beyond the human cacophony, it is another cry which endures: the cry as the cranes fly away: “I will die in a foreign land”. The Ukrainian poet and author of these words, Bohdan Lepky lies buried in Poland, in Krakow.

For many Orthodox people in western Ukraine, it is simply unacceptable to live in any way under the leadership of the Moscow Patriarchate. At the same time, for many Orthodox in eastern Ukraine, it is simply unacceptable to not to be associated with the Moscow Patriarchate...

20 years ago, on 5 June 1989, one man stopped a tank. He will be remembered this week in many countries, that young man without a name, without a past or future. For millions of television viewers there were only those moments when he refused to let the tanks pass...

This is more of a political than a legal issue to gain international support for Ukraine’s denunciation of the crimes of the USSR, particularly Stalinism.  There are unlikely to be any legal  repercussions...

The contest between the Kremlin and the west for influence in the volatile space between Russia and the European Union stepped up a gear when the EU launched a new effort to draw half a dozen countries away from Moscow`s orbit...

In Soviet times the logic was eminently simple. If the Party is always right, then those who oppose it are either criminals or madmen. Those unable or unwilling to acknowledge exclusive rights to the one and only truth are no longer executed, sent to labour camps or “treated” in psychiatric hospitals...

According to Hutsul, Ukrainians who live in the Carpathian Mountains of western Ukraine, folklore, it is believed that the fate of the world depends on the pysanka — as long as the egg decorating custom continues, the world will exist...

It is getting harder to escape the sense that most of the trouble in the world – whether it`s coming out of the Senate, a mortgage lender, or a tank turret – can be traced to one overriding problem: too many men steering. Had our economic, domestic, and foreign policy been more informed by women, we might be enjoying a safer ride.

When it comes to the top EU jobs the picture is even more bleak: out of 12 European Parliament presidents, only two have been women, and there has never been a female president of the European Commission.

70 years on and we read in the Russian newspaper “Izvestia” the headline: “Lecturers of Donetsk National University stop it being named after Ukrainian nationalist”... Almost 18 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union there are those with no intention of breaking free of Soviet clichés...

In times of crisis and uncertainty people want to know that there are those out there concerned for their safety. When, in turn, those out there have an interest in gaining a new leading role, it is worth making themselves known, demonstrating decisiveness and initiative...

UNIAN has turned to Russian satirist writer Victor Shenderovych with a request to comment on the information of The New York Times, which accused RF Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of plagiarism...

Ukraine stands to lose one huge amount from lack of stability, and I’m not talking about glossy presentation of information. In August and September we heard almost the same discussions regarding the Russian-Georgian conflict. Everyone got scared...

Ukraine would welcome Canada`s help in this matter, as a mediator, as an honest broker and a respected international actor. Ukraine is also very interested in Canada`s expertise in the transportation of energy resources and gas pipeline maintenance. Canada has some of the largest oil and gas pipelines in the world...

Europeans and Americans alike called the gas war of January 2006 a wake-up call, a needed warning to increase the security of gas supply on the Continent. But three years later, the causes of the chronic gas war remain firmly in place...

Politicians in other countries managed to understand that there could be no winners, by definition, if they did not stand united. Ukraine`s leaders bear full responsibility for their inability to...

This year has certainly been seeped in crises: geopolitical, financial, political. And, it transpires, there`s also a psychological and moral crisis. Collective. We patients are only now learning of the scale and seriousness of the infection..

The ordinary questions I receive usually revolve around Ukraine in general. Most questions are in the vein of: What did you like most about Ukraine? What did you like least about Ukraine? After some contemplation, I believe I`ve narrowed my responses down to a few concise answers...

If the headline attracts your attention, the aim`s achieved. Judge for yourselves: "Why when they beat up Ukrainians is everybody silent, and when they beat up a Jew or Arab, everybody`s shouting?"  Who`s silent?! I asked indignantly...