Ukrainian Unity Day (Den Sobornosti) is an important historical event in Ukraine. It goes back to the date when Eastern and Western Ukraine were united. On this day in 1919 the “Treaty of Unity” between Ukrainians was signed and the unity of all Ukrainian lands previously belonging to the Russian Empire (UNR) and the Austro-Hungarian Empire was solemnly proclaimed on Sofijivska Square in Kyiv.

Yesterday, on the 25th of February, 2010 Viktor Yanukovych was inaugurated Ukraine president. He has been sworn in as the country’s fourth leader since it gained independence.

According to the resutls of the first round of Presidential Elections in Ukraine, held on Sunday, January, 17, 2010, Viktor Yanukovich and acting Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will be facing each other in the runoff of the Ukrainian Presidential Elections on February 7, 2010.

Ukraine is a source country for Internet child pornography. Ukrainian children are trafficked internationally and internally for the purposes of sexual exploitation, forced begging, and forced labor in agriculture. Most trafficked girls are subject to commercial sexual exploitation, while boys are trafficked for labor or to sell drugs,” the US Department of Labor said in its report.

According to a survey carried out by Research & Branding Group, 81.4% of respondents are planning to participate in the election of the Ukrainian president, according to UkrInform.
Some 59.4% of Ukrainians said they were confident …

About one thousand supporters of the parties Russian Bloc and Russian Community of Crimea and other pro-Russian organizations have marched in Simferopol at rallied in protest against derogation on Russian-speaking citizens’ rights in Ukraine on …

On the 23d of August, just before the Independence Day, Ukraine celebrates National Flag Day of Ukraine. Today you could see flags everywhere: on the buildings and the balconies, on the flagpoles, etc. Such a celebration in the history of nations is quite young. For example, the Day of the Swedish flag Flag is celebrated since 1983, the Day of Canada – since 1995, Mexico – 1937, in the Russian Federation, the National Flag Day has been operating since 1994, in the Republic of Belarus since 1995.

Recently I’ve got a call and later this email from my British friend, which you could read below. Seems anti-American attitude is very strong in Crimea and this is sad.
“I arrived in Feodosia on July 2009. At approximately 4am on Sunday morning, august 2009, I stopped at a small kiosk near the seafront in the centre of the city, outside the Arkadiya club, in order to buy a small bottle of still water. I asked the woman behind the counter in Russian for ”pol litre wada, bez gaza, pazhalusta”.

Citizens of such CIS countries as Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan and 85 African, Asian and Middle East countries will be obliged to provide information on their financial state at the Ukrainian border …