02.12.2008
A Welsh journalist who exposed Stalin's starvation of millions of Ukrainians in the 1930s has been posthumously honoured by the Ukraine government. Gareth Jones, who was born in Barry, south Wales exposed the 1932-33 Ukrainian famine caused by the Soviet leader's infamous five-year plans... |
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02.12.2008
The International Remembrance Flame concluded its global journey in Kyiv on November 22 as the world marked International Holodomor Memorial Day. Throughout the month of November the Flame travelled through 19 oblasts (regions) of Ukraine and the autonomous republic of Crimea. Commemorative events were held with the official participation of government representatives in all... |
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04.11.2008
The International Remembrance Flame has begun the last leg of its journey through Ukraine after arriving in the village of Ivankiv, Kyiv region on October 26. Honouring victims of the Holodomor, the Flame made its final stops in Kazakhstan, Russia, Armenia and Georgia. The Flame began its journey in April in Australia... |
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08.03.2008
On February 23, 2008 the Australian parliament debated and endorsed a Private Member’s Motion which notes that the Holodomor “constitutes one of the most heinous acts of genocide in history.” The motion also submits that the Australian Government support a Ukrainian resolution to the General Assembly of the United Nations calling for the recognition of the Holodomor as an act of genocide against the Ukrainian nation... |
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07.09.2007
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has opened its files on one of the most atrocious acts against mankind, the Famine–Genocide of 1932-33 in Ukraine Head of the SBU, Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, and his workers have compiled an exhibition and on August 27 in Kyiv launched the book Rozsekretchena Pamyat – Unclassified Memory. The book includes detailed information about the documents and files which expose the planned and callous decisions of Stalin and his communist regime... |
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11.06.2007
As a result of the initiative of the Ukrainian World Congress, Ukrainians world wide are now united in preparing for global commemorations of the 75th anniversary of The Holodomor in Ukraine - the famine-genocide of 1932-33. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, who initiated a Holodomor Council, has included in the Council's membership representatives of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) and issued a Presidential Decree ensuring commemorative efforts are coordinated for the greatest effect... |
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07.12.2006
The killing of former KGB officer Aleksandr Litvinenko again raised the specter of Moscow’s past, present and future “wet deeds.” For reasons not yet fully known, Litvinenko was poisoned by a still unidentified culprit who injected him with a radioactive ingredient. Some two years ago, presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was surreptitiously poisoned by dioxin, though not fatally, with many then accusing Moscow of the dark deed... |
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08.11.2006
After researching and contacting the staff at IMI, a Ukrainian non-governmental organization dedicated to defending freedom of speech and training Ukrainian journalists, I set out for Ukraine, not knowing what to expect. After hearing many stories from family and friends, I thought I would be prepared. I was wrong... |
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08.11.2006
On October 3, 2006, the Board on Geographic Names (BGN) unanimously voted to change the BGN standard transliteration of the name of the Ukrainian capital to ‘Kyiv’. This decision affects the whole USG... |
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08.11.2006
The International Press Institute reports that 61 journalists have been killed so far in 2006. Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya is one of the 61. Murdered in her Moscow apartment on October 7, Politkovskaya’s death shook the world... |
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