Stories about Ukraine from December, 2006
Ukraine: Missionaries
From Ukraine With Love runs into the head of a baby cow lying in the middle of the street and writes about Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, Hare Krishna and Baptists in Ukraine.
Ukraine: More In-Fighting
Yet another update on more “political re-arrangements and in-fighting” in Ukraine, at Foreign Notes.
Ukraine: State-Protected Old Trees
Ukraine List writes about the country's very old trees – so old they are protected by the state.
Ukraine: Political News
Orange Ukraine posts a long-awaited political news roundup.
Ukraine: New Budget
It doesn't look like Ukrainian legislators are going to be as poor as the rest of the citizens when they retire: Foreign Notes reports on the new budget.
Ukraine: Scam
Music and Life – Everywhere! almost becomes victim of a popular scam in Kyiv – and doesn't realize it until much later!
Ukraine: Pirogovo
Ukraine List links to a Flickr set of photos of Pirogovo, the open-air museum of Ukrainian folk architecture.
Ukraine: Christmas/Folk Song's Metamorphosis
Ukraine List writes about a Ukrainian folk song that's been Anglicized and become a ubiquitous Christmas song in the West: “Carol of the Bells” aka “Shchedryk.”
Ukraine: “Is Homer Simpson Ukrainian?”
Ukraine List writes about Ukrainian Mennonite heritage of Matt Groening, the creator of the Simpsons.
Ukraine: Lack of Coverage
Nash Holos is concerned about the lack of Ukraine coverage in the world media.
Ukraine: Yanukovych in the U.S.
Leopolis writes about prime minister Victor Yanukovych's low-key visit to Washington, D.C.
Ukraine, Russia: Dec. 1 AIDS Links
Links to Russia- and Ukraine-related AIDS stats and other resources at Michelle Knisley's Greetings from Kiev.
Ukraine: Introduction to EU Legislation
Wu Wei writes about the process of adopting EU legislation and other developments in Ukraine: “There is a whole change of culture needed in Ukraine. New laws are regarded as little more than bits of paper if they get in the way of businessmen and the government, so they aren't...
Ukraine: Politics Now and Then
Europhobia posts a comparative roundup of Ukrainian politics.
Ukraine: More on Holodomor
Petro of Petro's Jotter writes more on the Ukrainian Famine and his correspondence on the subject with the editor of a Kyiv expat publication.
Ukraine: The Kyiv Beet is Back
“Ukraine Seeks to Join EU, NATO, G8, NBA, NASCAR, FIFA, Etc.” – this is just one of the headlines in the Kyiv Beet, an Onion-like Ukrainian publication, writes Ukraine List.
Ukraine: No Borat
“The glorious expat community in Kyiv is wearing their sad faces,” writes Carpetblogger: neither pirated, nor licensed Borat DVDs are to be found in Ukraine's capital.