Monday 07. of May 2007 Visit of Ukranian Foreign Affairs Minister

The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, met with Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Ottawa on May 7, 2007. This was Mr. Yatsenyuk’s...

Sunday 01. of April 2007 Eurovision act angers Ukrainians

Angry Ukrainian nationalists have held protests against the selection of a controversial drag queen to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest.

The demonstrations are part of a campaign to pressure the former Soviet...

Thursday 11. of January 2007 Man charged in stolen statue case

An man has been charged after a bronze statue of a famed Ukrainian poet was chopped off at the feet from its pedestal and carted away from a park in Oakville, Ont.

Curtis Raae, 36, of Oakville faces charges of possessing stolen...

Thursday 11. of January 2007 Shevchenko Statue Stolen

A 5-metre bronze statue of iconic Ukrainian Taras Shevchenko, erected in an Oakville park named for him in 1951, has been chopped off at the feet by vandals and carted away.

Why? The president of the foundation that administers...