Today's Conservative announcement of Ukrainian redress funding actually represents a $2.5-million cut to funding allocated by the previous Liberal government and will now be split up between fourteen ethno-cultural communities, Liberal Member of Parliament Borys Wrzesnewskyj said today...

Earlier this afternoon, the Saskatchewan Legislature passed through second and third readings of Bill 40, the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act, and sent the Bill for assent making Saskatchewan the first province in Canada to recognize the Holodomor as genocide...

On Sunday, May 4th, the Ukrainian community in Seattle, WA officially welcomed the International Holodomor Remembrance Flame from Canada to the United States. In a moving ceremony attended by Rep. Jim McDermott (Democrat from the 7th congressional district of Washington), Ambassadors of Ukraine to the United States, Canada, and the Holy See, and the presidents of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America...

“We proceed with preparing the parade, it will be held for sure,” the source specified. “Held in any weather, irrespective of any political climate that the municipal authorities attempt to create.” Foreign Ministry of Ukraine has expressed its negative attitude to the parade, reasoning that any actions with military hardware could be staged exclusively in the territory...

Deputy Premier and Education Minister Ken Krawetz introduced legislation in the Legislature today that recognizes the people who died during the Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) of 1932-1933. "Many survivors of this tragic time in history and their descendents live in Saskatchewan and have contributed greatly to our province's cultural, economic, political and educational life," Krawetz said. "This Act will ensure that on the fourth Saturday in November each year, Holodomor will be remembered and recognized."

In this 75th year since one of the greatest genocide’s of human history, Ukraine Remembers and the World Acknowledges. That is the slogan of this year’s commemoration of the Ukrainian Holodomor where the lives of millions of innocent men, women and children were suddenly eradicated by forced starvation in the very heart of Europe’s breadbasket...

Last month at the NATO summit, the United States sought to win support for the extension of Membership Action Plans (MAPs) to Ukraine and the Republic of Georgia. These plans are the final preparatory step for states seeking to join the Alliance. Both Ukraine and Georgia have established themselves as Western-looking democracies and are worthy candidates for NATO membership Unfortunately, some NATO members balked in the face of strong Russian opposition, and because NATO works by consensus, both countries' bids failed...

The Ukrainian Holodomor Remembrance Flame will arrive in Parma (USA) at 5 p.m. May 13 as part of the International Torch Relay commemorating the 75th anniversary of a famine that killed more than 10 million people in Ukraine, according to Sun Mail. "We are proud to support this solemn international commemoration," said Mayor Dean DePiero...

The Trumpet.com has withdrawn an article titled “Adolf Hitler Arrives in Ukraine Shops.” The source material that the article was based on was both inaccurate and misleading. In the article, we stated that 16-inch figurines of Hitler were to be sold in Ukraine. It implied that dolls were going on sale in large numbers. This is not the case...

Seventy-five years after a man-made famine killed between seven and 10 million Ukrainians, a flame honouring their memory arrived in Red Deer on Friday morning. The famine, known as the Holodomor, took place between 1932 and 1933. Survivor Stefan Horlatsch has been travelling with the torch on every Canadian leg of its worldwide journey, which will eventually cover 33 countries...