More than a million people currently living in Ukraine suffered from Holodomor [Ukraine's Great Famine] in 1932-33. Ihor Yukhnovskiy, head of the Ukrainian Institute for National Memory, said this to UNIAN.

Worth a listen, even if the commentary refused to recognize the Holodomor as a genocide. At least it acknowledged the Holodomor as being "man-made" and recognized the difference with the Irish Famine. Stefan Lemieszewski

Katya Gorchinskaya, Editor Kyiv Post editor Katya Gorchinskaya writes: Growing crowds take on to traditional Ukrainian dress, but what actually is the core of modern Ukrainian identity?

By Michael Buchanan Experts say holidays abroad can extend the children's lives Charities who help children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster are urging the government to allow youngsters from Ukraine to enter the UK without paying visa fees.

Alexandra Matoshko, Kyiv Post Guide Editor UNIAN If you decided to spend your summer vacation in Ukraine, you have two basic options -- go south or go west. Ukraine's south offers a great variety of places to enjoy the sun and the sea, for instance the beach in Sevastopol.

What are we going to breathe tomorrow? The Day in search of new parks in Ukraine By Natalia MALIMON, Volyn oblast; Vadym RYZHKOV, The Day; Tetiana KUSHNIRUK, Rivne; Tetiana KOZYRIEVA, Lviv; Larysa OSADCHUK, Ternopil; Mykyta KASIANENKO, Simferopol; Maksym STRILETSKY, Donetsk; and Oleh ADAMOVYCH, Kryvy Rih

Ukrainians in Australia celebrated on 5, 6 and 7th of June the 60th Anniversary of Ukrainian Settlement in Australia. The XIII National Ukrainian Festival was a real cultural extravaganza with groups from throughout Australia performing.

Mychailo Wynnyckyj's response [March 19 Kyiv Post, "Yatsenyuk, unlike current leaders, inspires hope for better democracy"] to my op-ed in the Kyiv Post [March 5 Kyiv Post, "Yatsenyuk, a Yushchenko clone, will bring stagnation"] was a libelous article that should be challenged.

Mykhailo Markiv ASSOCIATED PRESS President Victor Yushchenko did not mince words during his recent speech there, on Ukraine's Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression.

Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky of Kyiv, Ukraine, has given the Vatican control over a plot of land in the nation's capital city to the apostolic nuncio, Archbishop Ivan Yurkovych, to be used by the papal delegation. The mayor explained that it is routine to provide space for foreign embassies. The Catholic presence in Kyiv, long considered a stronghold of the Orthodox Church, has been a delicate issue since the Eastern-rite Ukrainian Catholic Church moved its primatial see from Lviv to Kyiv.

DNIPROPETROVSK (RFE/RL) -- The Economic Court of Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ruled on June 26 that the disputed building of the local Catholic Church should be returned to the Roman Catholic parish, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.

KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine President Victor Yushchenko believes acute financial problems caused by the global economic crisis could result in the country failing to co-host Euro 2012 with Poland as planned. "We are halfway through the year and haven't achieved one 11th of what is planned," Yushchenko told the Interfax news agency Wednesday. Yushchenko accused his country's government of endangering Ukraine's planned chances of hosting Euro 2012 through its economic policies.