Oleksandr Syrtsov

June 6 marked Journalists’ Day in Ukraine, instituted in 1994 by Decree #251/4, signed by President Leonid Kravchuk, thus putting an end to Soviet Press Day (May 5). The new date commemorates the accession of the Journalists’ Union of Ukraine into the International Federation of Journalists in 1992...

Ihor Bilozir, a noted songwriter from Lviv, officially recognized as a People’s Artist of Ukraine, died in the emergency ward of Lviv hospital on the night of May 27-28 as a result of injuries sustained in a brawl. His death marks a sad loss to Ukrainian culture, and the manner of his dying has...

On April 13, journalists of the Lviv newspaper Express put up a sandbag barricade on the central square next to Taras Shevchenko monument. This unusual action called Wave of Freedom was caused by the March 31 ruling of Lviv’s Franko district court. This district court obliged the newspaper to...

To paraphrase the headline, there is no serious investment because the tourists do not come. The city mayor’s counselor Yaroslav Kozak is convinced it is time to break this vicious circle: Lviv has 2000 architectural monuments capable of striking anyone. Moreover, Lviv residents can rely on a...