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WHIPPANY, N.J. – The Newark Branch of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization in the U.S.A. concluded its program for the 2020-2021 year with a formal closing ceremony that was held in person at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey on June 4. The closing ceremony was an opportunity for the scouting group to recognize and reward its members for their accomplishments over the past year.
Attempt to block Tupytskiy rejected
Ukraine’s Supreme Court has overturned President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decree annulling the appointment of Oleksandr Tupytskiy to the Constitutional Court. Mr. Tupytskiy’s lawyer, Oleksandr Leshchenko, informed Ukrayinska Pravda of the Supreme Court’s decision on July 14.
SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. – Vasyl Lomachenko returned from a painful loss, aiming to get back on track with a fight against Masayoshi Nakatani on June 26 in Las Vegas.
WASHINGTON – In an ongoing effort to implement a series of reforms that are needed for Ukraine to gain entry into the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that the country’s civil society will be a key partner in the reform process.
The summit in Geneva between Presidents Joseph Biden of the United States and Vladimir Putin of Russia was supposed to stabilize bilateral relations by demarcating areas and issues each side deemed so important that any hostile incursion would encounter a strong response.
A court in Russia-occupied Crimea has extended the detention of an RFE/RL freelance correspondent by six months as dozens of people rallied in the Ukrainian capital to call for his release.
WASHINGTON – RFE/RL President Jamie Fly condemned a decision on July 6 by a court in Russia-occupied Crimea to extend by six months the detention of RFE/RL freelance reporter Vladyslav Yesypenko. This latest Kremlin-backed move to target independent media outlets was announced during a closed-door hearing on July 6 in Simferopol regarding Mr. Yesypenko’s politically-motivated case. The next hearing is scheduled for July 15.
OTTAWA – The Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association (UCCLA) condemns the recent vandalism of two Ukrainian Catholic churches in Canada and wants these incidents to be investigated as hate crimes.
NANTUCKET, Mass. – More than 20 years ago, Peter R. Jarosewycz was looking for a way to contribute to the community of Ukrainians in the United States. At the time, Mr. Jarosewycz was a 52-year-old attorney living in Kansas City, Mo., far removed from the larger pockets of Ukrainian Americans in Chicago, New York, New Jersey or elsewhere. But he believed he could still contribute in some way.
KYIV – On July 3, Ustia Stefanchuk, a Ukrainian blogger and journalist now living in Canada, wrote a post about the atrocities of the Soviet government in Lviv. Her post described how the Soviet authorities tortured her family. On July 5, Facebook deleted Ms. Stefanchuk’s account. She reported the news from a different account.