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Hromadske.ua
Hromadske ( uk, Громадське; lit. ''Public'') is a digital broadcasting station in Ukraine that commenced operations on 22 November 2013. The station was announced in June 2013 by 15 journalists, before commencing operations on 22 November. It is registered as an NGO.«Громадське ТБ»: «Все гірше, ніж ви думаєте, але надія є» Public TV: "It is worse than you think, but there is hope"
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The idea originated from journalist Roman Skrypin in September 2012. After the TVi (channel)#April 2013 ownership dispute, April 2013 ownership dispute at TVi (channel), TVi 31 journalists resigned f ...
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Suspilne
The Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine ( uk, Національна суспільна телерадіокомпанія України, Natsionalna Suspilna Teleradiokompaniia Ukrainy; abbr. NSTU), shortened to Suspilne ( uk, Суспільне, lit=Public), is the national public broadcaster in Ukraine. As such it was registered on 19 January 2017.EBU WELCOMES NEW PUBLIC BROADCASTER IN UKRAINE
EBU (20 Jan 2017)The state registered a "public broadcaster"


Interfax-Ukraine
The Interfax-Ukraine ( uk, Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Kyiv-based Ukraine, Ukrainian independent news agency founded in 1992. The company does not belong to the Russian news corporation Interfax Information Services. The company publishes in Ukrainian, Russian, English & German. The company owns a 50-seat press centre. The staff of the agency is 105 people (as of the end of February 2022) History Interfax was formed on 24 November 1992, the year following Modern history of Ukraine#Independent Ukraine (1991 to present), Ukraine's 1991 independence, by a team of 10 people in Kharkiv. In 1993 the agency moved to Kyiv. References External links

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International Renaissance Foundation
The International Renaissance Foundation (IRF) (Ukrainian: Міжнародний фонд "Відродження") is a Ukrainian NGO founded by George SorosInternational Renaissance FoundatioAbout organizational web page, accessed November 15, 2019. It was founded in April 1990. IRF is an integral part of the Open Society Foundations which incorporates national and regional foundations in more than thirty countries around the world, primarily in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the former Soviet Union. These foundations share a common goal of supporting educational, social and legal initiatives that promote the development and establishment of an open society. IRF is one of Ukraine's largest charity organization. Its main objective is to provide financial and operational assistance to the development of an open and democratic society in Ukraine by supporting key civic initiatives in this area. Over the period from 1990 to 2010 the International Renaissance Foundation su ...
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George Soros
George Soros ( name written in eastern order), (born György Schwartz, August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian-American businessman and philanthropist. , he had a net worth of US$8.6 billion, Note that this site is updated daily. having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations, of which $15 billion has already been distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune. ''Forbes'' called him the "most generous giver" (in terms of percentage of net worth). Born in Budapest to a non-observant Jewish family, Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary and moved to the United Kingdom in 1947. He studied at the London School of Economics and was awarded a BSc in philosophy in 1951, and then a Master of Science degree, also in philosophy, in 1954. Soros began his business career by taking various jobs at merchant banks in the United Kingdom and then the United States, before starting his first hedge fund, Double Eagle, in 1969. Profits from his first fund furnis ...
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Ukrainian Hryvnia
The or ( ; uk, гривня , : ''hrn''; sign: ₴; code: UAH) has been the national currency of Ukraine since 2 September 1996. The hryvnia is divided into 100 . It is named after a measure of weight used in medieval Kievan Rus'. Name Etymology The currency of Kievan Rus' in the eleventh century was called ''grivna''. The word is thought to derive from the Slavic ''griva''; c.f. Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian, and Serbo-Croatian / ''griva'', meaning "mane". It might have indicated something valuable worn around the neck, usually made of silver or gold; c.f. Bulgarian and Serbian ''grivna'' (, "bracelet"). Later, the word was used to describe silver or gold ingots of a certain weight; c.f. Ukrainian ''hryvenyk'' (). Plural The nominative plural of hryvnia is ''hryvni'' ( uk, гривні), while the genitive plural is ''hryven’'' ( uk, гривень). In Ukrainian, the nominative plural form is used for numbers ending with 2, 3, or 4, as in ''dvi hryvni'' (дві гри ...
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Medium (website)
Medium is an American online publishing platform developed by Evan Williams and launched in August 2012. It is owned by A Medium Corporation. The platform is an example of social journalism, having a hybrid collection of amateur and professional people and publications, or exclusive blogs or publishers on Medium, and is regularly regarded as a blog host. Williams, previously co-founder of Blogger and Twitter, initially developed Medium as a means to publish writings and documents longer than Twitter's 140-character (now 280-character) maximum. In March 2021, Medium announced a change in its publishing strategy and business model. The change is to its mix of paid journalists working on its own publications – this will be proportionally reduced – versus its support of independent writers, which will increase. History 2012 (launched) - 2016 Evan Williams, Twitter co-founder and former CEO, created Medium to encourage users to create posts longer than the then 140-character ...
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Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization, headquartered in New York City, that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. The group pressures governments, policy makers, companies, and individual human rights abusers to denounce abuse and respect human rights, and the group often works on behalf of refugees, children, migrants, and political prisoners. Human Rights Watch, in 1997, shared the Nobel Peace Prize as a founding member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, and it played a leading role in the 2008 treaty banning cluster munitions. The organization's annual expenses totaled $50.6 million in 2011, $69.2 million in 2014, and $75.5 million in 2017. History Human Rights Watch was co-founded by Robert L. Bernstein Jeri Laber and Aryeh Neier as a private American NGO in 1978, under the name Helsinki Watch, to monitor the then-Soviet Union's compliance with the Helsinki Accords. Helsinki Watch adopted a practice of public ...
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Organization For Security And Co-operation In Europe
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization with observer status at the United Nations. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, promotion of human rights, freedom of the press, and free and fair elections. It employs around 3,460 people, mostly in its field operations but also in its secretariat in Vienna, Austria, and its institutions. It has its origins in the mid-1975 Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) held in Helsinki, Finland. The OSCE is concerned with early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management, and post-conflict rehabilitation. Most of its 57 participating countries are in Europe, but there are a few members present in Asia and North America. The participating states cover much of the land area of the Northern Hemisphere. It was created during the Cold War era as a forum for discussion between the Western Bloc and Eastern Bl ...
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Mariinskyi Park
Mariinskyi Park ( uk, Маріїнський парк, ''Mariyins'kyi park'') is a park located in Pechersk neighborhood in front of the Supreme Council of Ukraine ( Constitution Square), Hrushevsky Street, and Park Road. The park is also a Soviet necropolis. The park is recognized as part of the Nature Preservation Fund of Ukraine, yet its official listing is not known. Mariinskyi park The park is around 130 years old. It received its name from the nearby Mariinskyi Palace. Mariinskyi Park was founded in 1874 near central entrance of the Palace and the money for its foundation were budgeted by the wife of the Alexander II of Russia Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse). The appearance of the park changed a lot since that time. For example, at the end of the 19th-century marble busts and sculptures were erected along the alley. In 1900 cast iron fountain was established and it is still there. At first, the park was called "Tsarskyi" (imperial), but after the revolution this ...
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Titushky
The Titushky (plural; uk, тітушки, russian: титушки) were mercenary agents in Ukraine who supported the Ukrainian security services during the administration of Viktor Yanukovych, often posing as street hooligans in sports clothing with the purpose of serving as provocateurs at pro-European and anti-Yanukovych political rallies that would incite violence in order to get protestors arrested. Their role grew more prominent in the wake of Euromaidan, where they were involved in numerous clashes and acts of violence during the movement. In the early 2010s, a “Titushky raid” (Russian: титушки рейд) was a widely-used slang term in both Ukrainian and the Russian spoken in Ukraine to describe street beatings, carjackings, and kidnappings by unidentified men in civilian clothes from behind the lines of political rallies. Titushky were employed by the Yanukovych government, reportedly receiving 200 hryvnia to $100 per day in payments. Some were also suspected o ...
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5 Kanal (Ukraine)
5 Kanal ( uk, 5 канал, lit=Channel 5) is a television station in Ukraine formerly owned by businessman and fifth President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.Poroshenko is not going to sell Channel 5 TV
(May 23, 2010)
The channel became well known as the first major broadcaster during the 2004 presidential election offering critical broadcasting on candidate . The whole staff o ...
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