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  • US State of Ohio recognizes Holodomor as genocide against the Ukrainian people

    The US state of Ohio has recognized Holodomor as genocide against the Ukrainian people, as reported by the Ukrainian Embassy to the United States on Facebook.

    "The State of Ohio has joined in the recognition of the Holodomor [famine] in Ukraine in 1932-1933 as genocide of the Ukrainian people. State Governor John Kasich and Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor issued the proclamation," the statement said.

    Thus, to date, Holodomor has been recognized as genocide in 12 US States: Ohio, Missouri, …

  • Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada called on Norway to recognize the Holodomor as genocide of the Ukrainian people

    The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Andriy Parubiy, during a meeting with the President of the Norwegian Storting (Parliament), Olemic Thommessen, called for the recognition of the Holodomor as the genocide of the Ukrainian people.

    "I called on the President of the Storting, Olemic Thommessen, for the Norwegian Parliament to recognize the Holodomor as the genocide of the Ukrainian people," wrote the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday in a microblog on Twitter.

    He also pointed out …

  • Crimean Tatar flag was hoisted on the Ontario Parliament

    For the first time in history the Crimean Tatar flag was raised over the Ontario Parliament. The President of Crimean Tatar Community of Ontario, Rustem Irsay, raised the flag, stating that this event shows significant support from Canada for Crimean Tatars who suffered from genocide, Krym.Realii reports.

    According to him, the association requested the former President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress in Ontario, Yvan Baker, who is currently a member of the legislative assembly, to raise the …

  • Resolution on Armenian Genocide sparks lively debate in German Bundestag

    Yesterday in the Bundestag (Parliament) of Germany a resolution on the Armenian Genocide as proposed by the Green Party, was discussed.

    The representatives of the ruling coalition of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) chose not to jeopardize the negotiation process on the issue of refugees with Turkey.  The Green Party has proposed to vote on the resolution after the next month’s summit with the EU on the issue of refugees.

    The parties have agreed to revise the …

  • Washington Post - Local architect designs Washington memorial to victims of genocidal famine in Ukraine

    District architect Larysa Kurylas steps back from a tall panel of sculpted wheat stalks to judge how the public will see the relief. She has come to Laran Bronze, a Pennsylvania foundry located near a casino and a state prison, to check on the progress of her memorial to the 3 million to 6 million Ukrainians who were systematically starved by the Soviet Union in a 1932 and 1933 famine. But the tall, studious woman isn’t happy with what she sees on a large piece of urethane carved by a computer- …

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