Art by Sacha IrickModels run in stilettos, seamstresses make the final stitch and designers cross their fingers. It’s Fashion Week! But you’ll never guess where: Kiev, Ukraine.Launched on March 14 and ending today, Ukraine Fashion Week (UFW) featured more than 40 local designers, according to Sim Sim Wissgott’s March 13 Yahoo news article about Ukraine Fashion … [Read more...] about Ukraine Fashion Week
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EU failed to meet Ukraine’s immediate needs
Art by Sacha Irick In 1991, the people of Ukraine and Crimea voted for the independence of both states from the Soviet Union. Only three years later, Ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear arsenal — the third largest in the world — in the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. In exchange, Russia, the neighboring country, agreed to protect Ukraine and its sovereignty from any foreign … [Read more...] about EU failed to meet Ukraine’s immediate needs