Ukrainians are building an e-sports arena in California: what they will play there

Dota, Counter-Strike, Fortnite are popular video games. They are not only a hobby for teenagers, but also a new kind of sport. Everything here is the same as in football or boxing: teams or individual cyber players undergo long training, compete in the arena for prizes, and...

What banks do US immigrants keep money in?

Three billion dollars is the asset of Ukrainian credit unions in the United States, which unite 100 families and have more than 000 representative offices in 50 states. Founded in the middle of the last century, credit unions have become the financial base of the Ukrainian community in the United States, says Voice of America. Majority…

Ukrainian woman created a service that is used by thousands of schools in the USA: a success story

In 2015, Kharkiv Vlada Lotkina, who at that time had lived in the United States for almost 10 years, launched the ClassTag service. Now more than 25 American schools use it, and the project attracts millions of dollars in investment. BBC correspondents spoke with the founder of ClassTag about ...

Hollywood star of Ukrainian origin: the USA honors the memory of the host Alex Trebek

In the heart of Hollywood, on the Walk of Fame, the memory of the legendary American presenter Alex Trebek is honored. However, few Americans know that Alex was of Ukrainian origin, writes Voice of America. Ukrainians in Los Angeles carry flowers and the Ukrainian flag to the Walk of Fame in Hollywood. Here, among...

Flag over Iwo Jima: how a Ukrainian immigrant became a hero of American history

On February 23, 1945, the Americans managed to take Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, a Japanese island. It was then that five American infantrymen and one sailor raised the American flag over the island. The senior rank among the standard bearers was Sergeant of Ukrainian origin Michael Strenk. This is a historical event...

Ukrainians in the USA commemorated the victims of the Holodomor: how it happened

A prayer sounds in the Ukrainian cultural center of Los Angeles. Representatives of the diaspora and Americans of Ukrainian origin came here who want to remind the world of the word “Holodomor.” The Voice of America talks about this. Holodomor Remembrance Day is an annual national memorial day in Ukraine, falling on the fourth...

Ukrainian woman wins for the first time in the elections to the US Congress: what is known about her

In the US elections to the House of Representatives of Congress, for the first time in history, a native of Ukraine, Victoria Spartz, who ran for the Republican Party in the state of Indiana, won, writes New Time. According to The New York Times, Spartz received 51.7% of the votes. Her rival is from...

How does an American-Ukrainian family with different political views get along in the USA?

Members of the American-Ukrainian Yemets family, living in Los Angeles, hold different political views. Yuri supports the current president, and his wife and son support Joe Biden. Therefore, heated debates arise at the family table, writes Voice of America. Elizaveta is busy in the kitchen, cooking...

Knocked down and escaped: in Arizona, a Ukrainian woman with two children got into a terrible accident

9-year-old Edward Lauter was killed and his 10-year-old brother Max Lauter was seriously injured in a crash that occurred on September 30 in Tucson, Arizona. The children, along with their mother, an immigrant from Ukraine, got into an accident - they were hit by an SUV, writes SweetJames. By…

Immigrant from Ukraine died from COVID-19 in Iowa: seven children were left without a father

On October 16, 45-year-old Yaroslav Ilnitsky, an immigrant from Ukraine, died at a hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. The man has been fighting a coronavirus infection for 4,5 months. Early in the morning of May 31, Yaroslav was brought to the emergency room with dangerously low oxygen levels and severe symptoms of coronavirus ...

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