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Canadian ukrainianists express concern about academic freedom in Ukraine
14.06.2010, [10:33]
The Canadian Association for Ukrainian Studies (CAUS) passed a resolution at its Annual General Meeting expressing its concern about recent events in Ukraine that could have serious implications for the academic freedom of universities there. The recent visit of a Security Service of Ukraine agent to the rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Borys Gudziak, for the purpose of pressuring him to stem potential student protest over “controversial (and in some cases inflammatory) policies of the Ukrainian authorities” was the incident of particular concern.
Mémorandum au sujet de la visite à l’UCU d'un représentant du Service de sécurité de l'Ukraine (SBU) (ancien KGB) (responsable pour les contacts avec les Églises) Le 18 mai 2010, bureau du recteur, 9h50-10h34
04.06.2010, [12:02]
À 9h27, le matin, le père Borys Gudziak a reçu un appel sur son téléphone portable privé d'un représentant du Service de sécurité de l'Ukraine demandant une rencontre. La rencontre a été organisée pour 20 minutes plus tard au rectorat de l'UCU. Ce fonctionnaire avait déjà eu des contacts avec le rectorat de l’UCU il y a une année, au moment de la visite à l'université du Président de l'Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko. Il avait également fait une visite au rectorat en fin d'après-midi le 11 mai au sujet d’une demande de l’Institut d’Etudes Oecuméniques et de l’Institut d'Histoire de l'Église de signer un accord pour l’utilisation des archives du SBU. À ce moment-là, les membres du rectorat étaient loin du bureau. Il avait eu, comme a dit Antoine Arjakovsky, directeur de l'Institut d'Études Oecuméniques, "une très bonne rencontre."
Memorandum sulla visita all’Università Cattolica Ucraina (UCU) di un rappresentante dei Servizi Segreti (SBU) (ex KGB) (responsabile per i contatti con le Chiese a Leopoli) Leopoli, 18 maggio 2010, ufficio del rettore, 9.50-10.34
04.06.2010, [11:59]
Il 18 maggio alle 9.27 della mattina, io, p. Borys Gudziak, ho ricevuto una chiamata al mio cellulare privato da un rappresentante dei servizi segreti ucraini che chiedeva un incontro. L’incontro è stato fissato per le 9.45 nel rettorato dell’UCU. Questo stesso uomo aveva avuto contatti con il rettorato dell’UCU un anno prima, al tempo della visita all’università dell’allora Presidente dell’Ucraina Viktor Yushchenko. L’ufficiale aveva fatto anche una visita al rettorato nel tardo pomeriggio dell’11 maggio scorso a seguito di una richiesta dell’Istituto Ecumenico e dell’Istituto di Storia della Chiesa per la sottoscrizione di un accordo per l’uso degli archivi dell’SBU. Quella volta i membri del rettorato non erano in ufficio e l’agente ha partecipato a ciò che il Dr. Antonine Arjakovsky, direttore dell’Istituto di Studi Ecumenici, ha definito un “incontro molto buono”.
Opis wizyty przedstawiciela Służby Bezpieczeństwa Ukrainy (SBU) (wcześniej KGB) (odpowiedzialnego za kontakty z Cerkwiami we Lwowie) w Ukraińskim Katolickim Uniwersytecie (UKU) 18-go maja 2010, w gabinecie rektora , 9:50 – 10: 34
04.06.2010, [11:49]
(Wersja skrócona z angielskiego tekstu)
O 9:27 rano Ojciec Borys Gudziak otrzymał telefon na swoją prywatną komórkę od przedstawiciela Służby Bezpieczeństwa Ukrainy (SBU), który poprosił o spotkanie. Spotkanie odbyło się 20-cia minut później w gabinecie rektora Ukraińskiego Katolickiego Uniwersytetu (UKU). Ten sam przedstawiciel już poprzednio kontaktował się z Urzędem Rektora rok wcześniej, kiedy Prezydent Ukrainy Wiktor Juszczenko odbywał wizytę w UKU.
A great Catholic renaissance in Ukraine may be at risk (National Catholic Reporter)
03.06.2010, [17:36]
On any countdown of terrific Catholic stories over the last twenty years, the renaissance of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine would have to be near the top of the list. Numbering some five million faithful, about ten percent of the Ukrainian population, Greek Catholics follow Orthodox liturgical and spiritual traditions but have been in full union with Rome since the 16th century.
Concern remains over SBU interference with Lviv university (Kyiv Post)
03.06.2010, [13:36]
LVIV, Ukraine – The U.S. State Department and Canadian lawmakers have expressed concern about a rollback of Ukrainian democracy and issued a warning to the country’s new leadership that the West will closely monitor developments at Lviv’s Ukrainian Catholic University after the country’s security services tried to intimidate its rector, Father Borys Gudziak, last month.
Storm Clouds in Ukraine (FIRST THINGS)
26.05.2010, [10:54]
Public expressions of piety at civic events may tell us something about a culture, but they rarely disclose geopolitical ambitions or strategic designs. One exception to that general rule of religion and public life took place this past February, in Kiev, capital of Ukraine—an exercise in hardball politics under the veil of public piety that was, in fact, a harbinger of danger for religious freedom, for Ukrainian democracy, and for the future of Europe.
Spooked by spooks (The Economist)
25.05.2010, [14:25]
Ukraine's security service, the SBU, has been both an ally and a rival of Russia's security and intelligence establishment in recent years. But As Paul Goble notes on his excellent Window on Eurasia site, the rapprochement between Kyiv (Kiev) and Moscow seems to be changing the picture in the most sensitive bit of Ukraine, the Crimean Peninsular. The SBU, writes Goble, has
signed a five-year agreement that will allow Moscow again to put intelligence agents in Crimea, from which 19 such Russian officers were expelled at the end of last year for attempting to recruit Ukrainians as spies.
Planes, trains and extortionate taxis (The Economist)
28.04.2010, [12:43]
Roaming around eastern Europe under a volcanic ash cloud
Day one | Day two
Day one
IT IS never a waste of time to visit the capital of Galicia, which in Latin is called Leopolis (literally, Lion City). But you can waste a lot of time rowing about the name. In the Austro-Hungarian empire the city’s name was Lemberg. It was commonly known as that in the English-speaking world too (it is named thus in a Baedeker travel guide, belonging to your diarist’s great-aunt, who travelled in those parts more than a century ago).
In pre-war Poland it became Lwów (pronounced Ler-voof) and to this day many Poles still use that name. Indeed, they can get quite cross if you call it anything else. Even after the historical reconciliation with Lithuania and Ukraine in recent years, the loss, in 1945, of Poland’s eastern provinces, and particularly the great cities of Wilno (now Vilnius) and Lwów, still rankles. Under Soviet rule, the city usually went by the Russian name of Lvov; in independent Ukraine it is Lviv (or L'viv if you insist on the “soft sign”, which turns the “l” into something closer to a “lyuh”). You can pronounce it “Lyuh-veef” or “Lyuh-vyoo”, depending on which kind of Ukrainian you speak.
Ukraine’s Catholic University Is ‘the Right Institution at the Right Time’ (National Catholic Register)
02.03.2010, [10:44]
LVIV, Ukraine — Just 20 years ago, in Moscow, some 200 Ukrainian Catholics initiated a hunger strike to dramatize their demand that the Soviet government legalize the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the largest Eastern-rite Catholic Church, which had been banned and persecuted by the Communists for 45 years.
The bravery of these faithful — and the Vatican’s swift engagement — led to Soviet recognition of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in December 1989, announced during President Mikhail Gorbachev’s historic visit with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
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14.06.2010, [10:33]
The Canadian Association for Ukrainian Studies (CAUS) passed a resolution at its Annual General Meeting expressing its concern about recent events in Ukraine that could have serious implications for the academic freedom of universities there. The recent visit of a Security Service of Ukraine agent to the rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Borys Gudziak, for the purpose of pressuring him to stem potential student protest over “controversial (and in some cases inflammatory) policies of the Ukrainian authorities” was the incident of particular concern.
Mémorandum au sujet de la visite à l’UCU d'un représentant du Service de sécurité de l'Ukraine (SBU) (ancien KGB) (responsable pour les contacts avec les Églises) Le 18 mai 2010, bureau du recteur, 9h50-10h34
04.06.2010, [12:02]
À 9h27, le matin, le père Borys Gudziak a reçu un appel sur son téléphone portable privé d'un représentant du Service de sécurité de l'Ukraine demandant une rencontre. La rencontre a été organisée pour 20 minutes plus tard au rectorat de l'UCU. Ce fonctionnaire avait déjà eu des contacts avec le rectorat de l’UCU il y a une année, au moment de la visite à l'université du Président de l'Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko. Il avait également fait une visite au rectorat en fin d'après-midi le 11 mai au sujet d’une demande de l’Institut d’Etudes Oecuméniques et de l’Institut d'Histoire de l'Église de signer un accord pour l’utilisation des archives du SBU. À ce moment-là, les membres du rectorat étaient loin du bureau. Il avait eu, comme a dit Antoine Arjakovsky, directeur de l'Institut d'Études Oecuméniques, "une très bonne rencontre."
Memorandum sulla visita all’Università Cattolica Ucraina (UCU) di un rappresentante dei Servizi Segreti (SBU) (ex KGB) (responsabile per i contatti con le Chiese a Leopoli) Leopoli, 18 maggio 2010, ufficio del rettore, 9.50-10.34
04.06.2010, [11:59]
Il 18 maggio alle 9.27 della mattina, io, p. Borys Gudziak, ho ricevuto una chiamata al mio cellulare privato da un rappresentante dei servizi segreti ucraini che chiedeva un incontro. L’incontro è stato fissato per le 9.45 nel rettorato dell’UCU. Questo stesso uomo aveva avuto contatti con il rettorato dell’UCU un anno prima, al tempo della visita all’università dell’allora Presidente dell’Ucraina Viktor Yushchenko. L’ufficiale aveva fatto anche una visita al rettorato nel tardo pomeriggio dell’11 maggio scorso a seguito di una richiesta dell’Istituto Ecumenico e dell’Istituto di Storia della Chiesa per la sottoscrizione di un accordo per l’uso degli archivi dell’SBU. Quella volta i membri del rettorato non erano in ufficio e l’agente ha partecipato a ciò che il Dr. Antonine Arjakovsky, direttore dell’Istituto di Studi Ecumenici, ha definito un “incontro molto buono”.
Opis wizyty przedstawiciela Służby Bezpieczeństwa Ukrainy (SBU) (wcześniej KGB) (odpowiedzialnego za kontakty z Cerkwiami we Lwowie) w Ukraińskim Katolickim Uniwersytecie (UKU) 18-go maja 2010, w gabinecie rektora , 9:50 – 10: 34
04.06.2010, [11:49]
(Wersja skrócona z angielskiego tekstu)
O 9:27 rano Ojciec Borys Gudziak otrzymał telefon na swoją prywatną komórkę od przedstawiciela Służby Bezpieczeństwa Ukrainy (SBU), który poprosił o spotkanie. Spotkanie odbyło się 20-cia minut później w gabinecie rektora Ukraińskiego Katolickiego Uniwersytetu (UKU). Ten sam przedstawiciel już poprzednio kontaktował się z Urzędem Rektora rok wcześniej, kiedy Prezydent Ukrainy Wiktor Juszczenko odbywał wizytę w UKU.
A great Catholic renaissance in Ukraine may be at risk (National Catholic Reporter)
03.06.2010, [17:36]
On any countdown of terrific Catholic stories over the last twenty years, the renaissance of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine would have to be near the top of the list. Numbering some five million faithful, about ten percent of the Ukrainian population, Greek Catholics follow Orthodox liturgical and spiritual traditions but have been in full union with Rome since the 16th century.
Concern remains over SBU interference with Lviv university (Kyiv Post)
03.06.2010, [13:36]
LVIV, Ukraine – The U.S. State Department and Canadian lawmakers have expressed concern about a rollback of Ukrainian democracy and issued a warning to the country’s new leadership that the West will closely monitor developments at Lviv’s Ukrainian Catholic University after the country’s security services tried to intimidate its rector, Father Borys Gudziak, last month.
Storm Clouds in Ukraine (FIRST THINGS)
26.05.2010, [10:54]
Public expressions of piety at civic events may tell us something about a culture, but they rarely disclose geopolitical ambitions or strategic designs. One exception to that general rule of religion and public life took place this past February, in Kiev, capital of Ukraine—an exercise in hardball politics under the veil of public piety that was, in fact, a harbinger of danger for religious freedom, for Ukrainian democracy, and for the future of Europe.
Spooked by spooks (The Economist)
25.05.2010, [14:25]
Ukraine's security service, the SBU, has been both an ally and a rival of Russia's security and intelligence establishment in recent years. But As Paul Goble notes on his excellent Window on Eurasia site, the rapprochement between Kyiv (Kiev) and Moscow seems to be changing the picture in the most sensitive bit of Ukraine, the Crimean Peninsular. The SBU, writes Goble, has
signed a five-year agreement that will allow Moscow again to put intelligence agents in Crimea, from which 19 such Russian officers were expelled at the end of last year for attempting to recruit Ukrainians as spies.
Planes, trains and extortionate taxis (The Economist)
28.04.2010, [12:43]
Roaming around eastern Europe under a volcanic ash cloud
Day one | Day two
Day one
IT IS never a waste of time to visit the capital of Galicia, which in Latin is called Leopolis (literally, Lion City). But you can waste a lot of time rowing about the name. In the Austro-Hungarian empire the city’s name was Lemberg. It was commonly known as that in the English-speaking world too (it is named thus in a Baedeker travel guide, belonging to your diarist’s great-aunt, who travelled in those parts more than a century ago).
In pre-war Poland it became Lwów (pronounced Ler-voof) and to this day many Poles still use that name. Indeed, they can get quite cross if you call it anything else. Even after the historical reconciliation with Lithuania and Ukraine in recent years, the loss, in 1945, of Poland’s eastern provinces, and particularly the great cities of Wilno (now Vilnius) and Lwów, still rankles. Under Soviet rule, the city usually went by the Russian name of Lvov; in independent Ukraine it is Lviv (or L'viv if you insist on the “soft sign”, which turns the “l” into something closer to a “lyuh”). You can pronounce it “Lyuh-veef” or “Lyuh-vyoo”, depending on which kind of Ukrainian you speak.
Ukraine’s Catholic University Is ‘the Right Institution at the Right Time’ (National Catholic Register)
02.03.2010, [10:44]
LVIV, Ukraine — Just 20 years ago, in Moscow, some 200 Ukrainian Catholics initiated a hunger strike to dramatize their demand that the Soviet government legalize the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the largest Eastern-rite Catholic Church, which had been banned and persecuted by the Communists for 45 years.
The bravery of these faithful — and the Vatican’s swift engagement — led to Soviet recognition of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in December 1989, announced during President Mikhail Gorbachev’s historic visit with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
Pages: 1 | 2 | [>>]