My Lviv
On May 2 of this year, we will celebrate Lviv City Day, marking the city’s 770th anniversary. One of Ukraine’s oldest...
Category: Myroslav Hrekh
Resident of Vilni Media
Energy of the Future
My close relatives who live in Florida own two Tesla electric cars, a charging station in their garage, solar panels on their roof...
Earth Day: The Only Home We Have
Tomorrow, March 20, on the day of the spring equinox—when the length of night equals the length of day—we will mark Earth Day...
The Intellect and Magnetism of Vitalii Portnykov Captivated the Berkeley Audience
On Wednesday, February 4, a meeting with the well-known Ukrainian journalist and blogger Vitalii Portnykov took place with the Ukrainian diaspora at the University of California, Berkeley...
The Whirl of the World
We live in a material world. Yet to what extent can matter be divided? To the atom, the electron, the proton, the neutron, the quark?...
Farewell, 2025: War and Hope
The year 2025 has come to an end. A year of unjustified hopes and unfulfilled expectations — above all, hopes for the end of the war, for stopping Russia’s aggression and crimes on Ukrainian land...
Compressed Time: Can Ukraine Withstand the Pressure of the “Revised” U.S. Policy?
At the end of the year, in December, time seems to compress. Events stack on top of one another, barely having begun before they give rise to new ones, which in turn fruitlessly trigger yet more...
Impressions from Ukraine: Life That Continues Despite the War
Two months of vacation in Ukraine convinced me that Ukraine has not surrendered — and never will. People live with faith in victory, in a better, brighter future. Yes, life is very hard now — low salaries and pensions, rising prices for food, utilities, transport, and services...
Limited Independence
On August 24, 1991, the Verkhovna Rada (then still) of the Ukrainian SSR adopted the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine. From that moment, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Ukrainian SSR) ceased to exist, and a free Ukraine emerged. Already half a year later, on February 20, 1992, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the resolution "On Independence Day of Ukraine," which is celebrated annually on August 24 as a national public holiday...
The Earth is asking for a break. From us?
Our planet, like an exhausted laborer at the end of a centuries-long shift, is increasingly begging for a short respite. On the night of July 9th to 10th, the calm Guadalupe River in Texas suddenly rose by six meters and turned into a raging torrent, sweeping away homes, roads, and over two hundred human lives.