Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

№10, (2010)

18.02.2010 - 00:00

Last trial over “Nazi criminal”

The trial in Munich over John Demjanjuk (born Ivan Demianiuk in Ukraine), who was stripped of US citizenship and charged with complicity in the murder of 29,000 Jews in Nazi extermination camps, made...
18.02.2010 - 00:00

Concerto for sakura and uniform

Paradoxically enough, the US capital is the best known and, at the same time, most enigmatic city among the other American megalopolises. For some, Washington, D.C. is the hub of the world’s evil...
18.02.2010 - 00:00

The president’s last speech

Until recently Yulia Tymoshenko was in the center of public attention, considering that she offered no comment on the results of the 2010 presidential election for almost a week. Despite the...
18.02.2010 - 00:00

Waiting for “reload”

The reason for the meeting was a professional holiday – The Day of Russian Diplomatic Service. There were many guests (fellow diplomats, accredited in Ukraine, politicians, businessmen, lawmakers,...
18.02.2010 - 00:00

10 or 12?

Parents can often be heard complaining that their children find it difficult to study at school: there is a host of subjects, every year brings changes, the curriculum is too difficult, and you have...
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A cultural pause

For the first time since independence students of higher educational establishments will be able to study the history of Ukrainian culture. Although the curriculum has already been developed, it is...
18.02.2010 - 00:00

This day in history

1918: Local history museum is founded in Cherkasy. 1918: The Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey) resume hostilities after Soviet Russia refuses to sign a peace treaty....
18.02.2010 - 00:00

Order for Vechornytsi

Ambassador of France to Ukraine Jacques Faure presented Oleh Skrypka with the honorary Ordre des Palmes Academiques which was founded by Emperor Napoleon I in 1808. This order is given to educators...
18.02.2010 - 00:00

EVENT

Berlusconi welcomes beautiful female immigrantsItalian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi stated that his country welcomes immigrants, but only if they are beautiful girls, as reported by France Presse...
18.02.2010 - 00:00

Serhii BRATKOV: Art allows an artist to transcend his own humanity

Born in 1960, Serhii Bratkov graduated from a local arts school and Polytechnical Institute. He is a co-founder (together with Borys Mykhailov and Serhii Solonsky) of the art group, The Flying...
18.02.2010 - 00:00

Unsuccessful hetman

The lives of historical figures who live or lived at the time of ruination cannot be easy and simple. Speaking about the epoch of the Ruin in 1657–76 we can see some convincing and illustrative...
18.02.2010 - 00:00

Thought is what really matters

It would be wrong to say that Ukrainian television is hopeless. From time to time, it produces something worthwhile out of its maze of channels – but this is strictly regimented and mostly shown at...
18.02.2010 - 00:00

My beloved unhappy mother a murderer?

ODESA — “Tomochka, do you remember anything from your past, I mean that horrible famine [Holodomor] seven years ago?” my mother asked me back in 1940.“I do, Mom, I remember everything,” I replied. My...
18.02.2010 - 00:00

Ukraine’s Ostroh and Kyiv-Mohyla Academies refuse to take part in Top 200 Project

For three years running experts at UNESCO’s Chair in Technical Higher Education, Applied Systems Analysis and Informatics [established in 1999 at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv...
18.02.2010 - 00:00

The magic of strokes

The exhibit of selected graphic works from the collection of Ukraine’s National Museum of Arts lasted for a month. Den (No. 232, Dec. 22, 2009) already drew its readers’ attention to this interesting...

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