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, (2011)

17.02.2011 - 00:00

President to speak with the nation

It is not often that Viktor Yanukovych appears live on air on domestic channels. Even his recorded interviews with Ukrainian journalists are a rarity. Instead, the president prefers meeting the...
17.02.2011 - 00:00

The case of Ipolyt Zborovsky

Little was known about him until recently. Those interested in the history of Podillia knew that he was a public, political, and cultural figure of the early 20th century. Lev Bazhenov’s...
17.02.2011 - 00:00

The Internet is changing Ukraine

The Internet is turning the world upside down and its influence on all spheres of human activity shouldn’t be underestimated. Suffice it to recall Juilian Assange, the founder of the whistle-...
17.02.2011 - 00:00

Paradigm shift

What makes assemblies like the World Economic Forum in Davos valuable is that these ga-therings of the world’s most important, responsible and affluent people can extract the historical from...
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Democracy in danger

The Arab world has recently seen unprecedented calls for freedom and democracy. From Algeria to Yemen, protesters have challenged the despots’ grip on power and demanded that they be free to choose...
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CHALY’s five conclusions

The latest international events — the economic crisis and the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt — were the focus of the World Economic Forum in Davos and the Munich Security Conference....
17.02.2011 - 00:00

This day in history

1905: The beginning of the Battle of Mukden, one of the harshest battles during the Russo-Japanese War, to end in the Russian troops’ defeat and retreat. 1919: The Directorate [of the Ukrainian...
17.02.2011 - 00:00

Ukrainian books in Belarus

Kyiv-Minsk-Kyiv – Ukraine’s participation in the 18th Minsk International Book Fair would probably have been unnoticed, as every year Ukraine takes part in similar events in Frankfurt, Moscow and...
17.02.2011 - 00:00

Ukrainian-American commission on strategic cooperation is convened in Kyiv

On February 14 the third session of the Ukrainian-American commission on strategic partnership started its work. Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called it “one of the most important scheduled...
17.02.2011 - 00:00

Chornobyl, Khodorkovsky and permanent unhappiness

Any significant film festival has its own style of organization and process, its own profile if you will. The most outstanding feature of the Berlin festival is its origins: it began in the midst...
17.02.2011 - 00:00

“Kosiv ceramics are beautiful and capricious like a Hutsul girl”

Kyiv’s Museum of Hetmanship has opened an exhibition of the Kosiv Institute of Decorative and Applied Art graduates’ and teachers’ works. It includes traditional tapestry, woven...
17.02.2011 - 00:00

Why do our children drink?

According to the World Bank Ukrainian children are the biggest smokers and drinkers in Europe. Viktor Yanukovych also recently confirmed this. Its clear something should have been done long ago, but...
17.02.2011 - 00:00

“Eternal Flight of the Soul”

Artists have always been leaving Ukraine for various reasons. Sometimes they came back, sometimes their oeuvre did. Since completing a graduate course at the Ukrainian Academy of Arts 15 years ago...
17.02.2011 - 00:00

Flying in Donetsk

Donetsk – Last weekend Donetsk hosted the 22-nd International Pole Vault Stars Competition.Serhii Bubka, one of Ukraine’s most famous sportsmen, was the person who initiated this prestigious...
17.02.2011 - 00:00

Carnivalia as a pragmatic form of communication

On February 12, Carnivalia was held in the Blue Hall of the Kyiv’s Central Railway Station. The charitable masquerade ball raised money to support Ukrainian books for the fifth year in a row...

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