№13, (2002)

The Kyiv Institute of Gender Studies presented Ukraine’s first Internet magazine Vydnokola [Horizons], specializing in professional discussion of, and conducting a scholarly discourse on gender...

Carried away by drawing out forecasts for the future parliamentary majority, analysts seem to have almost forgotten about the outsiders of the election race, let alone the political structures that...

Despite their twice as low representation in a new Verkhovna Rada, the Communists can still retain much of their voting power, with their faction a big favorite for the so-called golden share in...

The elections are over. President Leonid Kuchma said this country’s foreign policy priorities remained the same, European integration and close cooperation with the United States and Russia. Prime...

It is perfectly safe to assume that no one living in the city or countryside knows what absolute silence is like, all-penetrating, making your heart contract. Some might say that there is no such...

So much muck was slung at our economy during election battles by wannabe lawmakers that it would be fair if those who made it to Verkhovna Rada repented what they did. I do not mean the...

Mobile phones first hit the market as luxury items, with only representatives of a very limited circle of affluent Ukrainians boasting them. With time, when the majority became aware of their...

Far from all cultural figures are destined to herald the moods of their times, becoming their calling card. On a par with Dmytro Bortniansky and Artemy Vedel, Maksym Berezovsky (1745-77) went down in...

Some lover of aphorism once said that the meaning of any painting lies in its framework. Kyiv painter Olena Yaremchuk can partly confirm this maxim and simultaneously completely disprove it. Most of...

Other peoples’ attitude toward the Gypsies is a paradoxical combination of wariness and an almost mystic interest. The Gypsy philosophy is that of free wandering, withdrawal from all...

Chamber music is true to its name, originally meaning a private performance, typically in a small hall or a person’s private chambers. With time, the notion was expanded to include public...

Athenagoras I, ecumenical patriarch and archbishop of Constantinople, philosopher, outstanding church politician known for his unprecedented attempts at reconciliation of the Catholic and Orthodox...

A sufficient number of decent movie theaters in Kyiv have recently appeared where you can watch new world and European productions. Domestic exhibitors try to keep pace with the times, so the...

Kyiv’s Scholars’ House is known as one of major centers for the capital’s music life. It hosts various concerts, press conferences, Wagner Society meetings, etc. But few people know that it was the...

Most our people have a rather vague idea about comics, associating them with funny pictures in children’s magazines, showing heroes of animated cartoons and their simple dialogues. In actuality, this...