№13, (2007)
24.04.2007 - 00:00
Ivan PUTROV: “My heart belongs to Kyiv”
Among the highlights of the 8th International Ballet Festival “Serge Lifar de la Dance” that ended recently was the performance of the famous dancer Ivan Putrov on the stage of the National Opera of...
24.04.2007 - 00:00
A feat of memory vs. the norm
A cross in memory of victims of the 1932-33 Holodomor was recently unveiled and consecrated on Remembrance Sunday in the village of Myrivka, Kaharlyk district, in Kyiv oblast. One-...
24.04.2007 - 00:00
Plagiarism or Maidan-2
Plagiarism is very widespread and advantageous in some circles, especially in politics. There are times when the tendency to plagiarize takes on the character of an epidemic or a vogue and begins to...
24.04.2007 - 00:00
An alternative to prison camps
In 2007-08, the civic organization Ukrainian Center for Reconciliation and its partners, consisting of local courts, social services, and schools, will implement a project to establish a network of...
24.04.2007 - 00:00
Down the Ukrainian road
Nearly a quarter of Ukraine’s 30 million able-bodied citizens are working abroad. Experts estimate that every year approximately 2.5 million Ukrainians travel to foreign countries for illegal work....
24.04.2007 - 00:00
Guidelines set at journalism congress
Last Thursday saw the opening of the 11th Congress of the National Union of Ukrainian Journalists. On the eve of the gathering we asked our experts to define the three main objectives of Ukrainian...
24.04.2007 - 00:00
Welcoming spring in Kyiv
Since heathen times hayivkas spring games have been played to herald the warming of the weather and spring sunshine. Our ancestors danced and sang loud songs, thus conveying their energy to...
24.04.2007 - 00:00
Kyiv artists portray Promised Land
“Promised Land” is the name of an art show dedicated to Israel’s Independence Day, which opened on April 18 at the Art Foxtrot Gallery. The exhibit is the brainchild of Alla Revenko, who heads the...
24.04.2007 - 00:00
President Yushchenko ready to suspend edict
President Viktor Yushchenko is prepared to suspend his edict dissolving the Verkhovna Rada of the fifth convocation. He has agreed to do this in return for a package of political compromises,...
24.04.2007 - 00:00
Thanks for the trust
Up to the last moment few people believed that Ukraine would win the bid to host the Euro 12 finals. The statements of top government officials, who declared that the Ukrainians and Poles were...
24.04.2007 - 00:00
Imported fish satisfying Ukrainian appetites
Last year nearly 332,000 tons of fish were imported into Ukraine, an increase of 80,000 tons. Norway and Island are Ukraine’s main suppliers of herring fillets. The US, Canada, and Argentina supply...
24.04.2007 - 00:00
Contact Film Festival opens in Kyiv
The 3rd Kontakt International Documentary Film Festival, named in honor of Larysa Rodnianska, is occupying an increasingly important place in Kyiv’s cultural calendar. This year’s festival is taking...
24.04.2007 - 00:00
This week in history
April 23 1919: The Council of People’s Commissars (Radnarkom) of the Ukrainian SSR adopts a decree whereby all private schools and institutions of higher learning are to be financed by the central...
24.04.2007 - 00:00
Tamara GUZENKOVA: “The new Ukrainian foreign minister encountered a completely tolerant attitude in Moscow”
What is the Kremlin’s assessment of the first visit to Russia of Ukraine’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs Arsenii Yatseniuk? What does Moscow think about the initiatives that the Ukrainian minister...
24.04.2007 - 00:00
“Wages” project
Organizing an effective social partnership among hired workers, the state, and business is one of the most serious problems in our country. None of the parties are hearing, let alone listening to...