№13, (2009)

In Kyiv classical music performers have for quite a while played to full houses. The Kyiv Philharmonic Society has been as popular as always, with the devotees coming no matter what. These people...

The present term of the European Parliament is fast approaching its end. In two weeks’ time the parliament will close down for more than two months to resume with a new set of parliamentarians from...

It is a great rarity for a new idea to continue to exist for three years in unfavorable conditions of Ukrainian realities, especially if the idea is fueled only by the enthusiasm of a handful of...

At the Convent of the Society of the Holy Cross at Zymne, which is located not far from the ancient town of Volodymyr-Volynsky and is one of Ukraine’s oldest cloistered communities, the sisters have...

Twenty-three years have passed since The Day of April 26 divided human fates into “before” and “after” the disaster at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Until this day it is the world’s worst...

While Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Alla Pugacheva at her jubilee concert in the Ukraine Palace, President Viktor Yushchenko held a press conference in the Ukrainian...

When Anton Makarenko, aged 51, suddenly died in a train car, his heart was, according to the autopsist, torn in twain. The myocardial infarction sometimes develops precisely like that: the...

History especially reveals itself when people are facing an unexpected challenge. What really amounted to this kind of an unexpected and crucial task for the 18th-century Ukrainian elite was...

Last November Viktor Yushchenko signed the Edict “On the Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Taras Shevchenko National Museum.” The document says in view of the Museum’s tangible contribution...

Ukraine has launched a campaign to promote the Askania Nova Preserve and make Ukrainians be more active in voting to support this Ukrainian nominee in the global competition “New7Wonders of Nature.”...

The prisoners of Buchenwald, one of the most terrible Nazi “death camps,” were liberated 64 years ago on April 11. This great event has already become symbolic for the democratic nations across the...

The horribly expensive British artist Damien Hirst first showed up in Kyiv and Ukraine in 2007. The exhibit “Reflection” in the PinchukArtCenter included his works that appeal to the eternal topic of...

April 28 1887: A convent of sugar manufacturers in the south of Ukraine sets up Ukraine’s first sugar syndicate. 1958: For the first time in the history of cooperation between the USSR’s border...

Most of the Ukrainians know that Canada is the world’s second largest country famous for ice hockey and a sizable community of the citizens of Ukrainian origin. Why does Canada remain attractive for...

ROME/STOCKHOLM — The ongoing global economic crisis is shaking beliefs and approaches that have long been enshrined in European policies. Indeed, the crisis is calling into question the very...