№14, (2003)

“Is there any chance that Ukrainian-American relations, now experiencing hard times, might improve significantly?” An American diplomat well acquainted with Ukraine, its specifics, and situation,...

On her way to our editorial office Liliya Podkopayeva was very nervous. The reason was rather banal but also quite important for every woman. She was convinced she did not look her best (despite...

Among numerous churches in Ukraine one finds various sects of the Russian Orthodox Old Believers Church. In fact, there are 73 religious communities, 2 monasteries, and 42 priests representing the...

220 years ago this month, in April 1783, the Crimean Khanate finally lost its independence: the government of Catherine II forced Shagin-Girei to abdicate and leave for Istanbul. The Russian Empire...

On April 16 an all-Ukrainian photo exhibition titled Woman, My Love opened at the Ukrainian House Palace of Arts. It displays 120 photographs by 97 authors from 19 oblasts, including Kyiv, the Crimea...

The initiators of the World of Traditions Festival from the Whole World international organization believe it only a small part of their road home. They believe that one should start his/her quest...

Encyclopaedia Britannica reads that in 1648, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, whom contemporaries compared to Oliver Cromwell, “organized a rebellion among the Zaporozhzhian Cossacks and, with the support of...

In the first three months of the year, employment centers throughout Ukraine received over 400,000 applications from young people. According to the State Employment Center, last year these centers...

On April 11-12, the Ostroh Academy National University hosted the first round of its forum of Ukrainian and Polish experts and journalists: The Volyn Tragedy: How Do We Live with this Burden? Nearly...

The parliamentary hearings dedicated to the seventeenth anniversary of Chornobyl produced no new revelations: awesome figures were quoted and excuses made for many unsolved problems. Many Chornobyl...

The following is a sequel to a series of features on social services performed by Ukrainian churches, on how they help people in this complicated time of transition. The Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus...

Although our compatriots know almost nothing about the process of Ukraine’s integration into Europe, they favor integration into the European Union. This paradoxical information was made public April...

It is always interesting to hear a professional financier’s views on political and economic life, especially if this financier used to be President of the First Ukrainian International Investment...

On April 15 the parliament hall was full to capacity. President Leonid Kuchma submitted to Verkhovna Rada his annual state of the nation speech this time titled On the Domestic and International...

Last year shelters throughout Ukraine took in 30,000 street kids, either orphans or children abandoned by their parents. According to official statistics, the number of waifs begging has been...