№14, (2008)
15.04.2008 - 00:00
Martin HARRIS: Every day Ukraine is drawing closer to the rest of Europe
Great Britain is an old Western European country that has consistently supported Ukraine in its effort aimed at integrating into Euro- Atlantic structures. London favored granting Ukraine the...
15.04.2008 - 00:00
Everybody to the botanical gardens! Forget politics at least for a day
Fragrant primroses, a riot of green grass, and blossoming apricot and cherry trees are all signs that spring has come. The coming of the new season is especially enjoyable at the National Mykhailo...
15.04.2008 - 00:00
Ten most outstanding Ukrainians named
These include Mykola Amosov, Stepan Bandera, Valerii Lobanovsky, Hryhorii Skovoroda, Lesia Ukrainka, Ivan Franko, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Viacheslav Chornovil, Taras Shevchenko, and Yaroslav the Wise...
15.04.2008 - 00:00
Choosing their future today
This year the World Bank held a fair of young people’s innovative ideas under the slogan “Choose Your Future Today.” Young Ukrainians, Belarusians, and Moldovans competed in the competition. Forty...
15.04.2008 - 00:00
Middle-aged gentleman in a quite good shape
The results of the NATO summit in Bucharest are known, but like in case of every compromise, their final assessment is ambiguous. Let me start with Ukraine. The EU’s eastern neighbour was not offered...
15.04.2008 - 00:00
This week in history
April 15 1919: The Central Executive Committee of the Soviets of Ukraine adopts a decree establishing the Supreme Revolutionary Tribunal. 1994: Ukraine accedes to the Treaty on the Economic Union of...
15.04.2008 - 00:00
Path to jamborees opens for Ukrainian scouts
According to UKRINFORM NEWS, the National Organization of Scouts of Ukraine (NOSU) may become a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) on July 1, 2008. As Kostiantyn Yakovchuk...
15.04.2008 - 00:00
Sink or swim
The number of candidates who are running for mayor of Kyiv is growing before our very eyes — there are now over 150 aspirants. On April 10 the two favorites of sociological surveys, Leonid...
15.04.2008 - 00:00
Yurii SHUKHEVYCH: “The forms of Soviet genocide were different”
Yurii Shukhevych, the son of the celebrated commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) Roman Shukhevych, recently celebrated his 75th birthday. The younger Shukhevych, who spent many years in...
15.04.2008 - 00:00
No penalty?
April 18 will mark one year since the Ukrainian delegation convinced the UEFA leadership into holding the UEFA Euro 2012 championship in Ukraine. How is Ukraine preparing for the games? This topic...
15.04.2008 - 00:00
Hryhorii NEMYRIA:
In the following interview, Hryhorii NEMYRIA, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration and International Cooperation, shares his views on the strategy and tactics that the Ukrainian...
15.04.2008 - 00:00
The Kerch game
Life is unfair to coastal cities in the sense that they are perceived as an adjunct to stereotypical southern entertainments. The city does not seem to exist beyond the resort season. Meanwhile,...
15.04.2008 - 00:00
Interpreting the Bucharest Summit
On rare occasions in politics, but more often than we might think, there are two contemporaneous and completely contradictory interpretations of what actually happened in a major political event. (...
15.04.2008 - 00:00
Ukraine and Russia: history and the image of history
A scholarly conference entitled “Ukraine and Russia: History and the Image of History” took place in Moscow on April 3-5 at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The concluding...
15.04.2008 - 00:00
How we miss James Mace
This world is unjust. Sometimes I find myself thinking that scoundrels live long lives. James Mace died so suddenly, so prematurely. We miss his calm, wise words so badly these days. Prof. James Mace...