№14, (2008)
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...
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She always lived “with her back straight”
Stanislav Suknenko’s new documentary Tetiana Yablonska: Inspiration of Solitude was recently screened at the Central Artist’s Building. The screening and a one-day exhibit of Yablonska’s pastels,...
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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...
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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...
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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. (...
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“Culture is measured by people’s attitude to their heritage”
On April 7 a photography exhibit called UNESCOITALIA opened at the Kyiv Sophia National Museum Complex, a collaborative effort on the part of the Italian Institute of Culture in Ukraine, Italy’s...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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“I will be the mayor”
Asked when, how and why a highly successful athlete decided to plunge into a highly murky political water, Vitalii Klychko says bluntly that the two fields are inseparably linked with each other: “To...
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On the way to a changing world
From numerous studies and chronicles of Hryhorii Skovoroda’s life and work we know that he had an outstanding talent for music. His clear, resonant voice could be heard during liturgies in one of the...
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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...
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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...
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Leonid KRAVCHUK: “My position is clear — NATO”
Last Monday many Web sites reported that Ukraine’s first president Leonid Kravchuk might be expelled from the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (United) because of his position on Ukraine’s NATO...