№15, (2008)
22.04.2008 - 00:00
Flowery politics or new PR approach
Politics and shows are a perfect match, as it turns out. At the Flowers...
22.04.2008 - 00:00
This week in history
April 22 1918: The All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsVK) adopts the text of the first and only military oath. 1922: The Ukrainian Husbandry Academy is founded in Podebrady, Czechoslovakia....
22.04.2008 - 00:00
Our peacekeepers are the best
As part of the final stage of the national component of the joint Ukrainian-Polish UKRPOLBAT peacekeeping battalion’s current personnel rotation, the third group of 80 Ukrainian peacemakers was...
22.04.2008 - 00:00
Rough treatment
The film that Ukrainians have heard and read so much about was screened first in Kharkiv and then in Kyiv, on April 16 and 17. Katyn is the latest film by the legendary Andrzej Wajda, a classic of...
22.04.2008 - 00:00
Pidhirtsi Castle counting on the Orient
An exhibit entitled “The Orient in the Works of European Artists” has opened at the Lviv Picture Gallery. The paintings are on loan from the collections of three of Ukraine’s leading museums: the...
22.04.2008 - 00:00
Andrzej WAJDA: “My film is about the Katyn crime and the Katyn lies”
The premiere of Katyn was attended by the legendary movie director Andrzej Wajda himself. During his stay in Kyiv he gave a press interview on which the following interview is based. What sources did...
22.04.2008 - 00:00
“The Ukrainian spirit is the Ukrainian people”
Fifteen years ago the Lenin Museum was converted into Ukraine House, and the monument to the leader of the proletariat was turned into a clock. Yet public opinion changes much more slowly, and for a...
22.04.2008 - 00:00
Twenty-five gifted youths receive grants from president of Ukraine
While our officials are scratching their heads over solutions to the political and economic crises, young Ukrainians are not wasting time. Through innovative approaches and insights they are tackling...
22.04.2008 - 00:00
Springtime in Paris
Many great writers, painters, and composers have celebrated Paris in their works. People who arrive on their first visit to the city fall in love with it forever. Paris is beautiful in different...
22.04.2008 - 00:00
What can we expect from the National Bureau of Investigation?
Before setting up the National Bureau of Investigation (Ukr. abbr., NBR) we have to make clear precisely what we expect from it. If it proves to be yet another law enforcement agency, we won’t...
22.04.2008 - 00:00
Austrian optimism
How does Austria view the prospect of Ukraine’s membership in the EU and the development of further cooperation within the framework of the European community? How are bilateral relations between...
22.04.2008 - 00:00
How to shut Pandora’s Box
Environmentalists have concluded that Ukraine faces ecological genocide if radical changes are not made. For example, the centralized water supply does not conform to sanitary and bacteriological...
22.04.2008 - 00:00
Katyn: pain, memory, love
Kyiv recently witnessed a momentous event: the premiere of Andrzej Wajda’s film Katyn. The screening was important not only for our audiences but for the director himself. “I never thought I would...
22.04.2008 - 00:00
Chornobyl syndrome
A lot has been done in twenty-two years of combating the aftereffects of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Station (ChAES) disaster, yet experts insist that “Something very important, probably the most...
22.04.2008 - 00:00
Ghazanfar Ali KHAN: “I can see a great potential for further cooperation between Pakistan and Ukraine”
Most Ukrainians associate the cooperation between Ukraine and Pakistan only with the famous Pakistani tank agreement. Besides, for some Ukrainians Pakistan is an example to follow, because this...