№16, (2008)

A few days ago the Web site of the Ostriv Center for Research on the Social Prospects of the Donbas (http://ostro.org) posted an article entitled “The Sources of Patriotism: What Kind of History...

It is not enough to call the event that took place recently in Chernihiv an extraordinary one. The organizers of the roundtable “In Memory of James Mace” — about the Holodomor of 1932-33-was a...

The problem of assessment of the crimes perpetrated by Stalin’s totalitarian regime, especially the deportation of Crimean Tatars and other ethnic groups that were a nuisance to the Kremlin rulers...

On April 5, 1710, Pylyp Orlyk was elected hetman at Bendery, in the presence of Cossack officers, Hordiienko’s Zaporozhian Cossacks, and emissaries from the Zaporozhians of Oleshky. This was...

With the latest wave of enlargement in 2004 the European Union took a big step forward in expanding security and prosperity throughout the European continent. The enlargement means that the external...

Acceleration of the constitutional process in Ukraine is the reason behind the following interview with former Prime Minister Yevhen MARCHUK, who has also held the posts of defense minister and...

May 20 1961: The Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR institutes Taras Shevchenko prizes for outstanding works in the fields of literature, fine arts, music, dramaturgy, and cinematography. 1994...

It is difficult to take a trip around the world in 80 days. But how about galloping over Europe in a single day? This year was the sixth opportunity for Ukrainians and their neighbors in Europe to...

All over the world, prisons are the cruelest places to be in. Even so, Ukraine’s penitentiaries are a far cry from world standards. The situation in 183 Ukrainian prisons beggars belief: the State...

Visually handicapped people in Kyiv recently had a unique opportunity to touch art at a photography exhibit called “To Touch and to See,” which was specially organized for them at the Ukrainian House...

To the great joy of Kyiv’s children, railway traffic between the Yablunka and Vyshenka stations of the Kyiv Children’s Railway has been restarted. This is the only railway in Eastern Europe where...

Over the past few years the phrase “Bologna Process” has acquired certain clearly negative connotations for people who are working in the sphere of education in Ukraine. Complaints about an...

In the following interview Yevhen MARCHUK comments on current constitutional mistakes and lessons from the past. Mr. Marchuk, why do you think that the representatives of various party camps and...

As the head of state and acting on its behalf, the president is, according to Article 102 of the Constitution of Ukraine, the guarantor of Ukraine’s political sovereignty and territorial integrity,...

1. A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY Columbia University ranks among the top five institutions of higher learning in the US. Founded as a private institution in 1754, it is still run by a Board of...