№18, (2009)

We know not what is good until we have lost it. This popular wisdom is quite appropriate for the life and creative work of the brilliant Ukrainian actor and film producer Ivan Mykolaichuk, who could...

Many experts believe that in a number of aspects Canada can serve as an example for Ukraine. In particular, it is often emphasized that Ukraine should follow the pattern of Canadian–American...

President Viktor Yushchenko issued an edit entitled “On Additional Measures to Honor the Memory of the 1932–33 Holodomor Victims in Ukraine.” The edit was published on June 12, reports the president’...

There aren’t too many cities like Drohobych — with the population of some 100,000 citizens it boasts two powerful festivals. One of them, the Bruno Schulz International Festival, was launched fairly...

Ukrainians’ health condition is so comprehensive a problem that it should be tackled by not only doctors but also demographers, psychologists, social services, sociologists, and sports coaches. After...

On June 18 the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, saw the chirotony of the Most Reverend Yosyf (Milian). It is the first consecration of a bishop of...

There is an organization named League of Nature Friends in Tokmak district, Zaporizhia oblast. The league’s president Serhii Ivko, who came up with the project “Clean Backwater Is Clean River”,...

None of us has ever seen a spring like that of 1989.Adam Michnik Twenty years ago Her Majesty History relentlessly and resolutely invaded the closely-guarded territory of the communist empire and...

Finally, we are after the elections. How does the European Union look like in their aftermath? There is little doubt that the Christian Democrats (European Peoples’ Party — EPP) have won these...

Politicians find manipulating this society increasingly difficult. The Soviet system with its supremacy of the state over the citizenry is still deeply rooted in our minds, but after the proclamation...

Vouchsafe to all of us who dwell on earth That we may live in harmony together: Send us the gracious boon of brotherhood! (Shevchenko. Prayers (III), St. Petersburg, May 27, 1860) It is justly...

Over 18 million Ukrainians live outside Ukraine. They have cultural ties with their homeland. In fact, the Ukrainian diaspora constitutes one-third of Ukraine’s current population. The Ukrainian...

It is interesting that before announcing his exit from the coalition talks with Tymoshenko, Victor Yanukovych took a clandestine flight to Moscow. As he later explained, he had to visit a private...

TERNOPIL — although the summer is in full swing, the spirit of spring is still in the air, as evidenced by the Ukrainian Spring festival of Ukrainian culture that took place in Poznan toward the end...

June 23 1888: A monument to Bohdan Khmelnytsky is unveiled on St. Sophia Square in Kyiv. 2001: Pope John Paul II visits Kyiv and Lviv. June 24 1934: Ukraine’s highest state and party institutions...