№18, (2010)

The word combination “unpopular reforms” is again haunting Ukraine, as it was during the prime ministership and then the presidency of Leonid Kuchma. Moreover, it looks like the general public has...

In his last days the condemned President Yushchenko awarded Stepan Bandera with the Hero of Ukraine decoration. What actually pushed Yushchenko to do this is an open question. What is certain, though...

Within just one month of his presidency, Viktor Yanukovych managed to build a strong vertical chain of command, receive a loyal prime minister, shape parliamentary opposition the way he wanted, and...

Recently an exhibit named “The Art of the Ukrainian Pysanka” has opened at the Open Air Museum in the town of Lindlar near Cologne, Germany. It features nearly 700 pysankas (painted Easter eggs) from...

The launch of the new edition of Lina Kostenko’s historical novel Berestechko at the Ukrainian Home on March 22, could well be described as the cultural, literary, and social event of the year....

Will Ukraine manage to come out of the current no-win economic and political situation in the near future? What can Ukraine do for it itself and how can the world help it? These issues were discussed...

The data of a sociological poll carried out by the Levada Center in February 2010 show that more and more Russians believe that their country is sinking into anarchy and losing order. At the same...

1651: Colonel Ivan Bohun’s Cossack troops defeat the Poles at Vinnytsia. 1918: Germany and Austro-Hungary sign a convention dividing Ukrainian territory into zones of Austrian and German influence...

Russian bookstore network intends to open seven stores in Ukraine The Bukvoied Ltd (RF), a company running a network of bookstores in Russia, intends to open at least seven stores of different...

CAMBRIDGE – Chinese-American relations are, once again, in a downswing. China objected to President Barack Obama’s receiving the Dalai Lama in the White House, as well as to the administration’s arms...

The specific feature of our “people’s photo pastime,” is that we show the surroundings online in the same way our readers see them outside at the moment. Thus, we have a request: don’t look for...

It is quite a challenge to define whose national interests, language, culture, and traditions, are promoted by the modern-day Ukrainian state. Over the 18 years of its existence, the constitutional...

Driving on Ukrainian motor roads and highways is easier said than done. In some places the road is a mass of potholes, ruts, and cracked asphalt. Here driving is especially difficult and sometimes...

From the Encyclopedia of Ukrainian History: Lina Kostenko born on March 19, 1930, in the village of Rzhyshchiv (currently Kaharlyk raion, Kyiv oblast) – poet, culture expert, and public activist....

As it is well-known, the financial crisis has seriously hit the mass media. Some newspapers and magazines have closed. Those that remained on the market had to cut greatly on their staff in order...