№2, (2009)
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Dialogs between cultures
Collection of works dedicated to the noted Italian Slavicist and Ukrainist Dr. Giovanna Brogi BercoffOn Jan. 29, the Department of Linguistic, Literary and Philological Studies at the University of...
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Ukrainian spiritual elite
First we need to cure the unhealthy foundations of our epoch. ...
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Conquering the world with fairy tales
They call him Georgian Hans Christian Andersen; he has acted in 180 films and has shot many films himself; he has written hundreds of fairy tales and poems that are published in different languages...
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Year of Mazepa: Baturyn — forever!
The restoration of the historical and cultural preserve “Hetman’s Capital” in Baturyn is, undoubtedly, a significant event for every Ukrainian who has at least a vague idea about the importance of...
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This week in history
Jan. 27 1918: A delegation of the Ukrainian National Republic signs a peace treaty with the Central Powers in Brest-Litovsk. 1924: The Kyiv City and gubernia Soviets pass a resolution on the...
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More than school interests
On December 13 Yaroslava Bolotina, a judge at the Odesa District Administrative Court, repealed her own ruling to stop the registration of participants in external testing in Ukraine. The court also...
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When Greek meets Greek
This is a true saying: in politics there are no permanent friends or enemies — only interests. Do you remember how Arsenii Yatseniuk became the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada on Dec. 4, 2007? That day...
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“We have to learn to identify ourselves as Ukrainians”
Ukraine’s Union Day, marked by our compatriots on January 22, is a special holiday. The struggle for the Ukrainian state and the spiritual unity of all ethnic Ukrainian lands is the politically and...
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SBU’s cultural gesture
On January 19 the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) handed over 678 ancient coins, seized from a smuggler, the citizen of a Baltic country, to the Art Arsenal museum complex, the SBU press...
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Crucial moment
In spite of a tight minute-by-minute working schedule, Zbigniew Brzezinsky, a one-time national security advisor to President Carter and now a counselor at the Center for Strategic and International...
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Hamas’s Real Enemies
JERUSALEM – In Iran, elements from within the regime are reportedly offering a $1 million reward for the assassination of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak because of his opposition to Hamas in the...
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Stebliv stories
THE ISLANDAny visitor to Stebliv cannot but feel enchanted by the poetic beauty of the Ros river. It flows quietly between its gently sloping banks in the vicinity of the town, but once in Stebliv,...
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A turning point
The United States and the European Union agree that the inauguration of the 44th US president, Barack Obama, will be a turning point. This is how the most influential US woman senator Dianne...
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Better access to James Mace’s works
Last week the newspaper donated copies of the book Dzheims Meis: “Vashi mertvi vybraly mene...” (James Mace: Your Dead Chose Me) to the Verkhovna Rada’s Library and the National Parliamentary Library...
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Price of filled pipeline
Russia’s Gazprom resumed gas supplies to Europe and Ukraine on Jan. 21. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, exhaused after hours of nighttime talks but quite satisfied with the results, shared the good...