№20, (2006)

There are certain “eternal” historical problems that pass through the centuries, only to become the renewed focus of new generations. Questions of historical continuity are especially interesting....

You don’t know whether to laugh or cry: last Friday the leaders of Our Ukraine (OU), Yulia Tymoshenko’s Bloc (BYuT) and the Socialist Party (SPU), who held a semi-secret meeting to form a “democratic...

Last week Sukhumi was host to a low-key meeting of the leaders of three unrecognized post-Soviet republics: Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transdnistria. The mass media ignored this “summit” of the...

By June 20 Ukrnafta’s technical council must sum up the preliminary results of a tender for the development and construction of the Hamaliyivka Gas Refinery and the upgrading of the one in Pasichna....

Anatoliy Shekera, who died five years ago, left a noticeable trace on the development and maturation of the Ukrainian school of choreography. Shekera’s productions combine the romantic-poetic nature...

Transdnistria continues to claim the right to independence: there are even threats to hold a referendum on this issue. Negotiations on the Transdnistrian settlement have once again reached a deadlock...

It looks as though the protracted coalition endgame needs one last move. Nearly all the members of the Party of Regions faction backed Roman Zvarych’s proposal to adjourn the Verkhovna Rada again...

By the start of the beach season, 16 central city beaches and 35 recreation areas will open in Kyiv. Meanwhile, 34 bodies of water are not recommended for bathing. Complex inspections of waterside...

When the bitter news of Mykola Kolessa’s death came, the residents of Lviv not only plunged into the throes of agonizing grief, but also fell into a sort of childish confusion. Something of the kind...

It is little wonder that many of Kyiv’s problems and oversights come to a head in the Crimea of all places, above all for the simple reason that the Crimea’s status of autonomous republic runs...

The aviation/space show “Aviasvit XXI” held at Hostomel attracted over 200 companies from 18 countries and demonstrated that Ukraine can effectively meet the world’s most complicated challenges...

After Ukraine gained its independence, a considerable number of Ukrainian students, as well as other young people, began to rave about traveling abroad. Everybody had his/her own reasons for this...

Since the early morning of June 14 a considerable part of the Ukrainian population was in a state of agitated expectation. National flags had been raised. At 4 p.m. quite a large number of senior...

Kyiv State Operetta Theater recently hosted the ceremony of naming the winners of the All-Ukraine “Word Coronation” contest, involving authors of novels, movie scripts, and plays. The contest was...

Ivan Mykolaichuk died almost two decades ago. Maria Yevheniyivna, his widow and People’s Artist of Ukraine, lived with him for 25 years, yet she has not written any memoirs about her husband....