№23, (2010)
20.04.2010 - 00:00
From printed books to e-books
School and college students are the most frequent visitors to libraries, simply because they need information to carry out their assignments. People seldom come simply to read books. A mere 22...
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Norwegian Franko
“When BjØrnson’s name is uttered, you get a feeling of the flag of Norway being hoisted. Because in his weaknesses and in his genius he is as distinctly Norwegian, as thoroughly national as...
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Special treatment
In the 2010 elections the Iraqiya party, led by ex-Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, won 91 seats in parliament, current Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s State of Law Coalition got 89 seats, the...
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Wings of Inspiration for the most worthy ones
Not long before this special event, already a Volynian brand, took place, the citizens of the oblast center received a present in the form of a footbridge. This bridge connected the two banks of the...
20.04.2010 - 00:00
A lesson well learned
Last weekend’s state funeral at Krakow’s Wawel Castle of President Lech Kaczynski and First Lady Maria, victims of the plane crash at Smolensk (April 10), was broadcast live by Ukraine’s First and...
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Security challenges at issue
LVIV — On April 15, 2010, Ivan Franko National University hosted the launch of the international forum “From Ukrainian to European Security. Challenges of the 21st Century,” involving national...
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This day in history
1918: Ukrainian troops led by Colonel Petro Bolbochan set off to fight the Bolsheviks. 1938: The Council of People’s Commissars (Radnarkom) of the Ukrainian SSR and the Central Committee of the...
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“When we say ‘you’ and ‘I,’ one becomes ‘somebody’”
Doroha do blyzhnioho (A Path to One’s Neighbor) — the second audiobook by His Eminence Liubomyr Huzar, head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (UGCC) — was launched on April 14 in the...
20.04.2010 - 00:00
Will Syria Come in From the Cold?
ISTANBUL – Will the recent rapprochement between the United States and Syria mark a new era in Syria’s international standing?Syria can hope for two major changes following the restoration of full...
20.04.2010 - 00:00
Dynamic border
Romania again shows interest in the Ukrainian territory. Like in the case with Serpent Island, the matter is allegedly about the wrong demarcation of the state border between the two states. However...
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Bikers out on the roads
Spring has come, and the Ukrainian bikers are getting prepared to set off, following their varying routes. Although these people love freedom and independence, they are aware of sharing highways with...
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Moving from environmental ruination to ecological living
April 16 is The Day of Environmental Protection. For Ukraine the topic is too urgent to attract the attention of the society to it just once a year, since in the sphere of ecology, regardless of...
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EVENT
Green Package for ecology teachersThe OSCE projects coordinator in Ukraine presented the first component of the instructional complex “Green Package” — the Ukrainian version of a teachers’ handbook...
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Life like road, road like life
For nearly 30 years – half of his life – the biker Freeman has been racing at full speed along the Ukrainian roads on his motor trike, wind in his face. Even at 60, his character won’t change: his...
20.04.2010 - 00:00
Full of hot air
On the evening of March 27, around 8 p.m., I went for a walk in downtown Kyiv. It had been a hectic weekend, combining the usual workload (weekends are always the busiest part of my week), with...