№26, (2007)

Fourteen thousand five hundred years ago ancient peoples, the mammoth hunters, used to roam the area where the village of Mezhyrich (Cherkasy oblast) now stands. It is also possible that, driven by...

Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Commissioner, recently visited Kyiv as a member of the EU delegation that took part in the Ukraine-EU summit on...

A lengthy exploration of the works of 74-year-old artist Hanna Samutina brings to mind a couple of lines from a poem by Anna Akhmatova: “If you only knew / The kind of refuse/ On which verses grow /...

This time the column “Ukraine and the World” features Oleksandr Motsyk, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Poland. This Ukrainian diplomat has worked in Poland...

In many countries fighting dogs are considered the equivalent of deadly weapons, so owners of such breeds must have a special license. In Ukraine it is common to see the owner of a Pit Bull walking...

Today’s guest of our regular column “Ukraine through Foreigners’ Eyes” is Hanne Severinsen, Rapporteur of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE). For many...

Until recently Tamara Koval was a soloist with the National Opera of Ukraine. Now she is the chief assistant and accompanist of her husband, the noted opera singer Mykola Koval, laureate of the First...

Kurenivka market in Kyiv is considered the main place for selling and purchasing wild and domestic animals. Now, however, potential customers can even buy exotic animals without ever leaving the...

New stationary (land line) phones have been installed free of charge for all benefit recipients in Hryshkivtsi (Zhytomyr oblast), Fursy (Bila Tserkva raion, Kyiv oblast), and Sadky (Poltava oblast),...

Mr. Yatseniuk, I personally heard you say on a visit to the West that political parties should not raise the problem of NATO and the Russian language during the current political campaign. It truly...

An alternative to Andriivsky uzviz is being planned for Kyiv’s Shevchenko district. The local authorities have promised to provide willing artists with display space on Kostiolna Street and...

For most civic organizations in Ukraine it is an uphill job to generate ideas and know how to convey them to society and the government. One exception is the Ukrainian Forum whose founder and...

It is heartwarming to realize that Ukraine is showing an increasing interest in ancient crafts, including the creation of rag dolls made of straw. The first public demonstration of how to make straw...

The 11th EU-Ukraine summit was not a breakthrough in Kyiv’s relations with Brussels. Rather, it had more of a political significance. The participants of the summit called it a constructive and...

Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky is one of the most vivid personalities in the history of Ukraine. In our perception he was an outstanding Ukrainian politician, talented military leader, and mouthpiece of...