№26, (2007)

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...

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...

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...

Yurii Logush, a well-known international company’s chairman, called to the editorial office one day and asked to find our newspaper’s issue containing the continuation of the material written by...

Ukraine may achieve progress in fighting bribery only in 10 to 15 years, says Miklos Marshall, Regional Director, Europe and Central Asia, Transparency International. In order to make the struggle...

A monument to Tsar Peter I has stood quietly in Poltava for many years. Fine, let it stand there because it’s not doing anybody any harm — “it’s a monument,” to quote a popular Soviet comedy. But as...

The Salt Symphony Festival in 2004 was the brainchild of Kristian Gessl, a trade adviser at the Embassy of Austria in Ukraine. The idea to hold a concert at a 300-meter depth in the Soledar mine in...

Sept. 18 1640: The catechism of the “Orthodox confession of the faith” is adopted at a church council in Kyiv. 1996: The Ministry of External Economic Contacts and Trade adopts barcode procedures for...

It’s that time again — Russia’s pre-election season when prime ministers are changed as in a game of musical chairs. The last one seated, it is supposed, will become Russia’s next president. As the...

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...

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 /...

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...

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...