№26, (2008)

Sept. 9 1913: The Kyiv military pilot Petr Nesterov flies the world’s first loop (later known as Nesterov’s Loop), an aerobatic figure. 1961: The Ukrainian Ice Ballet Ensemble premieres in Kyiv. Sept...

Yosyp Hoshuliak, 85, is a well-educated opera singer with a beautiful, velvety bass-baritone. He has spent the greater part of his life on stage in the Canadian city of Toronto.Hoshuliak was born on...

(Conclusion; for Part 1, see previous issue) Before I continue discussing Volodymyr Vernadsky’s article “The Ukrainian Question and Russian Society,” I would like to draw the reader’s attention to a...

Deceive your children, if you will; Your friend, that simple clod;Deceive yourselves and foreign folk;You cannot cozen God!! Taras Shevchenko The communists have always accused their...

The 15th Publishers Forum is set to open on Sept. 11 in Lviv. This is the largest book fair in Ukraine and one of the largest in Central and Eastern Europe. The forum, which is a special event for...

In an urgent televised address to the Ukrainian nation President Viktor Yushchenko said that a new coalition has been de facto created in parliament. Commenting on the crisis, the head of state...

Historical justice has finally triumphed. After lengthy efforts on the part of progressively-minded Ukrainians, Kamianets-Po­dilsky University has been renamed in honor of its first rector...

For the beginning of the new political season Arsenii Yatseniuk has a big surprise up his sleeve: a new, modernized system called Rada-3, which will help implement, in practice, not just in theory,...

The Russian invasion of Georgia has sent shock waves throughout the West and the former Soviet space — especially Ukraine. Indeed, Ukraine could be the next potential crisis.Georgia’s increasingly...

The president of Ukraine sent his greetings to the 21st Moscow Inter­national Book Fair, which ended on Sept. 6. Six pavilions displayed about 180,000 new titles from 82 countries. The book fair...

Crimean television is brazenly conducting antigovernment propaganda — and not just on commercial channels. The Crimean State Television and Radio Company (DTRK Krym), which is financed by the...

Children in Donetsk who attend schools with Ukrainian as the language of instruction say they enjoy learning in Ukrainian. Schoolchildren and their parents alike are convinced that for them Ukrainian...

A museum called Terra Antarctica: Mainland of New Knowledge will open in Ukraine in approximately one year’s time. According to the National Antarctic Research Center at the Ministry of Education and...

The 2008-09 academic year has just begun, and it looks as if it will be a period for fixing mistakes. At least this is what future high school graduates and their parents are hoping for and colleges...

The Grand Antiques Salon is the third large-scale creative project launched by the Ukrainian House. The first two — Art Kyiv and the Grand Sculptural Salon — are staged in the fall and...