№27, (2013)
18.04.2013 - 10:19
Playing the game of life
Painter Vladyslav Shereshevsky started painting when he was four. He says with ironic pride that by now he has so many paintings that they would cover the walls on all three floors of the Ukrainian...
18.04.2013 - 10:18
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt: a dialogue of two minds in one body
Works by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt have been translated into more than 30 languages; they are published and staged in theaters of over 50 countries. Five of his plays have been staged in Ukraine (Kyiv,...
18.04.2013 - 09:57
Will the approach to global security change?
Three persons, including an eight-year-old boy, died as a result of bomb explosions during the Boston Marathon, said Ed Davis, spokesman for the Boston Police Department. Overall 144 more were...
17.04.2013 - 17:16
Page rank 7, or The achievements that deserve to be publicized
They say good news in the morning bring fairly positive mood throughout the day. This saying was borne out by my recent experience of having a random check of our website’s page rank. On seeing...
17.04.2013 - 17:15
Playing Kyiv mayor election game
The situation is becoming increasingly absurd. The parliament again failed to vote on the date of the elections of Kyiv mayor. This time the deputies considered the resolution suggested by Volodymyr...
17.04.2013 - 17:13
Mozart again. 221 years later...
Solomia Krushelnytska Lviv National Opera and Ballet Theater had a premiere – opera The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is an opera in two acts first staged in Vienna in 1791....
17.04.2013 - 17:12
Paintings from Odesa flood Donetsk
The ArtDonbas art exhibition center is hosting the “Odesa School: Traditions and Contemporary Relevance” exhibition. It has brought together works belonging to a rich variety of styles,...
17.04.2013 - 17:03
War of lists
The period of failed “reset” of relations between Russia and the United States gave way to the war of lists, which began in the mid April. On April 12 US media published the “...
17.04.2013 - 16:55
“Security in insecure world”
This will be the topic of the Sixth Kyiv Security Forum that starts on April 18 in Kyiv. This year the forum will be attended by more than 400 participants: government officials, politicians, experts...
17.04.2013 - 16:53
“The brain must be used according to its intended purpose”
Continued from the previous issue.L.I.: “Still, are there any other forms of fighting for a more intellectual space? We are a special case. Ukraine is reviving within the borders in which it...
17.04.2013 - 16:49
An open-minded country
Switzerlandis not a country of banks, cheese, and chocolate. It is a country of openness, innovations, and freedom of thought. All of this refers to various kinds of activities, from backyard...
17.04.2013 - 16:45
NATO and utilization of ammunition in Ukraine
For over a decade NATO has been helping Ukraine to eliminate obsolete ammunition and various obsolete weapons. For this purpose, member states of the Alliance provide funds and technology. Recently...
17.04.2013 - 16:42
Why rock the boat?
The opposition has announced that the Cabinet and the Prime Minister Mykola Azarov himself may resign in the coming days. “We will vote on a no confidence motion and a motion to dismiss...
17.04.2013 - 16:34
“Borys Voznytsky was a unique figure in Lviv!”
Responding to the appeal from the gallery’s staff, President Viktor Yanukovych sent a letter to the minister of culture requesting Leonid Novokhatko to grant their petition asking that the...
17.04.2013 - 16:32
“Photos are merely illustrating reality, they do not create it”
It seems that the Belarusian authorities are very partial to photography, especially that of the documentary kind which truthfully, without retouching, reflects life. In 2011, the nation’s...