№27, (2016)

Queen Elizabeth II turns 90 today. She was born in London as the first child of the Duke of York Albert and his wife Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. In 2015, Elizabeth II was recognized as the most...

NATO is planning to offer Kyiv and Tbilisi a new status of “associated partnership” and closer cooperation in the Black Sea region at its Warsaw summit in July.Georgia, which hoped...

Recently, social networks saw a heated discussion of Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko’s unusual trip. It was the mayor himself who posted on Facebook a few pictures of him riding a bike in the...

France, as well as Germany, was the initiator of Minsk 2 known as Complex of Measures to Observe the Minsk Agreements. However, now, more than a year since this document was signed by, among others,...

On April 18, we learned that Ukraine had a new chance to get back on track its four-year program with the IMF. When meeting with the Ukrainian delegation during the spring meeting of the Fund and the...

“I have been served with a paper issued by the FMSRF [the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation. – Author] and notifying me that I am a citizen of Russia... But I do not...

President Petro Poroshenko spoke with the imprisoned Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko by phone, reports the president’s website. The conversation included Nadia’s mother Maria and her...

The Russian occupation authorities in Crimea summoned journalist Mykola Semena for questioning and had his home searched. Searches have also taken place at homes of journalists and human rights...

To paraphrase Leo Tolstoy’s famous opinion, “all totalitarian regimes are alike; each democratic government implements its plans in its own way.” Among other things, totalitarian...

Recently a photo exhibit of the nationwide newspaper Den has opened at the Lesia Ukrainka Eastern European National University. But its venue, the library of the university, hasn’t had any...

STARS AND STARLETSYurii Zilberman, president of the International Vladimir Horowitz Charitable Foundation and director general of the International Competition of Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir...

A contest of instrumental music (piano, strings, wind, percussion, and folk instruments) was held in Kyiv. The nominations were the following: “Performance with an orchestra,” “Solo...

After graduation from the Ukrainian Printing Academy in Lviv, Valentyn Kolontai has changed place of work five times. “From time to time I have received orders for making notebooks with...

The two botanical gardens of Lviv Ivan Franko University received guests last weekend – the old one (2 ha) on Kyryla i Mefodia St. and the new one (16.5 ha) on Cheremshyny St. This time the...

The Flying Dutch will visit Ukraine for the fifth time. This year’s program will include six works in different genres, namely Meet Me in Venice directed by Eddy Terstall, a road Movie about...