№3, (2007)

Higher education institutions in Ukraine are facing a complete changeover which will help the Ukrainian science leap all the way to the European scientific and educational level. At least, these are...

Long ago Ukrainian society understood that childcare facilities are not the best way to raise the future generation of the nation. The authorities came to the same conclusion recently. In 2004, a...

The Russian parliamentary fraction People’s Will — SEPR — Russian Patriots, which is comprised of Baburin’s party, socialists, patriots, and former communists, recently resubmitted a draft of a law “...

Early in December 2006, during Viktor Yanukovych’s visit to the United States, Ukraine and the US signed an agreement on Ukraine’s participation in the so-called threshold program directed by the...

Brussels is ready to continue developing relations with Kyiv, but is reluctant to commit to any legal obligations with respect to Ukraine’s prospective entry into the EU. This was the message of the...

To a certain extent Jan. 22 may be called “tax day,” when the State Tax Administration of Ukraine (DPAU) decided to remind citizens about the start of the campaign to declare income for 2006 (Jan. 1-...

The creative legacy of Ivan Ohienko (Metropolitan Ilarion; b. Jan. 14, 1882; d. March 29, 1972) is a truly inexhaustible spiritual world, the depth and richness of which we may not even have begun to...

The work of the Ostroh Club, founded six months ago to encourage intellectual discussions among young people, is picking up pace. The third meeting of the club’s members, held at National...

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych recently visited Turkey. Have Turkey’s hopes, pinned on this visit, been fulfilled? Do any obstacles still hinder bilateral trade between our two countries...

One of the best ways to preserve and rejuvenate the potential forces of nature and wisely combine tourism with the needs of nature preserves is the creation of national parks. Convincing proof of...

Forty years have elapsed since an amateur music group made its debut in Vyzhnytsia, a small town in the Carpathian Mountains, which was destined to open a new page in the history of Ukrainian pop...

Last Friday Ukraine held the luncheon-conference “Where Ukraine is Heading” in Davos, within the World Economic Forum’s framework. It was the third such conference organized by Viktor...

The well-known painter Yurii Skorupsky, who holds the title of “Hands of Gold Master” in Ukraine, was invited to restore Holy Trinity Cathedral, the pearl of American sacred architecture. The...

The fewer homeless animals that roam the streets of a big city the better. Experience has shown that it’s next to impossible for a shelter to accommodate all the homeless dogs and cats in Kyiv. The...

In January 2007, the EU welcomed two new members — Romania and Bulgaria — into its fold. Though Croatia, Turkey and Macedonia have the designation of candidate countries, it appears that further...