Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

№3, (2010)

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Arrested for beating animal

The arrest of a man in Sumy oblast for cruel treatment of a dog has evoked a wide response among animal rights advocates. There have been no such precedents in Ukraine, despite the fact that for a...
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This day in history

1657: Swedish envoys arrive in Chyhyryn to make an alliance with Bohdan Khmelnytsky on the condition that Cossack Ukraine is recognized by Sweden within the boundary lines of three voivodeships (...
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The Voice of an Italian Labor Migrant

The head of the International Movement of Ukrainians “Returning Home,” Valerii Lytvynov, founded the Ukrainian Association’s “Slavic Cultural Center” in Genoa (Italy) in 2007. A year ago it joined...
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“Major step” towards NATO

The NATO headquarters is planning that Ukraine will join the NATO Response Force (NRF) in 2015–2016, the Military Committee spokesman Col. Massimo Panizzi said in Brussels. In his words, “Ukraine...
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(Un)expected unity and (un)illusory disunity

One can sometimes hear, even from young people, a commonplace remark that Ukrainians were given independence like manna from heaven, i.e., for free. They made no serious efforts, you see, to...
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Minsk’s stakes in Ukrainian election

Minsk – The run-off presidential election in Ukraine is scheduled for February 7. As we know, this time it is the final grapple between Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanu­ko­vych. The first thing...
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EVENT

British Council, Euro-2012, and young architectsThe British Council in Ukraine and the Kyiv organization of Uk­rai­ne’s Union of Architects announced a competition among young architects and...
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A Cool Head for the Hottest Issues

LONDON – Reading Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father, the US president’s beautifully written reflections on his early life and identity, most people are struck by his cool and intellectual approach...
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What names does our society need?

One of Ukrainian TV channels recently showed an interesting report about, so to speak, to the ideological education of youth. It dealt with the following dilemma: should a portrait of the current...
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Embroidered shirt from Lutsk goes to Great Britain

One of his embroidered shirts has gone to Britain. His own stock of clothes includes a total of six embroidered shirts. He is good at painting and embroidering. His mother Liudmyla recalls how the...
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Several reasons to vote for Yulia Tymoshenko

Will Tymoshenko overtake Yanuko­vych? Today this is perhaps the most burning question. The 10-percent gap is hanging over as the sword of Damocles. The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc takes courage, promises a...
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Intrepid Tymoshenko, terrifying Yanukovych

We keep hearing campaign slogans. One is reminded of some dating back to the previous presidential election. One is strongly tempted to make comparisons. Below are two media-covered campaign sce­...
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About dogs and humans

Den published the first interview with Lilia Yemelianenko, one of the leaders of the volunteer cat-and-dog salvation movement, on Dec. 5, 2008. After this publication she became a regular contributor...
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History’s hidden motive force

History would have been a very predictable, linear, and easily describable process and would be easy to model with the help of available tools of hard sciences but for ... memory. The memory...
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A man of jazz

Volodymyr Solianyk, an improviser and composer, lives in constant interaction with jazz: he performs on stage, composes music, and teaches students. He is called a jazz guru and virtuoso musician...

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