№31, (2008)

Oct. 14 Ukrainian Cossacks Day 1919: The Directorate and the army swear allegiance to the Ukrainian National Republic (UNR) in Kamianets-Podilsky. 2001: A monument to Symon Petliura, the head of the...

According to the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KMIS), 50 percent of Ukrainians believe that law enforcement agencies, educational establishments, medical institutions, and the...

Until recently, the Ukrainian real estate market was among the most profitable and promising ones in Europe. The demand was boosted by a catastrophic lack of commercial properties and low-cost...

On Sept. 24 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a law introducing changes aimed at ensuring better safety on the roads. Starting this month, fines for traffic infractions will be 10 times...

Last Friday the organizers of the all-Ukrainian charitable project Providing Books to Children – the Ukraine-3000 international charitable foundation, Hrani-T Publishers, the Friends of Children...

In democratic European countries snap elections are nothing out of the ordinary – they occur everywhere and at all times. However, if we consider specific examples, such as Poland or Germany, we will...

In a poem dedicated to her sister Izydora in 1895, Lesia Ukrainka writes: “Now farewell, who knows for how long...” Today this manuscript is on display at the Museum of Outstanding Figures of...

Most Ukrainians have opted for Ukraine’s membership in the European Union. This has been proved by numerous surveys. However, in the aftermath of the events in the Caucasus, when Russian troops...

Vitali Klitschko defeated the Nigerian Samuel Peter. This bout was broadcast live and watched by all of Ukraine’s boxing fans on the night of Oct. 11-12. Vitali Klitschko showed all Ukrainians how...

Even such an experienced politician as Leonid Kravchuk finds it difficult to make a clear and correct diagnosis of everything that is taking place in Ukrainian politics today. The first president of...

The soiree marking Ukrainian-Azerbaijani friendship, held at the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, was dedicated to Azerbaijan Independence Day, which is celebrated on Oct. 18. The soiree was...

MATURATIONThe winter of 1713 was full of problems for a small detachment of the Zaporozhian Cossacks who, with Ivan Mazepa at the head, entered into an alliance with Swedish King Charles XII, were...

During a recent live broadcast on Era FM radio, when I was talking about Ukrainian history textbooks, an angry-sounding Russian-speaking woman went at me when I said that we need to engage in a...

Dissolution (or is it dissoluteness?) has arrived in Ukraine once more. Viktor Yushchenko has now taken the lead in this latest political race by dissolving parliament for the second time during his...

Ukraine’s national team has climbed seven positions on the FIFA rating list, primarily owing to its two victories in the qualification round of the 2010 World Cup over Kazakhstan and Belarus. In...