№32, (2011)

Our society too often makes the mistake of honoring people only after they pass away. So, let’s not miss the opportunity to listen to His Beatitude Liubomyr (Huzar). As a moral authority he...

The Ukrainian graphic artist and op-ed journalist Hennadii POLIOVY was born on June 3, 1927, in Odesa to Petro Mohyla, an artiste of the Veriovka Ukrainian State People’s Chorus (and...

“I give money not because I feel like giving but because I am aware that I need and should give.”  (Lazar Brodsky, 19th century)  “We give money to science not...

To Wait for the Music was released by the Kyiv publishing house Spirit and Letter, which is famous for its intellectual and cultural work. Its author Valentyn Sylvestrov is a Ukrainian composer...

Over the 20 years of independence none of the prime mi-nisters or presidents managed to accomplish the single most important feat for the nation: to stop (and reverse) Ukraine’s demographic...

The Vernadsky Library hosted the photo exhibit of the Second International Women Photo Competition “Children’s Planet.” This is the only competition whose participants are...

DakhaBrakha, Braty Karamazovy, Mertvy Piven, Dymna Sumish, Perkalaba, Mad Heads XL, Komu Vnyz, TiK, Plach Eremiyi, Pikkardiiska Tertsia, Mandry, TNMK, Lyapis Trubetskoy, Haidamaky, Boombox, VV, and...

When Catherine Ashton and I embarked on a review of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) last year, our intention was to put relations with our nearest neighbours at the forefront of EU foreign...

1919: The Ukrainian Galician Army (UHA) launches the Chortkiv Offensive, a surprise military operation in the Polish-Ukrainian War for Eastern Galicia [Halychyna]. 1949: The House of Technology opens...

The 54th Biennale hosted a record number of 89 country-participants. The first to see the works of the contemporary masters were the honored guests, art critics and mass media representatives. The...

Chernivtsi — No visitor to Chernivtsi can ignore the former residence of the Bukovynian metropolitans, which currently houses the main buildings of the Chernivtsi National University. This...

Dnipropetrovsk — “All that I write is about my own self. All things good and bad, lofty and dirty… Whoever begins to write about others, without understanding themselves, is...

Yemeni residents celebrated the departure of Ali Abdullah Saleh to Saudi Arabia. They hope that he will never return. The duties of the head of state are being performed by Vice President Abd al-...

Latvian President Valdis Zatlers has chosen a rather unusual way to fight corruption and the oligarchs. The head of state decided to dissolve parliament, under Article 48 of the Constitution,...

The visit of a US president always gives rise to a lot of comments. Observers analyze the gestures, the conversations and their length, and quickly draw political conclusions. In this sense Barack...