№32, (2011)

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,...

Within the framework of a public-private partnership a private company will allot two million hryvnias for the preparation of potential chemistry students. According to preliminary estimates,...

“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...

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...

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-...

Railwaymen hope that the law on reforming railroad transportation will have been passed by the end of this year, and the reforms themselves will be implemented starting January 2012, said...

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...

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...

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...

Last year all Ukraine learned about Yulia Osmak. The girl took the first place in her age category at the World Chess Championships in Greece (she was 12 at the time). She has recently been...

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...

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...

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...

The famous French writer Jules Renard once said: “On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.” This also concerns pristine nature — the embodiment of earthly beauty, a prototype of God’s...

The Kyiv Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theater for Children and Youth recently hosted Roadside Picnic, an exhibit of paintings by young Ukrainian artists. The name comes from the cult novel...