№32, (2012)

In the mind of an average Ukrainian, Chechnya is associated with two things: war and terrorism. This image may have been enriched in the past few years by the ubiquitous picture of “strong...

It so happened that today domestic theater seldom spoils us with good shows. As for tours, they are mostly done by stock companies whose artistic quality leaves much to be desired. That is why I...

May 29 is the International Day of Peacekeepers. Ukraine began celebrating this day in 2003. The history of Ukraine’s armed forces participation in peace-keeping operations dates back to 1992...

The Ukrainian parliament has approved Bill No. 9289 which amends the law “On the Freedom of Movement and Free Choice of Residence in Ukraine.” The amendment introduces registration of the place where...

Volodymyr Makeienko is a longtime MP. He was the youngest deputy at the first-convocation Verkhovna Rada. He knows for sure what the parliament used to be and is now. We are discussing with...

The biennale began with a witty performance by R.E.P., right on the sidewalk opposite the entrance to the Mystetsky Arsenal. A folk band, clad in embroidered shirts, were playing traditional folk...

Chernivtsi Regional Art Museum is proud of having restored the late 19th century pilgrimage icon The Lives of the Saints. It is an oil painting. The icon was dirty and whole layers of paint were...

Ukrainians mostly pay attention to the EU space, because we are part of Europe. The attention to the East is smaller, and this is not very reasonable, because we don’t know what is going on...

Lutsk announced its tourism ambitions several months ago when Lina Ostapchuk, the leading specialist of the department of international cooperation and tourism at the Lviv City Council, came back...

On May 25, 1926, Symon Petliura, the Chief Otaman of the Ukrainian National Republic (UNR), was shot by Sholom Schwartzbard while walking on rue Racine, near Saint-Michel, in Paris. It was a...

A March of Embroidered Shirts has recently taken place in Kyiv, gathering nearly 500 people. The event took place for the ninth time. The event is organized by students of Kyiv universities twice a...

Like bookmakers predicted, Loreen from Sweden became this year’s winner (she earned 372 points for her song “Eurphoria”) and Buranovskiye babushki from Russia with “Party...

1802: Russian physicist Vasiliy Petrov repeats independently the discovery of the electric arc by Sir Humphry Davy in 1800. 1867: Elected magistrates are instituted. 1918: The Soviet of People...

Last weekend an unprecedented action of the opposition, first in a year time, took place in Tbilisi, Georgia. It was organized by Bidzina Ivanishvili, a well-known oligarch without Georgian...

We have already told our readers about the documentary photographer, The Day’s Photo Contest winner Maksym Dondiuk (see No. 20, March 29, 2012) who created the project “TB...