№33, (2010)

A quarter of a century has passed since the USSR initiated the perestroika reforms. An epoch of big changes which touched all spheres of life began. It didn’t omit the school system either. As a...

A flower exhibit in Ternopil displayed a new iris species developed by Ihor Khorosh, a local breeder who named it after the noted Ukrainian poet, Lina Kostenko, in commemoration of her jubilee,...

Military experts believe that the so-called psychological and informational warfare is the most effective weapon in fighting any enemy. Wars of this kind have been waged by and against various...

The UN Security Council approved new and tougher sanctions against Iran last Wednesday. These measures against Tehran were caused by its refusal to stop enriching uranium. The Council members fear...

There is a serious problem about how to make Internet-based mass media profitable. This is not just a problem for the owners of these media, motivated by gains, but also for journalists, as earnings...

PRAGUE – The death of Eduard Chuvashov, a judge killed in cold blood on April 12 in Moscow, is another in a long and growing list of murders perpetrated on those in Russia who try to seek justice for...

Animation movie making lingo contains a concept called “phase of movement,” which animates the picture on screen. A similar “movement phase” is currently being experienced by the capital’s Ukrainian...

Although President Yanukovych’s power vertical is being consolidated, “work aimed at organizing the Ukrainian community should be done calmly,” says the Opposition’s Taras Stetskiv, adding that this...

I can remember my heart filling with joy in the 1990s, when the notorious Article 9 of Soviet Ukraine’s Constitution was repealed – the article that declared that Soviet people should live their...

Building an independent state, developing democracy, ensuring the freedom of expression are tasks easier said than done. Recent events show that those in power in Kyrgyzstan aren’t measuring up....

The author Iryna Chernova, aka Luko Dashvar, has firmly established herself in the modern Ukrainian literature sales’ rankings. Her dislike for publicity has become proverbial in literary and...

LVIV — The competition was launched in September 2009. It was organized and held by the International Institute of Education, Culture and Contacts with Diaspora at Lviv Polytechnic Institute. The...

Georgia thanks Ukraine for non-recognition of breakaway republicsGeorgia is grateful to the Ukrainian leadership for making statements about Georgia’s territorial integrity, Georgian Foreign Minister...

Ukrainians hardly know anything about Andy Warhol (1928-87), and probably do not value him highly. Of course, information about this personality can be found in Ukrainian-language sources (including...

While European countries struggle for an ecological balance and protect their existing greenery, Ukraine, in particular its capital, goes the opposite way. Kyiv’s parks and public gardens are under...