№33, (2010)

SAO PAULO – In a heroic case of finding a silver lining in the bleakest of all situations, the European Union climate commissioner has concluded that the global economic crisis and recession actually...

This year the Association of Ukrainian Banks (AUB) will turn 20. It is a significant event, not only for country’s banking system and economy, but for independent Ukraine’s history as well. It is...

Cossack Fun participants showed the revived art of ancient warriors, arousing incredible admiration among the visitors. The festival’s program included master classes of combat hopak specialists, the...

1775: On orders from Catherine II, Russian troops destroy Zaporozhian (Pidpilna) Sich. 1834: St. Volodymyr University (currently: Taras Shevchenko National University) opens in Kyiv. 1918: The first...

CHERNIVTSI — After the disastrous flood in 2008, Chernivtsi oblast found itself in big trouble again as a large landslide occurred in Chornohuzy, a village in Vyzhnytsia raion. Dozens of homes...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...