№34, (2007)

Citizens of Ukraine and foreigners turn to the State Department for Adoption and Protection of Children’s Rights for two reasons. First, because childless families that want to adopt children must...

The voice of the pipe organ reaches out to us from the depths of time. This instrument first appeared in Europe in the 7th century: together with a choir, it accompanied the divine service in...

Few people remember the saying “Poverty is not a crime but a swinish trick.” These days, people in every corner of the planet are aware that poverty is a phenomenon unworthy of a human being. In 2000...

The equestrian pursuit of dressage looks very simple at first glance, especially when the horse is obedient to the rider. But this simplicity is the result of lengthy training and the “eradication”...

The deadline for completing the construction of Dnipro Stadium, where the Euro-2012 soccer championship matches will be held, has been extended again. Although the Dnipropetrovsk authorities had...

When Roman Zimenko’s daughter was going into first grade, her father was not at home: he was having a pancreatomy, an operation to remove the pancreas. The surgery was a success. Physicians say that...

The belfries of the Assumption Cathedral at the Kyiv Cave Monastery and St. Sophia’s Cathedral, the Ivan Franko Theater and the National Opera, the monuments to Prince Volodymyr and Taras Shevchenko...

Yurii Andrukhovych is a cosmopolitan. Ivano-Frankivsk is an oblast center located in western Ukraine, which is eclipsed by grander and showier Lviv. My conversation with Yurii Andrukhovych about...

Nov. 13 1708: Russian troops under Aleksandr Menshikov’s command seize Hetman Mazepa’s capital of Baturyn. Most of the defenders and local residents are massacred. 2004: The Central Election...

This article was already underway when I got to know, in different circumstances, students from several Ukrainian universities. My first impression was that of a breath of fresh air. What I saw was...

The exhibition hall of the National League of Ukrainian Folk Art Masters offers a trip down memory lane, where visitors can admire the Ukrainian people’s ancient crafts and feast their eyes on the...

It is no accident that this year’s Book World 2007 coincided with the celebrations of the Day of Literacy and the Ukrainian Language. The fair organizers — the Ukrainian Association of Publishers and...

Many experts think that the recent decision of the Turkish parliament to permit Turkish army troops, whose numbers have reached 100,000 to 150,000 soldiers, to carry out military operations against...

Russia is going to toughen migration rules for Ukrainians on its territory. It plans to reduce the mandatory registration period for Ukrainians from 90 to 3 days. This step runs counter to the 2004...

To paraphrase a well-known dictum, every era has its own mechanisms. The burgeoning industrial development of the early 20th century brought steam and later, internal combustion engines that gave way...