№34, (2009)

Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science is introducing the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) and the European-style diploma supplement. This will simplify the recognition of...

The harsh reality of today’s Ukrainian society is the final establishment of a cruel arbitrary rule of powerful political oligarchs, influential economic clans, corrupt governmental bureaucracy, and...

I happened to watch the opening of a park that symbolized victory over builders. It was on Peizazhna Alley in Kyiv’s oldest part, right over the legendary village of Honchari-Kozhumiaky (“...

Nov. 24 1905: Mutinies break out on board Cruiser Ochakov and other ships of the Black Sea Fleet. Nov. 25 2004: Nationwide strike begins in Ukraine with the National Salvation Committee...

How will history describe the events and declarations that took place on November 19 in Yalta against the backdrop of the CIS summit? Could it be that this day marked the beginning of a new era in...

Every year about 100 young Ukrainians receive scholarships from the Center for East European Studies at the University of Warsaw. Since 1990 over 2,000 scholars, teachers, and students have completed...

A number of experts refer to the relations between Ukraine and Belarus as exemplary. Both countries are demonstrating their preparedness to meet each other halfway in resolving problems that impede...

Contrary to wary expectations, the European Council elected their new leadership Thursday night, including the first full-time president, Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy, and British...

On Nov. 19, 2009, Presidents Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine and President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia had a very productive day in Kyiv. After a talk in private at the Horodetsky House, they laid...

The Tale of Bygone Years says that Kyiv’s Saint Sophia was built in 1037, in commemoration of Prince Yaroslav the Wise’s victory over the Pechenegs. Ukrainian historians recently established, however...

Recently the entire world heard about the notes of the “man who knew too much” about the Holodomor in Ukraine. Trinity College, Cambridge has opened an exhibit in its library of the diaries written...

    Knocked out Ukraine 0, Greece 1 Donetsk — It was clear even before the fixtures for the 2010 world soccer championship final in South Africa that we would not see a shower of...

When asked for a comment, Ukrainian experts often tend to say: look, this is a case for psychiatrists, not for political scientists. Indeed, many decisions of our politicians are difficult to...

It would have been worth sending our home-bred admirers of the Soviet past to Prague on November 17 — not for the sake of showing them the advantages of the “capitalist paradise” but, just the other...

Meetings with celebrities, such as actors, musicians, and writers, which were quite a popular phenomenon a few decades ago and known as “creative meetings,” are to be restored as part of the Art...