№35, (2006)

Unfortunately, bad traditions die incredibly hard in Ukraine. Among these traditions is the perennially negative answer to the rhetorical question, “Was it worth fighting for?” Now, just a year and a...

The Festival of Alternative Music, the Ukrainian finale of the international musical project, Global Battle of the Bands, recently took place in Mukachiv. The right to represent Ukraine in London and...

In the last few days the stationing of the Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) in the Crimea has once again become a burning issue. While Ukrainian high-ranking officials earlier this year spoke about the...

Last Wednesday Ukraine House saw the opening of the Art-Kyiv-2006 international exhibit and fair. At first glance, the exhibit is unusual and eclectic: too many different artistic directions, styles...

On can assess by many criteria the four matches’ results of the Champions’ League group tournament, according to which “Dynamo” has ahead of time left the ranks of the pretenders to the trophy, more...

During a recent meeting with the regional media President Yushchenko stated that he would like to see new faces in Our Ukraine’s leadership. “But this can only be the inner competence of the party...

In modern Ukraine “musical drama theater” is often a synonym for aesthetic decrepitude and decay. This appellation is justified when productions are oversaturated with illustrative songs and dances...

Relations between Georgia and Russia have reached the boiling point, and both sides are aware of this. The first attempt to defuse the crisis was made at a recent meeting of the Georgian and Russian...

Traditionally the day for celebrating cars is marked on the last Sunday of October. This year the event took place on Oct. 28 and, unlike in past years, it was held right on Khreshchatyk Boulevard....

On Nov. 10 activists from the Kyiv municipal civic organization Kyivski myttsi (Kyivan Artists) and the civic organization Opora submitted a letter to the Presidential Secretariat, asking him to...

Before the budget is passed, attempts are usually made to persuade the government and MPs to fund a certain economic sector. Unfortunately, even the space industry, arguably Ukraine’s most hi-tech...

The current exchange of blows between parliament, the cabinet, and the president in the “budgetary ring” looks quite predictable. Last Tuesday, when the budget bill was submitted for the first...

As previously reported, Bohdan Stupka marked his 65 th anniversary this summer. However, the actor spends Aug. 27 with his mother in Lviv (it is her name day). And so he postponed his jubilee benefit...

Five of the six winners of the International Horowitz Competition in the Juniors Group are Ukrainians. This year the competition featured young pianists from the Horowitz Debut Group and more...

A meeting of the Oversight Council of Ostroh Academy National University was recently held. This was an unusual meeting, as it was devoted to the anniversaries being celebrated in Ukraine this year:...