№36, (2002)

Stirring sugar in my tea, I noticed a large letter Ч [Cyrillic character pronounced ch] embellishing the teaspoon. “Must be from your grandfather’s Kononivka estate?” I asked the host. He nodded: “I...

At his Kremlin meeting with representatives of the Chechen community, Pres. Volodymyr Putin made it clear that negotiations with Aslan Maskhadov are out of the question. The formula of “who supports...

Former political prisoners have one thing in common; they are loath to remember their prison camp past. Symon Hluzman is an especially vivid example. His ideals of the 1960s are personified by Ivan...

Every human tragedy is a moment of truth, which erases the old and creates a new vision of seemingly ordinary things. The recent events in Moscow were no exception. It turned out, for example, that...

A ceremony commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Fulbright Academic Exchange Program in Ukraine took place in Kyiv in October. The program is aimed at strengthening contacts between Ukrainian...

It is very difficult today for an ordinary Ukrainian, as well as for a middle- sized businessman, to find his way through the contradictory macroindices of the Ukrainian economy and map out his plans...

“The other day, the calendar marked the Day of the Ukrainian Language and Literature. Do we have anything to celebrate?” The Day addressed this question to Prof. Anatoly POHRIBNY, chair of the...

Events commemorating prominent Ukrainians remind us of our history, prevent it from fading into the background of fresh pressing developments. The surrounding world, constantly nagging at our...

The Children and Ballet Stars of Ukraine and Russia festival is organized by the Kyiv Municipal Lifar Ukrainian Dance Academy and dedicated to the ending of the Year of Ukraine in Russia and...

The exhibition, The Germans in Northern Ukraine — Volyn and Kyiv, that opened the Friday before last in the scientific library of Zhytomyr oblast has become a political event in the cultural life of...

The concert of the Ars Nova ensemble of Poland under a telling title, Ballad, hosted by the National House of Organ and Chamber Music, without doubt became one of the most vivid events of not only...

The Thursday before last the hall of the State Philharmonic was filled with enthusiastic cheers; spectators gave flowers and paid compliments to the musicians. In general, it was a sight rather...

The Friday before last, against the background of just another fair, a quiet premiere of director Yury Tereshchenko and script writer cum film critic Serhiy Trymbach’s film, The Eternal Cross took...

It is hardly necessary to explain how important a role photography plays in the print media. After all, whether the readers will direct their favorable gaze on this paper frequently depends on how...

The American and British experts did not establish any evidence of Ukraine selling or transferring the Kolchuha radar system to Iraq. The possibility of selling it to Iraq through third countries is...