№36, (2004)

Sixteen-year-old Maksym Zhyvko, a native of Ternopil, has an unusual hobby: embroidery. He began mastering needlework ten years ago while he was still in kindergarten, inspired by his mother’s...

On Thursday Prime Minister Victor Yanukovych said that he would not accept a victory by his opponent in the December 26 rerun of Ukraine’s contested presidential race and that his supporters were...

Kyiv is gaining in popularity as a venue for performances by international jazz stars. Recently Kyiv’s Lysenko Column Hall was packed for a concert by the accordionist Richard Galiano and multi-...

Although the latest political turmoil adversely affected the financial market, the hryvnia’s exchange rate remains stable, thanks mainly to a political decision made by the National Bank of Ukraine...

Andriy Shevchenko, a.k.a Sheva, is the best soccer player, not just for his fans in Ukraine or Italy but in all of Europe. On December 13 he officially received the Golden Ball (photo), which is...

The Orange Revolution has made Ukrainian society aware of a number of questions that until now were either ignored or shamefully left unanswered. Among these questions are traditional ones that the...

James Sherr, leading expert with the British Military Academy’s Conflict Study Center, oxford lecturer, is versed in what is happening in the international arena as well as in the post-soviet...

The recent events in Ukraine have given rise to an irresistible desire for something new, a new society, policy, economy, etc. The problem of a new cultural policy in Ukraine was discussed a week ago...

December 21. 1944. The Council to Assist the Western Oblasts was founded as a part of the government of Ukrainian SSR. 1991. A declaration of CIS member states was ratified in Almaty. December 22....

Last Tuesday the Constitutional Court (CC) of Ukraine received a petition from 42 people’s deputies claiming that parliament passed an unconstitutional decision to adjust the current presidential...

In the yet unwritten books on the theory of nonviolent revolutions, the events in Ukraine in late November and early December 2004 will probably be discussed in a separate chapter. Perhaps experts...

“A privilege to be called Ukrainian” — this is how participants attending the All-Ukrainian Viche (“council”) last Saturday characterized the Development Plan of the Country, which the...

A historian is neither a judge nor a prosecutor, just a biased chronicler of the past. Yet professional documented chronicles can and must serve to restore historical memory and help governments and...

The Verkhovna Rada and the president have come under a storm of rather bizarre accusations of violating the Constitution. On December 8 the people’s deputies passed a law signed by Leonid Kuchma “On...

Ahead of the December 26 rerun of the runoff elections, more and more people are voicing their views of the events unfolding in Ukraine and offering their forecasts of how the situation will develop...