№37, (2004)

“Bravo, Medium Business!” This was the cheerful slogan painted on an orange-colored banner in the assembly hall hosting a conference of the nationwide business association Nova Formatsiya [New...

In the latter half of December, nine of Ukraine’s customs border crossings launched an experiment. To simplify the border crossing procedure and customs control, electronic declaration systems will...

Every play eventually becomes dated and is eventually removed from the repertoire. Not so Serhiy Danchenko’s production of Tevye-Tevel, based on Sholom Aleichem’s Tevye der Milkhiker [Tevye the...

December 28. 1920. The Union Treaty on Mutual Recognition of Sovereignty and Independence between Ukrainian and Russian Soviet Republics was signed in Moscow. 1960. The Kharkiv Turbine Plant produced...

Health is the no. 1 priority for Ukrainian youth. For young people aged between 14 and 35, this priority is matched perhaps by a strong family and their children’s welfare. Experts at the Institute...

There are many international organizations with a focus on young people. Without a doubt, the youth of today will be shaping the world of tomorrow. One such organization is Jeunesses Musicales...

So, in spite of the political turmoil, Ukraine is ringing in the new 2005 budget year in a notorious Soviet style, i.e., by creating a problem and then making heroic efforts to solve it. Indeed, on...

Committee reports are usually deadly dull, and UN committee reports are among the dullest. But the recent report of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change...

The Transcarpathian village of Turya-Remeta, in Perechyn district, is famous for being the home of the world’s only bas-relief dedicated to a mailman half a century ago. A local mailman by the name...

This artist uses hay in a very unusual way, as sculptural material. Her labor-intensive creative process culminates in a brightly colored character that is often dressed up: a hedgehog reading a book...

This is the way an 11-year-old boy, who lives in a small village in northern Volyn, solved the problem that has been convulsing all of Ukraine for the last several months. At this age, one usually...

Resolving border disputes with Romania can be a thankless business. At least, this is how it was in years past. Information wars and diplomatic strife invariably accompanied demarcation talks....

The National Museum of Lviv has launched a series of cultural events commemorating its centennial with an exhibit of icons portraying the Mother of God, the Christ Child, and the Magnification....

(Conclusion; Part 1 appeared in issue no. 36) As a delegate to the XIII Party Congress, Ivan Mykytenko witnessed Kosior’s self-flagellation over his “loss of vigilance,” Postyshev’s criticism, heard...