№37, (2005)
22.11.2005 - 00:00
Of men and beasts
When the urn with Yakiv Hnizdovsky’s ashes finally reached the land of Ukraine, a number of people heaved a sigh of relief; they had fulfilled the last request of an artist whose creative legacy (...
22.11.2005 - 00:00
Folios are going digital
Scholars from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, in collaboration with Polish colleagues, have begun a unique project to digitalize unique library collections. The practical work of...
22.11.2005 - 00:00
The most important things remain unsaid
In the debates around the OUN (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists) and the UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army) which have been waged for many years, the most important point has not been expressed:...
22.11.2005 - 00:00
Monument to Holodomor victims to be unveiled in Washington
The House of Representatives of the US Congress has passed a resolution authorizing the Ukrainian government to erect a monument in Washington to the victims of the 1932-1933 Holodomor, Ukrainski...
22.11.2005 - 00:00
Business offers a helping hand
From now on business will join in the struggle against the AIDS epidemic in Ukraine. The emergence of a coalition of leading Ukrainian companies has become a response of sorts to Ukraine’s president...
22.11.2005 - 00:00
“Intellectuals and Political Power:” why is there an abyss between them?
The latest annual Fulbright conference, held for the first time in Lviv rather than in Kyiv, gathered about 150 academics from various corners of Ukraine. All of them have participated in a Fulbright...
22.11.2005 - 00:00
How to keep safe from fire
Arsonists have burned down the Paris studio of the artist Vasarely. There was no museum there, or canvases, so no concrete artwork suffered. Vasarely produced bright patterns compressed into the...
22.11.2005 - 00:00
Foreign ministry issues reassurances
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine issued a clarification following comments in the press concerning the appointment, or to be more exact, the non-appointment, of Ukrainian ambassadors. The...
22.11.2005 - 00:00
Slovaks share their experience of joining NATO
In 2006 Slovakia will allocate 120,000 euros to support Ukraine in the NATO admission proceedings, Ukrainian Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko said after a meeting with his Slovak counterpart,...
22.11.2005 - 00:00
“Eyes of the Maidan”
This woman stood on the Maidan in November-December 2004. The camera zeroed in on her face among thousands of others and caught a common expression of those days: expectation and hope. Those were...
22.11.2005 - 00:00
Why did Stalin exterminate the Ukrainians?
(Continued from the previous issue)
A CONFLICT WITHIN A GENERATION
I have already mentioned that both right- and left-leaning unscrupulous politicians tend to politicize the subject of the...
22.11.2005 - 00:00
“On your mark!”
The parliamentary election campaign in Ukraine is just a few days away: the official start is scheduled for Nov. 26. A resolution to this effect was passed on Nov. 18 by all 13 attending members of...
22.11.2005 - 00:00
TATTOOS: A SIGN OF DEMOCRACY?
Frankly speaking, I felt dizzy on my way home from the Romantyka Palace of Youth, after attending Ukraine’s first independent tattoo festival. As I sat down to write this feature, I felt torn by...
22.11.2005 - 00:00
Piskun forever?
Kyiv’s Shevchenkivsky Court has ruled to reinstate Sviatoslav Piskun as Prosecutor General of Ukraine. The court handed down this ruling last Friday during the second hearing of this case. “Under...
22.11.2005 - 00:00
EU helps Ukraine set up refugee camps
The European Union has allocated nearly four million euros for Ukraine to set up camps for illegal refugees. Radio Liberty announced on Nov. 16 that these camps will be located on former military...