№37, (2011)
04.08.2011 - 00:00
Posters, time, and family
Kyiv’s gallery Mystets held a meeting with Yevhen, Klavdia and Anton Kudriashov, who had prepared the catalogue The Kudriashov Poster of the 1950s-2010s for print, whereas the works from the...
04.08.2011 - 00:00
Letters to Ukraine – 6
Who knows, now, the story of the painting famous for its smile? People thronged just to glimpse it. But the nations were desperate for cash. As nobody could afford to buy it outright, the painting...
04.08.2011 - 00:00
Petrykivka under the cutter
A sad fate overtook the famed Petrykivka crafts factory Druzhba: the other day the unknown people removed its equipment for scrap metal. Though the factory stopped its work a couple of years ago...
04.08.2011 - 00:00
EU standards instead of taxes
Two large Ukrainian petroleum refineries have announced the results of their work for the first half of 2011. They turned out to be antipodal. The Lysychansk refinery belonging to TNK-BP and called...
04.08.2011 - 00:00
This day in history
1687: A Cossack council held at the Kolomak River elects Ivan Mazepa hetman of Ukraine. Certain issues are negotiated with the government of Moscow, known as the Kolomak Clauses, including provisions...
04.08.2011 - 00:00
Academic underground
The artists Yurii Denysenko and Yulia Tvieritina have just graduated from the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture. Their interests comprise easel and mural painting, graphic art, book...
04.08.2011 - 00:00
National self-identification in the Volyn temples
What will happen to the Ukrainian society, if it enters the globalized 21st century without self-identification? Although the European Union calls itself a unity of the democratic countries equal...
04.08.2011 - 00:00
Who will be an effective landowner?
On August 2, in the morning the official website of the Ukrainian president announced that Viktor Yanukovych had signed the Law “On the State Land Cadastre.” This law, voted for on July 7, 2011...
04.08.2011 - 00:00
What to build?
The head of state has appointed Anatolii Blyzniuk, ex-chairman of the Donetsk Oblast Administration, as Minister for Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Public Utilities. Now the latter...
04.08.2011 - 00:00
Arsenii YATSENIUK: Independence Day is the nation’s main holiday. This does not need to be debated
Ability to adequately react to difficult Ukrainian domestic “tests” is the main thing for a Ukrainian politician. This shapes and brings into evidence a qualitative alternative, but...
04.08.2011 - 00:00
Fighting for identity
The long story about awarding the title of Hero of Ukraine to Shukhevych and Bandera has come to an end. Not so good an end. The High Administrative Court of Ukraine has upheld the ruling of the...
04.08.2011 - 00:00
What awaits Syria?
The events in Syria have again drawn the attention of the world which is not going to ease pressure on President Bashar al-Assad in any case. The other day, despite the beginning of the holy Muslim...
04.08.2011 - 00:00
Ivan Dziuba’s territory
Den’s Summer School of Journalism is special and important namely because it offers young people an opportunity to visit extraordinary events. The students of Ukrainian higher educational...
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History on canvas
The National Sanctuary Sophia of Kyiv is hosting an exhibit, “My Most Blessed Queen of Heaven,” of embroidered icons made by the traditional folk art master Tetiana Balan. The exhibit...
04.08.2011 - 00:00
Moscow Ping-Pong
New rules of the game known as Presidential Election have been established in Russia of late. There are few candidates and their names have long been known. The intrigue is who will win the race....