№38, (2000)

Kyiv’s PA Gallery opened German art photographer Bernd Lasdin’s Change of Epochs exhibition on December 19, featuring portraits made in East and West Germany. The exhibit was organized by the German...

WE ELECT AND ARE ELECTED, WHICH OFTEN FAIL TO COINCIDE The parties are recounting their ranks in anticipation of the elections, as if they were birds preening themselves on the eve of mating...

Despite recent improvements on oil markets, Europe is worried over a hazy future spelling uncertain fuel supplies. The old world is no longer prepared to put up with its dependence for oil on OPEC,...

The European Union and Ukraine have agreed to make their respective markets from next year on more open to the textile and garment trade. Under a treaty signed in Brussels during the third meeting of...

Two sisters, medicine and religion, accompany man from the moment he sees the light until his heart beats its last, taking care of his body and soul, bestowing him with strength and belief in...

Can genes predispose a person to crime? Some American lawyers are now using such a “genetic defense” as mitigation for convicted murderers. Are there genes for alcoholism? Or genes that make you gay...

Primary forms of charity in the form of donation to beggars comes to us from time immemorial, but charity became the norm of societal life with the establishment of Christianity. Kyiv Prince...

The Biennial in Venice is often compared with the Cannes Festival, even with the Olympics. Ukraine has never appeared in this festival’s history of over a century, unlike Poland, the Czech Republic,...

Oksana Stratiychuk (of late known as Berbeka-Stratiychuk) is an artist with a name or, to be more precise, with a style. People visit art exhibits hoping to find her, and she is instantly recognized...

More than one generation are being raised by the television screen rather than parents, school, or good books. Therefore, television standards are perceived by many (subconsciously, consciously, or...

Ukraine has already kicked off the Christmas season with St. Nicholas Day, when the children are always the center of attention. We now look forward to New Year’s and Christmas, which most people...

Under the slogan, Ukraine without Kuchma, protesters held a rally and marched to the Verkhovna Rada last Tuesday. On December 15, 1990 student hunger strike veterans, lawmakers, members of fifteen...

A fact hard to grasp: on December 16 in Essen (Germany), Alina Shaternykova (13-1) clearly overpowered WIBF world champion Regina Halmich (34-1, 10 knockouts), but the judges conspired to crown the...

The title of star of the National Opera is an honor for any singer. But there are also quite a few stars in the sky. So I would like to assign a different title, sun of the National Opera, to...

Probably few in Ukraine know that Europe’s largest avenue is in Dnipropetrovsk. Formerly known as Katerynynsky Prospekt, currently Karl Marx Prospekt, its size — length and width — is far bigger than...