№40, (2007)

Ukrainian ecologists are continuing to demand that Trukhaniv Island be declared a regional landscape park. The only obstacle is that selling land in Ukraine has become a profitable business. Experts...

They call Mykola Yevdokymenko the patriarch of the hotel business. He is also a well-known figure in tourism and public utilities, as well as a member of the Academy of Civil Construction and the...

When 11-year-old Sashko Milchenko was painting a wonderful wintry night, he probably did not expect that the bidding for his work would reach 4,000 dollars at an art auction. That is the amount...

One of the greatest relics of the Orthodox world — the Kyivan Cave Monastery — was founded by the monks Antonii and Feodosii in 1051. Together with their brothers in faith, they prayed in narrow...

The first session of the opposition’s cabinet, headed by Viktor Yanukovych, leader of the Party of Regions, took place at Kyiv’s Zoriany Cinema. Among those in attendance were ex-Minister of Economy...

Thrifty homemakers have already started to prepare for the New Year’s Eve and Christmas holidays because early purchases do not devastate the family budget. Besides huge lineups in groceries stores...

There is no monument to Mykola Lemyk in Myrhorod or, for that matter, in Lviv. Who was he? Lemyk was one of the millions who were killed by a Nazi bullet. You won’t even find his grave: he was shot...

Last week Polish scouts handed over the 2007 Bethlehem Peace Light to Ukrainian scouts, who will bring it to Kyiv in an unusual way-on bicycles. The bicycle relay itinerary is Rava-Ruska-Lviv-...

A new government in Ukraine has finally been formed, headed by Yulia Tymoshenko, the former prime minister. How do the East and West estimate the longevity of the Orange team, which has effectively...

“We have drawn up a list of higher educational establishments that will be training staff for Euro-2012,” announced Tymofii Desiatov, director of the Vocational Training Department at Ukraine’s...

Today the main character of my story is the prominent Jewish activist, talented man of letters, humanist, and political writer Volodymyr (Zeiev) Zhabotynsky (1880-1940). Throughout his life he fought...

This evening a large part of people on the Earth started to celebrate one of the greatest Christian holidays — Christmas Day. The church bells are chanting, carols glorifying the birth of God’s Son...

As New Year’s Eve approaches, a real sales boom has engulfed toy stores and souvenir shops. In the short period left before the holiday shoppers have to buy a green beauty, decorations for it, and...

A total of 22,000 hryvnias were raised at a charity auction featuring arts and crafts made by Volyn’s disabled. LUTSK-The day of the auction was a lucky one for the Minkovsky couple from Novovolynsk...

Performances by the Pavlo Virsky National Merited Academic Folk Dance Ensemble, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of this pre-eminent dance group, are taking place throughout Ukraine. Two gala...