№41, (2006)

On Dec. 14 the first 12 CDs of the Contemporary Prose and Radio Theater series were issued in Ukraine. The inaugural series includes the best works of Yurii Andrukhovych, Yurko Pokalchuk, Stepan...

“Times change and we change with them,” the ancient Romans used to say. A whole generation of young Ukrainians has already grown up, for whom the names of Vasyl Stus and Viacheslav Chornovil, as well...

“I am writing as though to my father whom I don’t want to see. Daddy, you are in prison now, because of me. It is bad there, isn’t it? You used to beat me for nothing. You used to bully me whether...

On Dec. 14, 2006, Viktor Yushchenko set a record for the longest series of press conferences. He devoted a whole day to representatives of the “fourth branch of power,” taking only a short break for...

Changes to the Constitution of Ukraine may affect the ambitions of Ukrainian politicians. Prime Minister Yanukovych has declared that he will run in the presidential elections if the constitutional...

Ukrkinokhrnoka Studio’s new release, Another Life or Escape from the World Beyond, stars Vasyl Basha, Inna Kapinos, and Iryna Melnyk, and is directed by Volodymyr Artemenko (script by Vira Melnyk;...

On Dec. 12 Kazakhstan celebrated the 15th anniversary of its independence. Today this country is one of the world’s largest energy suppliers. The international community is taking an increasing...

The two-volume book Our City Lviv is by far the most readable source on the City of the Lion. This book can be found in almost every household with children because it is used as a school manual for...

President Viktor Yushchenko says the creation of a national commission to reform the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is a top priority. He stressed this during a meeting with the heads of Ukraine’s...

Last week Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic signed the Carpathian Declaration. “The Carpathian Convention establishes the fundamental principles for...

Few people seem to doubt that we are doomed to spend a long time resolving the language problem. There are plenty of reasons, but when you come across stories like the case of Luhansk student Serhii...

Flowers trampled underfoot, blood on the asphalt, beatings and arrests of dozens of peaceful people. This was the upshot of the first stage of the Ukrainian revolution known as “Ukraine without...

“Near the glorious city of Kyiv There was a picket of mighty warriors. Ilia Muromets was their leader, Dobrynia Nikitich the younger — his deputy, There was also Alesha the parson’s son.” These and...

On Dec. 13, 2006, the Verkhovna Rada passed the last of 21 bills needed to create an adequate legal framework for Ukraine’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO). Out of 442 MPs registered...

On Dec. 1, 2006, Ukraine marked an important date in its modern history: the 15 th anniversary of the national referendum that convincingly affirmed the Ukrainians’ will to live in an independent...