№49, (2011)
22.09.2011 - 00:00
Looking for a way out of the gas problem
The government is looking into the ways to get rid of the gas dependence on Russia. This is the impression one gets after analyzing the recent statements about the gas problem made by Ukrainian...
22.09.2011 - 00:00
Embroidered shirts marched through Kyiv for the eighth time
“If you are proud to be Ukrainian, wear an embroidered shirt!” was the slogan of the march that was held in Kyiv for the eighth time on September 18. This non-political event ga-thered...
22.09.2011 - 00:00
The assault of the parliament
Different protests were held by the Verkhovna Rada and different people gathered there: religious fanatics, members of trade unions, party activists, etc. However, people’s anger hasn’t...
22.09.2011 - 00:00
In a friend’s company
“This is a retrospective. I have studied here. However, it was Gorky University at that time. You know, I could never predict that I would become a professor of this university. I missed...
22.09.2011 - 00:00
Guest workers’ “Olympic” hope
On September 20 MPs supported and passed a governmental bill “On Amending Some Laws of Ukraine” (concerning Ukrainians abroad). This document is making alterations to effective laws...
22.09.2011 - 00:00
Give space to the mood
The Kyiv gallery Mystets is hosting a solo exhibit of Inna Bychenkova, a well-known artist of theater and cinema (she has worked on the film Captain Fracassa). Her current exposition consists of...
22.09.2011 - 00:00
Survive and save
Little time is left before Ukraine and Poland will host the European Football Championship of 2012. Even if the hotels, public transport, roads, stadiums and volunteers are well prepared but the...
22.09.2011 - 00:00
Fashion fall is coming
While Ukrainian designers uphold the “Ukrainian fashion” brand in front of the Milan public, Ukraine is getting ready for its own Fashion Week. In less than a month, October 13 through...
22.09.2011 - 00:00
The profession of teacher is the most significant achievement of all civilizations
Forum for rectors of pedagogical universities closed on September 17 in Kyiv. It was the first forum of such kind ever conducted. The forum was attended by 20 rectors of European universities...
22.09.2011 - 00:00
Nearly 180 works to be performed, with one-third being premieres
Five symphonic, four choral, fifteen chamber concerts and an electroacoustic project “EM vision” will take place on various concert stages along with other events (the amount of which...
22.09.2011 - 00:00
Dnipro Hydroelectric Station explosion
August 18 marked the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the defense of Zaporizhia in WWII. I am deliberately not using the word “heroic” in order to finally distinguish between heroes...
22.09.2011 - 00:00
This day in history
1918: The first issue of the underground newspaper Kyivsky komunist [The Kyiv Communist] comes off the presses under the auspices of the regional and city communist party committees. 1922: A Metal...
22.09.2011 - 00:00
The feast of sounds
The program of the exhibit was rich, including the performances of Ukrainian and world musicians, workshops, autograph sessions, presentations of novelties, Drum Circle, competitions, etc. On the...
22.09.2011 - 00:00
<i>“Two-wheeled Chronicles-2: The Treasure Country” </i>“is the name of an ethnographic expedition that went through 12 regions of Ukraine
This project may rightly be called the most ambitious bicycle-born ethnographic expedition ever seen. It was carried out under the auspices of the Association of Ukrainian Philanthropists All-...