№5, (2004)

This year Athens, the historical homeland of the Olympics whither they are to return, will attract not only athletes but also tourists. Olena Hetmantseva, general director of MISB Travel Ukraine,...

Jazz is a kind of arts that is born before the audience’s very eyes, or rather ears. Can one learn to create jazz improvisations or is it an exceptional gift of nature? Today the whole world is...

The land of Ivano-Frankivsk is a small country of mountains, foothills, and plains. Lying between the rivers Bystrytsia-Nadvirnianska and Bystrytsia-Solotvynska, Ivano- Frankivsk originated as the...

The recent visit by Russian President Putin to Ukraine had a religious aspect to it, aside from its many other aspects. Putin has again confirmed the historic unity of the Russian state and church...

Ukrainian history is full of prominent personalities forgotten, unfortunately, by their compatriots for some objective reasons. The National Museum of Ukrainian History (2, Volodymyrska St., Kyiv)...

At the very end of last year, Den’ carried my feature “ New Year’s Eve Skiing” (not carried in this digest), in which I offered my telephone number, due to certain reasons. I have received many calls...

There was the usual sound of voices and of seats being taken in the audience. The musicians onstage were checking their instruments, producing all kinds of sounds, often very unmusical. Then there...

There are individuals whose lifetime attainments are far greater than any data can illustrate, however upgraded and topical. Sophia Loren, the most beautiful woman, the most captivating, most gifted...

This year the Central Monitoring and Audit Department (CMAD), aside from its main duties, plans to trace the movement of all the money that has anything to do with the state. Although the law...

The week before last the European Central Bank governing council left the bank’s refinancing rate at 2%, which came as a powerful signal to the world’s economy against the backdrop of the news of a...

The European Union and Ukraine are becoming partners in space exploration and confirming this not only words but deeds. Last year, thanks to the efforts of National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU)...

Big Ukrainian business is tired of never-ending corporate wars. Open (publicly held) companies are turning into closed (privately-held) ones on a mass scale. This enables a company to build an...

Yury Shcherbak is an eminent figure not only within but also far outside Ukraine. He has been a physician, Doctor of Medicine, author of about 100 scholarly publications, writer, poet, playwright,...

Otto von Bismarck once said that the culture of a nation is determined by the manner in which it cares for its pensioners. Ukraine seems to be coming to understand the actual meaning of this...

For the last few days Ukraine has been closely observed by the international medical community. Perhaps nobody could expect such a sharp turn in its relations with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,...