№54, (2011)
11.10.2011 - 00:00
On Europe’s problems and puppet theater in Russia
Marek Siwiec, Poland’s MEP, has been working for the EU legislature for a second time, and thus has a fairly good idea of what is going on at the top levels of the European community. At the...
11.10.2011 - 00:00
The day when the university becomes a... “bee-garden”
The celebration of the Ostroh Academy National University’s birthday was held in best traditions, started back in times of the educational institution of the 16th century. And for the 17...
11.10.2011 - 00:00
Will the guilty remain unpunished?
For more than 11 years the tragic story around the disappearance of journalist Heorhii Gongadze has been unfolding before Ukrainian society. Half a year ago, hope for justice dawned at last. One...
11.10.2011 - 00:00
Euro-2012’s major stadium opens in Ukraine
On Saturday, Kyiv witnessed the ceremony of opening Ukraine’s main Euro-2012 arena, the renovated Olympic Stadium. Some 58,000 gathered to watch the official festivities that turned into a...
11.10.2011 - 00:00
This day in history
1653: Muscovy’s Zemskii Sobor [lit., assembly of the land] resolves to place the Zaporozhian Host under the aegis of the Moscow tsar. 1859: Ukraine’s first Sunday school opens in Kyiv. 1921: Kyiv...
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Loan installment trap
The government of Ukraine entered October in a state of suspended animation. On the one hand, it awaits the visit of an International Monetary Fund mission which will decide what to do with a...
11.10.2011 - 00:00
Viktor BALOHA: “Our biorhythms are closer to European ones”
Emergencies Minister Viktor Baloha has asked the Verkhovna Rada speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn to move for review of the parliament’s decision on changes in the method of time-keeping in ...
11.10.2011 - 00:00
The Ukrainian rocket engineers successfully realize international space projects
On Wednesday night (on October 6) the rocket Zenith-2SE carrying the American communication satellite took off from Baikonur within the framework of the program Land Launch. The rocket took...
11.10.2011 - 00:00
The decline and fall of America’s decline and fall
CAMBRIDGE – The United States is going through difficult times. Its post-2008 recovery has slowed, and some observers fear that Europe’s financial problems could tip the American and...
11.10.2011 - 00:00
On the vestige of the Soviet era
Former US ambassador to Ukraine from 1993 through 1998 William Miller often visits Ukraine. This time the reason for his visit was his participation in an international conference Roads to Freedom...
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Ukrainian designers show “Fresh Fashion from Kyiv” in Italy
In September Ukrainian designers took part in two Italian fashion events at a time: one of the world’s leading fashion weeks, Milano Moda Donna, and the international fashion exhibit, White,...
11.10.2011 - 00:00
Between the strong and the week
It’s an open secret that a lot of people in Ukraine have double citizenship. Typically it is non-Ukrainian nationals who hold two passports. For instance, Russians in the Crimea will...
11.10.2011 - 00:00
“All the children’s rights provided in the UN Convention are violated in Ukraine”
The need to introduce the position of ombudsman for children has been discussed in Ukraine for a long time. In 2002 UN for the first time recommended our country to do it, however it has been only...
11.10.2011 - 00:00
Archetypes and myths originally interpreted
On October 14, marking Pokrova, the Protection of the Mother of God, the Ivan Honchar Museum will host an art exhibit by Cristina KYSHAKEVYCH-KATCHALUBA (Switzerland).
This painter and sculptor...
