№55, (2011)
13.10.2011 - 00:00
Transcarpathians will live in a time zone of their own
Deputies of the Zakarpattia Regional Council are concerned with the Verkhovna Rada’s decision to abolish switching to the so-called “winter time,” reads the council’s address that was adopted at its...
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Pumpkin Festival is launched in Zhytomyr
The annual Intercession Day fair will be held in the city on October 15, simultaneously with the Pumpkin Festival, the first of its kind ever to occur in the city and entire region. The event...
13.10.2011 - 00:00
Life after court ruling
Do pobachennia vsim – “Good-bye to all” – said Yulia Tymoshenko, being led by police officers out of the courtroom at the Pechersk District Court in downtown Kyiv,...
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On common sense and responsibility
The acknowledgement of Palestine’s independence has resulted in deep differences in the world community. Many Western countries speak against the acknowledgement of Palestinian state in such...
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This day in history
1805: The Volyn Gymnasium (High School) opens in Kremenets. 1884: Greenwich Mean Time is established. 1900: Sigmund Freud’s major work The Interpretation of Dreams appears in print. 1914: Count...
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The price of the cheap gas
Less than a week is left before October 18 when the Ukrainian and Russian presidents will arrive in Donetsk for the Ukrainian-Russian forum. According to the head of Donetsk oblast state...
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“Gold” boxing
The World Boxing Championship took place in Baku (Azerbaijan) from September 22 to October 9 and was triumphal for Ukraine: our team won four gold medals and one silver medal (Cuba took the second...
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Citizenship for currency exchange
The Ukrainian National Bank pretends to lend ear to the public opinion in the country that has practically revolted against the NBU’s requirement to exchange currency only with a document proving one...
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Donald Tusk’s “stability and consistency”
The parliamentary election held this Sunday in Poland brought no surprises. The ruling Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska, PO) won an expected victory. After the reckoning of 63.74 percent of...
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Mikhail Vrubel in Kyiv
The art of Vrubel, as well as Kyiv’s sacred places, are the glory of an ancient city which is losing, under the quick hand of the local authorities, the oldness and charm of its parks,...
13.10.2011 - 00:00
Concert No. 70 from Stupka
The soiree dedicated to Bohdan Stupka’s 70th anniversary started from an orchestra rehearsal. Stupka debuted as a drummer, performing a drums and cymbals solo. And he stuck to this...
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Apropos of choice and Soviet way of thinking
Pechersk District Court’s hearing of the Tymoshenko gas case ended. Justice Rodion Kirieiev announced the final ruling. As a number of politicians and experts had expected the ex-prime...
13.10.2011 - 00:00
Who needs the euro?
What has been increasingly drawing public attention in the past few weeks are the events connected, one way or another, with the fear of the euro downfall due to a likely default in...
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Life after court ruling
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These European expectations are rooted not in optimism but in the understanding that Europe may lose Ukraine as a field of gravitation, and that this loss may threaten...
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“Petrykivka – the pearl of Ukraine” exhibition opens in the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Paris
It represents more than 60 works by a master of folk art Halyna Nazarenko – painted plates, a chest, paintings on canvas and paper. The exhibition is devoted to the 20th anniversary of Ukraine’s...