№56, (2010)

The Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin recently approved “The Program on Fulfilling the State Policy of Counteracting Tobacco Consumption 2010-2015,” aimed at decreasing the popularity of tobacco...

1920: The Red Army defeats Wrangel’s [White Guard] troops at Kakhovka. 1942: The official day chosen, by the Main Ukrainian Liberation Council in 1947, to mark the Ukrainian Insurgent Army...

LVIV — TRUSKAVETS — LVIV — Theoretically speaking, Ukraine can become one of the world’s biggest foreign direct investment destinations, considering its vast domestic market potential, relatively...

Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky started building the Ukrainian state to the accompaniment of roaring cannons and fires consuming cities and their residents. This state was built by victorious...

Ukraine was recently visited, for a second time, by the renowned European marketing innovator, Sean Smith. The expert made presented the main report at a conference titled “Making the...

Last week, a memorial in honor of the NKVD victims tortured to death in June, 1941, was opened in the Yaniv cemetery in Lviv. Historians maintain that the site is actually a mass grave for nearly 1,...

According to a statement made by Ivan Nadein on October 11, Ukraine is facing the most expensive heating season in country’s history. That is true because the price for Russian gas is around 250...

I was impressed by the presence of distinguished foreign, including Russian, experts. Suffice it to mention several names: top-notch Sovietologist Richard Pipes; Helene Carrere d’Encausse,...

On October 8-14 the Kyiv-based Bottega Gallery hosted the exhibit “Seeing in Colour,” organized by the British Council in Ukraine. The gallery’s guides explained that the works...

On October 14, at half past six at Kyiv’s St. Sophia square, a rally in defence of the Ukrainian language will be held on the initiative of the People’s Committee for Protection of Ukraine. Its...

Why does tap water stop running? Sometimes this happens because the rivers stop flowing. To prevent this, the European Union created a water framework directive aimed at returning rivers to their...

Yesterday Ukraine was in national mourning after a train crash tragedy. An accident occurred in the Dnipropetrovsk region, taking the lives of close to 50 people. The circumstances of the traffic...

Students of Ukrainian universities claim that they have been subject to pressures for their active civic stand. Deutsche Welle informs about so-called prophylactic conversations in deans’...

Anew exchange in KyivThe Kyiv City State Administration (KMDA) plans to create its own exchange for investment tenders, and hold over 20 investment tenders by the end of 2010, the Deputy Chairman of...

In terms of social development, Donetsk is still perceived by Ukrainian intellectuals as unchartered territory, as a Wild Field, undeveloped and dangerous for culture. Yurii Andrukhovych even...