№56, (2011)
18.10.2011 - 00:00
Identity problems and depression
The German psychologists from the Dresden University of Technology have recently made public the results of the research showing that over 160 million Europeans or nearly 40 percent of the European...
18.10.2011 - 00:00
Are medicines to go up in price?
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has instructed the ten largest national producers and the ten main wholesale distributors of medications to refrain from actions that can provoke an unwarranted...
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An “unlucky Hetman”
“From Bohdan to Ivan there was no Hetman [in between].” This Ukrainian saying, suggesting that all leaders of Ukrainian state during the Ruin (1657-76) be simply “left out,...
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Ukraine and new turbulence
Last weekend, demonstrations of protest against financial institutions and government budget cuts took place in 950 cities in 82 countries. A worldwide action of protest under anticapitalist...
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Polish community organizing the Polissia Rainbow festival in Zhytomyr
The 17th International Festival TKCZA POLESIA (Polissia Rainbow) will take place in the regional center from October 14 through 18. This is one of the measures undertaken within Poland’s...
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A relict, albeit promising, Ukrainian,
On the coming Tuesday, October 18, Ukraine House will host a high-profile intellectual event – the launching of Remaining Ukrainian, a book of reminiscences by Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, a noted...
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Mortgage beyond means
On October 15 a march of youth who have no housing of their own was held at the heart of the Ukrainian capital city on Saturday. Young people with household implements (spoons, pots, mugs, plates)...
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“Important signal” from the European Parliament
Most factions of the European Parliament were in favor of continuing negotiations with Ukraine on the association agreement, but proposed to refrain from signing the agreement unless the situation in...
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Isn’t it about time to drop them?
With all eyes on Tymoshenko’s case (waiting to see if her case will be decriminalized or not), life still goes on. There are other important events. For one, a Forum of Civic Organizations of...
18.10.2011 - 00:00
Norwegian consensus and openness
Not so long ago, the shooting in Utoeya, a small island near Oslo, in which at least 84 people were killed, made headlines across the world. Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg called it a...
18.10.2011 - 00:00
A farewell to nuclear arms
MOSCOW – Twenty-five years ago this month, I sat across from Ronald Reagan in Reykjavik, Iceland to negotiate a deal that would have reduced, and could have ultimately eliminated by 2000, the...
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This day in history
1920: Kharkiv hosts the first convention of Komnezam (Committees of Poor Peasants) of Ukraine. 1921: Soviet Russia’s Sovnarkom adopts a decree establishing the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist...
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Isolation: production of meanings
Production is a broad concept. Plants, factories, and workshops produce a certain product. Properly used showroom helps to produce meanings, artistic signs created by an artist who exhibits his...
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Coming back to Mozart
The international festival of classical music “Kharkiv Assemblies” has celebrated its 20th anniversary. It will be reminded that the music event that took place in Kharkiv in September...